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Middle school astronomy resources for SMART Notebook
Space Unit - Instructional Smartboard Lesson - VA SOLs 4.7 & 4.8
Updated November 2015!! This SMARTboard lesson is a 24 page instructional unit lesson that covers all of the Virginia fourth grade SOLs for Space. This lessons focuses on:
1 - -Changes in Our Understanding of the Universe/Solar System - Geocentric vs. Heliocentric (Earth Centered vs. Sun Centered) - Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus, & Galileo & our modern understanding of the Universe
2 - Our Solar System - Our Sun, Planets, Moons, Inner & Outer (Terrestrial/Gas Giants) Planets
3 -
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4th - 10th
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Living Systems SMARTboard Lesson - Animals/Ecosystems VA SOL 4.5
This lesson is a 13 page instructional SMARTboard lesson about Living Systems. It contains tons of video clips and internet links as well as interactive parts for the SMARTboard. It covers all of the 4th grade Virginia SOLs for the Living Systems Unit (VA SOL 4.5) Topics include:
1 - Defining: Ecosystems, Populations, Communities, Habitats
2 - How Organisms interact with their habitats
3 - How Organisms ADAPT - including Structural Adaptations & Behavioral Adaptations
4 - Producers, Con
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3rd - 8th
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Gravity Smartboard Lesson
This Smartboard presentation can be used to teach gravity to students in grades 4-8. The lesson includes the following:
1) A KWL chart about gravity
2) An explanation about the difference between mass and weight
3) A 10 question quiz
4) A mass and weight comparison activity
5) Notes on the difference between mass and weight
6) Pictures of instruments that measure mass and weight
7) How to calculate surface gravity on other planets
8) An activity requiring students to put the surface gravity of
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4th - 8th
Earth's Rotation and Revolution
Lesson with notes and videos to help students understand Earth's rotation and revolution. Help students define orbit, rotation, revolution, ellipse, and axis. Teaches how to diagram a planets orbit. Explains which words determine year and day. Lesson has a mix of videos, notes, and exit slip.
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4th - 8th
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Introduction to our Solar System Smartboard
This 42 slide smartboard lesson gives an overview of all the planets in our solar system, as well as the sun and the moon. This lesson also includes review and discussion questions at the end!
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2nd - 6th
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Introduction to the Universe - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8
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This is a Chapter Mini. It is just one chapter from the full lesson plan Galaxies & the Universe - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8.
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For understanding Introduction to the Universe of Galaxies & The Universe, this chapter mini provides curriculum-based content in the form of reading passages, before you read and after you read questions. Also included are printables, vocabulary flash cards, video, audio and int
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5th - 8th
Introductory Activity to Space Units - Smartboard
If you are starting a new unit on space and need an activity to get students excited about it, then this activity is for you! This Smartboard presentation takes students through a series of ten pictures. Each picture has a question attached to it. As you show a picture, have students answer the question in their science groups on a looseleaf sheet of paper. Leave each picture up on the Smartboard for about two minutes each. The whole activity should take about two science classes (two 40 minute
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Earths Moon Solar System Smartboard Notebook Presentation Lesson Plan
This Smartboard Notebook presentation Lesson Plan has 41 slides on the following Earths Moon and Solar System Astronomy topics:
Phases of the Moon, Eclipse of the Moon, Eclipse of the Sun, Angular Diameter, Angular Diameter of the Sun, Angular Size and Shape of Orbit, The Tides, The Geometry of Orbits, Calculating Eccentricity (elongation) of an ellipse, The Force of Gravity, Gravity and the Planets, Planets of our Solar System, Similarities between Mercury and Earth's Moon, Planet Surface Tem
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Sun's Energy- Smartboard
This 16 slide smartboard lesson gives an introduction to the sun and how the sun's energy impacts living things. This lesson also includes review and discussion questions at the end!
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3rd - 6th
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Solar System: Constellations & Legends - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8
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This is a Interactive Mini. It is just one activity from the full lesson plan Solar System - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8.
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In this Constellations & Legends mini, students will learn about the origin and legends of 15 constellations found in the northern and southern hemispheres. Students touch a constellation to reveal and image, the origin, and the legend surrounding it.
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5th - 8th
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SMARTBOARD lesson on earth, the moon, and the solar system
This smartboard lesson showcases our solar system and how the sun is responsible for much of our lives. It includes the following:
Why do we have seasons?
Why do we have day and night?
What are equinoxes and solstices?
How does latitude affect seasons?
What are the planets?
What are the types of planets?
What planets have moons?
What are some facts about the planets?
