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Elementary astronomy rubrics
Planet Report: The Solar System Inner and Outer Planets
Encourage your students to delve into our solar system's 8 planets. This planet report is an easy way to incorporate writing and art into your science lesson. During this project, students will be required to create an artistic representation of one of the planets in our Solar System (excluding Earth) and research different aspects of the planet to present in a written report. All of these items will be easily graded with the included rubric. The report will cover these topics:Planet NamePositi
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3rd - 6th
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Solar System Project Rubric
This is a simple rubric to send home with criteria and suggestions for a solar system model. It is also used for grading the final product.
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2nd - 5th
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Earth, Sun, And Moon Interactions Choice Board Project
This project is available as a Microsoft Word download for easy editing and differentiation. The project covers the Earth, Sun, and Moon interactions including Eclipses, Different Seasons, and Changing Tides. Download includes a Rubric and Accountability Sheet to notify parents of the project at the time it is assigned.
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4th - 7th
Asteroid, meteor, meteorite, and comet poster activity with rubric
Asteroid, meteor, meteorite, and comet poster activity with rubric Includes all the basic requirements for a poster.Students must draw the Earth, the atmosphere, and space. Then correctly place, label, and define each of the 4 on the poster. Grading point system is premade for easy expectations and grading. On a word document so you can edit any parts you would like to. Simple easy activity that most students enjoy Used in my middle school classroom, see thumbnail previews for some of my 6th g
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5th - 10th
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Planet for Sale Poster Project
This is a great project to include in a Solar System unit. Students are required to select a planet and complete research on it. They then present their project in poster form as a realtor. I have used this project with 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th graders.
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1st - 6th
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Solar System Brochure Activity - Space Creative Writing Science Activity
This Space Science is a project where students will design a brochure on our Solar System! This astronomy activity makes for a great exploratory, review or substitute ready-to-go printable. It includes directions with clear and concise criteria (1 page), a two-page editable template (both in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint) and a student-friendly rubric. This product is included in my Astronomy Unit 2: Solar System!Students will demonstrate their understanding of the following:Geocentric System v
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Solar System Planets Curriculum Bundle - Space Science Unit
Space and Sky Science Digital Hyperdoc Unit
It’s time to explore the universe with this ENTIRE UNIT on Space and Sky Science! Featuring a full colour and interactive digital document, it is perfect for distance learning or classroom use. The document functions as a digital textbook and is split into seven topic sections (missions) with questions for the students to work through. Students will be guided through these questions with links to videos, websites, and other digital tools where they can learn from experts and fully appreciate th
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5th - 8th
Space Research Project
I designed this project for students to complete during our Solar System Unit. Students will research a topic related to space, write an informational paper and then create a poster or model of their topic.
This pack includes:
1 Information/directions page
2 Research organizers (one for objects and one for people)
1 Resource page for books and websites used for research
3 Grading rubrics (one for the poster, one for the model and one for the information paper)
1 sheet of 30 research topics
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2nd - 12th
5th Grade Next Generation Science Unit Space Systems: Gravity
Includes: Unit Teacher Guide (materials needed, explanation, standards), Student Packet (all experiment components, all argumentative essay components), Assessment Rubrics
This unit is designed to lead students through the Next Generation Science Standards for 5th grade. This packet focuses on Space Systems: Stars and the Solar System and The Next Generation Science Standard:
5-PS2-1. Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Students w
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5th
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5th Grade Next Generation Science Unit Space Systems: Star Luminosity
Includes: Unit Teacher Guide (materials needed, explanation, standards), Student Packet (all experiment components, all argumentative essay components), Assessment Rubrics
This unit is designed to lead students through the Next Generation Science Standards for 5th grade. This packet focuses on Space Systems: Stars and the Solar System and The Next Generation Science Standard:
5-ESS1-1. Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due t
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5th
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Writing Science Fiction
Take your students on a fantastic writing journey into the world of science fiction. This unit contains detailed lesson plans, graphic organizers, anchor charts and everything you need to complete the unit in 3-4 weeks. What's in this Packet? Everything You Need. Just print and go.•“A Note to the Teacher”•Tips and Tricks•Suggested Readings and mentor texts•Outline of lessons and materials needed•“Kid Watching Notes” graphic organizer•8 Visualization Anchor Charts: “Where Might You Go?”, “How Wou
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3rd - 6th
Hacked!: Learning Why We Have Seasons by Changing the Earth-Sun Relationship
This 7-day project is a fun way for students to learn about the Earth-Sun relationship and the reasons why we experience seasons on Earth. Instead of passively consuming information about why we have seasons, students participating in this project will become members of a geo-hacking company that develops and presents plans to change the seasons on Earth by changing the Earth-Sun relationship. The idea of geo-hacking (changing the Earth or the Earth's processes through technology) is introduced
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5th - 8th
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Our Class is Out of the This World- Planet Project
This is a project that I created to go along with our space unit in a fifth grade classroom. It can be adapted for other grade levels as well. In this project students are to investigate the planets in our solar system. Students are divided into partners to complete research on a particular planet, provide detailed information on a large poster/travel brochure, create a commercial, and present their findings to the class.
