Eyewitness: Space Exploration

This is a spectacular and informative guide to the mysteries beyond Earth and the history of space exploration, including original photography of spacecraft, astronauts, satellites and planets.
Grades
6
7
8
Subjects
Science
Space and Astronomy
Space Exploration
Themes
Space
Add to Folder
creative writing
children's book
activities
classroom tools
language arts and writing
vocabulary
Create new folderCREATE NEW FOLDER

Featured Middle School Resources

Test Prep Strategies and Practice for Students

ACTIVITIES

Test Prep Strategies, Tools, and Practice Questions

Help set your students up for academic success with this packet of test-taking tips, test preparation strategies, and pr...

Add to Folder
creative writing
children's book
activities
classroom tools
language arts and writing
vocabulary
Create new folderCREATE NEW FOLDER
Exit Tickets for Middle School Classrooms

ASSESSMENT

Exit Tickets for Middle School Classrooms

Exit tickets are a form of assessment that are often used informally to assess how well students grasped a lesson, what ...

Add to Folder
creative writing
children's book
activities
classroom tools
language arts and writing
vocabulary
Create new folderCREATE NEW FOLDER
Geography Activities for Middle School

CHOICE BOARDS

Geography Activities for Middle School

Help students explore the world and develop their geography knowledge with this packet of geography activities for middl...

Add to Folder
creative writing
children's book
activities
classroom tools
language arts and writing
vocabulary
Create new folderCREATE NEW FOLDER

Related Resources

REFERENCE

Eyewitness: Astronomy

Get an in-depth, comprehensive look at astronomy with a unique integration of words and pictures.

Add to Folder
creative writing
children's book
activities
classroom tools
language arts and writing
vocabulary
Create new folderCREATE NEW FOLDER

REFERENCE

History of the Leonid Meteor Showers

902 AD - the first annecdotal account In 868 AD, a yet undiscovered comet crossed the Earth's orbit on the inside for th...

Add to Folder
creative writing
children's book
activities
classroom tools
language arts and writing
vocabulary
Create new folderCREATE NEW FOLDER

REFERENCE

Neptune Facts and Figures

Neptune, named for an ancient Roman sea god, is a stormy blue planet about 30 times farther from the Sun than Earth.

Add to Folder
creative writing
children's book
activities
classroom tools
language arts and writing
vocabulary
Create new folderCREATE NEW FOLDER

REFERENCE

New Planetary System

New planet has a mass 45 times that of Earth by Liz OlsonIn 2007, scientists announced that they found five planets circ...

Add to Folder
creative writing
children's book
activities
classroom tools
language arts and writing
vocabulary
Create new folderCREATE NEW FOLDER

REFERENCE

Sedna Debuts, Rattling Poor Pluto

Artist's rendition of the planetoid Sedna On March 15, 2004, astronomers confirmed the discovery of the most distant obj...

Add to Folder
creative writing
children's book
activities
classroom tools
language arts and writing
vocabulary
Create new folderCREATE NEW FOLDER

REFERENCE

The Asteroids

Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are an estimated 30,000 pieces of rocky debris, known collectively as the asteroi...

Add to Folder
creative writing
children's book
activities
classroom tools
language arts and writing
vocabulary
Create new folderCREATE NEW FOLDER
Register
loading gif