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Moon Vocabulary Activity- NOTEBOOK- Ask an Astronaut
Vocabulary, Moon, The Moon, moon phases, Phases of the Moon, lunar phases, lunar cycle, Notebook, waxing, waning, gibbous, crescent, new moon, full moon, tides, crust, mantle, core, crater, and maria
This product will allow you to get the repetition needed to learn new vocabulary related to the Moon. Instead of the same old "drill and kill" teach/review the material in a different, fun and interesting way. This activity is a great way to engage those kinesthetic learners (especially if you have
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4th - 10th
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Space Technology Notes
A smartboard presentation to teach how space technology has evolved. Cover what technology is used such as, space probe, satellite, telescope, etc. There are notes, pictures, and video clips for each type of manned and unmanned technology.
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4th - 7th
Moon Lesson - Smartboard
This Smartboard presentation effectively explains the different phases of the moon. It includes the following:
1) Pictures of the moon's location around the Earth during it's various phases
2) The names/pictures of each moon phase and definitions of each
3) A link to a two minute youtube video that explains the terms waxing and waning
4) An activity where you drag each moon to the correct phase (either waxing or waning)
5) A "group the phases" activity
6) A phases of the moon assessment
Please
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Space Travel & Technology: Memory Match Game - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8
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This is a Memory Match Game Mini. It is just one activity from the full lesson plan Space Travel & Technology - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8.
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In this memory match game, 6 matching pairs of spacecrafts are hidden in the puzzle. For middle school, this mini is great for comprehending the 6 spacecrafts covered in the topic of Space Travel & Technology.
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5th - 8th
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Moon Phases Review with Voting SMART Notebook Lesson
This Smart Notebook lesson is an excellent resource for reviewing the eight different phases of the Moon. This file includes multiple pages for students to vote using Response Voters. The students also interact with the lesson by putting the eight phases of the moon in order and placing the correct name on each phase.
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3rd - 8th
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Living in Space - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8
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This is a Chapter Mini. It is just one chapter from the full lesson plan Space Travel & Technology - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8.
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For understanding Living in Space of Space Travel & Technology, this chapter mini provides curriculum-based content in the form of reading passages, before you read and after you read questions. Also included are printables, vocabulary flash cards, video, audio and interactive
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Mission to Mars - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8
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This is a Chapter Mini. It is just one chapter from the full lesson plan Space Travel & Technology - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8.
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For understanding Mission to Mars of Space Travel & Technology, this chapter mini provides curriculum-based content in the form of reading passages, before you read and after you read questions. Also included are printables, vocabulary flash cards, video, audio and interactive
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Blasting Off - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8
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This is a Chapter Mini. It is just one chapter from the full lesson plan Space Travel & Technology - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8.
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For understanding Blasting Off of Space Travel & Technology, this chapter mini provides curriculum-based content in the form of reading passages, before you read and after you read questions. Also included are printables, vocabulary flash cards, video, audio and interactive act
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Looking Into Space - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8
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This is a Chapter Mini. It is just one chapter from the full lesson plan Space Travel & Technology - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8.
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For understanding Looking Into Space of Space Travel & Technology, this chapter mini provides curriculum-based content in the form of reading passages, before you read and after you read questions. Also included are printables, vocabulary flash cards, video, audio and interacti
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5th - 8th
Becoming an Astronaut - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8
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This is a Chapter Mini. It is just one chapter from the full lesson plan Space Travel & Technology - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8.
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For understanding Becoming an Astronaut of Space Travel & Technology, this chapter mini provides curriculum-based content in the form of reading passages, before you read and after you read questions. Also included are printables, vocabulary flash cards, video, audio and intera
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Gravity - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8
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This is a Chapter Mini. It is just one chapter from the full lesson plan Galaxies & the Universe - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8.
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For understanding Gravity of Galaxies & The Universe, this chapter mini provides curriculum-based content in the form of reading passages, before you read and after you read questions. Also included are printables, vocabulary flash cards, video, audio and interactive activities.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Nebulae - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8
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This is a Chapter Mini. It is just one chapter from the full lesson plan Galaxies & the Universe - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8.
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For understanding Nebulae of Galaxies & The Universe, this chapter mini provides curriculum-based content in the form of reading passages, before you read and after you read questions. Also included are printables, vocabulary flash cards, video, audio and interactive activities.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Measuring Distance in the Universe - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8
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This is a Chapter Mini. It is just one chapter from the full lesson plan Galaxies & the Universe - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8.
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For understanding Measuring Distance in the Universe of Galaxies & The Universe, this chapter mini provides curriculum-based content in the form of reading passages, before you read and after you read questions. Also included are printables, vocabulary flash cards, video, audio a
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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