This kit includes: Project instructions/guidelines for the students,
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3rd - 6th
Solar System PowerPoint Planning and Rubric
This is a planning sheet and rubric to go along with my other document for sale "Solar System PowerPoint Project". It contains spaces for students to write their information that they interpreted while reading informational text.
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4th - 7th
NGSS 5-ESS1-1 Bundle
NGSS aligned study guide and test with answer doc and rubric.
5-ESS1-1 Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from the Earth.
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5th
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Constellation Research Project
Constellation Research Project provides students with an outline, ways to research using cards and graphic organizers, and paragraph writing. Rubric included.
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4th - 6th
5th Grade Next Generation Science Unit Space Systems: Patterns
This unit is designed to lead students through the Next Generation Science Standards for 5th grade. This packet focuses on Space Systems: Stars and the Solar System and The Next Generation Science Standard:
5-ESS1-2. Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.
The unit is purposefully written to give teachers the ability to introduce and change as they fe
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5th
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Components/Objects in the Universe Learning Menu/Choice Board w/ RUBRICS
************Editable Menu/Choice Board with Rubrics**********
Students can use this menu/choice board to describe components of the universe, including stars, nebulae, and galaxies, and use models such as the Herztsprung-Russell diagram for classification.
Differentiate students learning by allowing them to choose the products that they submit to demonstrate understanding. They must complete a horizontal row, diagonal row of three, or at least one from each column to get the 100 points needed
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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FREE: Planet Research Project/Rubric
Enjoy this simple, FREE Planet Research Project Slides for students to use as a template when researching a planet. Compatible with any Planet they choose to research.Customizable Rubric for grading is included for students and teacher use. The rubric also includes external links for students to find research as well as a teacher made example of a finished project.Rubric includes:- Facts about the Planet- Video component- Alien Vacation AdvertisementThere are blank slides for students to complet
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5th - 8th
Ancient Astronomy Research Project (editable)
Engage students in research, writing, and public speaking with this editable research project. Students will perform in depth research on an assigned ancient astronomy device or observatory, write a two page cited paper, and present their findings to the class with a model or drawing of their artifact. Product includes:Project GuidelinesStudent RubricList of Devices and ObservatoriesTeacher Grading FormPlease click this link to follow me on TPT: Problems, Experiments, and SolutionsPlease leave a
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5th - 12th
Make a 3D Planet Project PBL
Looking for a hands-on way to get your students excited about their Solar System Science Unit? Your students will get to plan and build a 3D Planet inspired by their own creativity. They will be pumped to share their planet with you and their classmates!This project is best used after you have completed a Space or Solar System Unit. For example, I used this in my classroom as the last project in our unit after we had already completed an individual or group project on Planets within our Solar Sy
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3rd - 8th
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MS-ESS1-2
Writing from 2 sources about our moon using RAFT
This is a lesson plan that integrates science, reading and writing. Students are to read 2 articles about the moon and then write about it using the information in the readings.
Lesson plan includes:
Learning Goal
Learning Scale
Lesson details
Two short printable articles with reading levels and short description
Explanation of RAFT
Whole group or partner lesson to introduce RAFT
Independent RAFT assignment
RAFT Rubric
This lesson incorporates the writing strategy of RAFT -
R - Role
A -
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4th - 7th
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Invitation to Space - Space Research & Persuasive Writing Project
Using a persuasive format of their choice (essay, commercial, advertisement), students will conduct research on a planet in space and convince someone to come visit using facts and statistics! The product includes: a directions page, a graphic organizer for note-taking, and a rubric for grading the final product. Students have enjoyed this project year after year!
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3rd
Planet Brochure Project
Students create a fictional attraction (museum, amusement park, mall, etc.) on one of the planets of the solar system (no, Pluto doesn't count, and, no, they can't choose Earth). They must use their creativity and argumentative (previously called persuasive) skills to integrate the required facts about their planet.
RUBRIC INCLUDED!
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
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