Space Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterOctober 4, 2007
History

Today is the first day of World Space Week. Read more about it here: http://homeschoolingk.blogspot.com/2007/10/international-space-week.html

Here is a fun website that gives a tour of the solar system: http://www.nineplanets.org/

Language Arts

Choose one of the following key figures to research: Galileo, Newton, Kepler, Einstein, Goddard, or Von Braun. Tell what time period in which they lived, what they discovered, how it is applied to space exploration.
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Writing Prompt

Would you like to travel into space? If yes, explain what you would like to explore. If no, explain why you would want to keep yourself on earth.
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Reading

Learn more about the sun with this reading comprehension worksheet: http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcdb3_1.htm

Language Arts

Find the correct adjectives with this worksheet: http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcdb3_3d.htm


Science

Eggnaut… OR Houston we may have an omelet!

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to design and build a vehicle that will protect your Eggnaut from the perils of reentry. The objective is to have your Eggnaut survive the fall without a crack.

Here are more details on the project: http://users.adelphia.net/~jberger5/eggdrop.html


Art

Try making an origami star: http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/japan/morigamistar.htm

Math
How much would you weigh in space? Use this worksheet to figure it out!
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/mathline/concepts/space2/activity2.shtm
Try this fun game to practice your math facts:
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/shuttleLaunch/default.htm#
(You can choose the level!)
Don’t Forget the Math Challenge!
http://homeschoolingthemiddleyears.blogspot.com/2007/10/math-challenge-october-4.html


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