Schoolphysics. Home Page. STEM Lesson Plans. The Mars Education lesson plans section is here to serve as a resource for educators, grades K-12 to download and utilize in formal classroom settings.
These lessons are free and made to be fully accessible and downloadable PDF documents that can be saved or printed. All of the Mars Education Program lesson plans include elements of inquiry-based learning that are aligned to the National Science Education Standards, Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards as well as problem-based learning and the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) 5-E instructional model.
The STEM lessons included in this section of the website are the very lessons that we apply throughout our educator conferences and professional development training sessions. To get a more thorough understanding and deeper knowledge of these lessons as an in classroom instructional tool, educators may want to consider attending an ASU Mars Education Conference. The Scale of the Universe 2. Challenger.orgChallenger.org. Universe Forum. ISSLive! Bringing the International Space Station to every generation. Star-forming Nebula NGC 3603 Lithograph.
Star-forming Nebula NGC 3603 Lithograph Audience: EducatorsGrades: 11-12Product Number: LG-2011-04-139-GSFC Some of the heftiest known stars in the universe reside in the nebula NGC 3603, a large gas cloud in the Milky Way galaxy.
The image of the nebula is on the first page of the lithograph and background information is on the second page. The lithograph includes a Level One Inquiry activity entitled "In Search of ... Comet Mystery Boxes. Audience: EducatorsGrades: K-8 Introduce students to the physical characteristics of comets by using a tactile learning experience.
Using only their hands, students reach into a series of boxes and feel the variety of materials and structures within. Observatory, Home of the Discovery Channel Telescope. Welcome to Barringer Crater. Starry Night Education. Solar Eclipse, Comets, Outer Space, Telescopes. Survival Website.