3rd Grade Space and Astronomy Activities

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Space and Astronomy

Moon

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A Visit to Outer Space Writing Activity

Try a printable creative writing activity that focuses on fantasizing about life on other planets.

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Language Arts and Writing

Creative Writing

Space and Astronomy

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ACTIVITIES

Make Your Own Solar Eclipse

Students learn how and why solar eclipses occur with this hands-on science activity. They create their own eclipse using…

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Space and Astronomy

Science Projects

Science

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The Sun

Develop student science skills with an activity that focuses on facts about the sun.

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Science

Space and Astronomy

Sun

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Star Patterns

Students view pictures of the Zodiac constellations, and learn the best time to see them.

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Stars

Space and Astronomy

Science

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Scale Model of the Planets

Students learn the sizes of the planets and compare them to Earth. This activity includes Pluto as a planet, even though…

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Science

Space and Astronomy

Planets

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Astronomy Printable Book (K-4)

Browse a printable teacher resource book on astronomy that is full of ideas for you to use in your elementary classroom.…

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Space and Astronomy

Science

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Astronomy Printable Book (3-6)

Browse a printable book of resources for teachers, which provides many different hands-on science activities using…

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Space and Astronomy

Science Activities and Experiments

Science

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Making a Comet

The teacher mixes the ingredients of a comet to simulate the real thing for students.

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Space and Astronomy

Solar System

Science

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Observing an Eclipse

Help students visualize a lunar eclipse and a solar eclipse with the diagrams in this printable. After reading about…

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Science

Space and Astronomy

Eclipse

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The Red Planet

This activity is all about Mars, the red planet. Students will take a close look at the planet's surface and make their…

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Science

Space and Astronomy

Planets

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ACTIVITIES

The Sky's the Limit

Children integrate their sky and moon observations with literature and creative writing.

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Language Arts and Writing

Creative Writing

Space and Astronomy

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Backyard Astronomy

Parents and children can learn about the sky from their own backyard.

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Space and Astronomy

Science

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Storytelling and Astronomy

Using storytelling as a tool for learning astronomy.

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Storytelling

Space and Astronomy

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Radio Astronomers for a Day

Students take an overnight visit to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and perform research using a 40-ft.…

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Space and Astronomy

Science

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Phases of the Moon Lab

In this lab, students are asked to solve several problems involving the lunar cycle and the night sky. Materials list,…

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Space and Astronomy

Science

Moon

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Lunar Features

Introduce your students to a lab that evaluates a student's ability to identify and describe lunar and solar eclipses,…

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Space and Astronomy

Eclipse

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Moon Illusion

Learn why the moon appears to grow smaller as it climbs in the sky.

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Space and Astronomy

Moon

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Pictures in the Sky

Students learn which constellations are visible during each season of the year.

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Stars

Space and Astronomy

Science

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Following the Sun

Students make a record of the sun's motion during a day by using the shadow of a stick.

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Space Exploration

Space and Astronomy

Science

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Meteors

Students simulate a meteor collision.

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Space and Astronomy

Space Exploration

Science

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The Sun Vocabulary

Develop student science skills with an activity that focuses on facts about the sun.

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Language Arts and Writing

Sun

Vocabulary

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Lunar Light

Develop student science skills with an activity that focuses on moon phases.

Subjects:

Moon

Space and Astronomy

Science

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