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Animals in the Sky - Scavenger Hunt (Paper) This paper version of our popular scavenger hunt challenges you to find aircraft at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center that have animal names. https://s.si.edu/AnimalsSkyScavengerHuntPaper Grade K, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5 Aircraft, Spacecraft

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 Survival on the Moon This handout supports the Survival on the Moon activity and helps students determine what they need to survive on the Moon. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kt82aXy4uuQN5jESjM45CJbvB8SsynmTbiHmfngGfeU/edit?usp=sharing Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 Apollo program, Human spaceflight, Life sciences, Technology and Engineering, World War II

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 Emergency Preparedness Kit: Parent Guide This parent guide supports the creation of an emergency preparedness kit for home along with how to create an entire emergency plan. https://s.si.edu/EmergencyPreparednessKitParentGuide Grade 3, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 4, Grade 7, Grade 8 Apollo program, Human spaceflight, Life sciences, World War II

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 Quarantine and Space Exploration This lesson explores quarantine and space germs have been handled in space exploration. and connect what they have learned to the COVID-19 Pandemic. https://s.si.edu/QuarantineSpaceExploration Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade K, Grade 4, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 5, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12 Human spaceflight, Apollo program, Life sciences

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 Planetary Landforms Presentation on how landformsare are created on Earth, other planets and our Moon. Supports Planetary Landforms Lesson and Learning Lab https://s.si.edu/PlanetaryLandformsPresentation Grade 4 Science, Physical science

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 Stream Tables Stream Table activity in support of the Planetary Landforms Lesson and Learning Lab https://s.si.edu/StreamTable Grade 4 Physical science, Science

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 Design a Mars Rover_Explore on Your Own In this Explore on Your Own activity, students will design a rover to explore the surface of Mars and determine if there are any signs of past life. https://s.si.edu/DesignMarsRoverExplorePresentation Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 Commercial spaceflight, Human spaceflight, Science, Spacecraft, Technology and Engineering

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 Landing a Rover on Mars Explore on Your Own In this Explore on Your Own activity, students will watch a short video about landing spacecraft on Mars and then answer some questions. https://s.si.edu/LandingRoverMarsExplorePresentation Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 Commercial spaceflight, Human spaceflight, Physical science, Science, Spacecraft

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 Engineering Mars Spacecraft This lesson presents characteristics of spacecraft models on mars to see how well they meet design requirements and then presents a design challenge for students. https://s.si.edu/EngineeringMarsSpacecraft Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8 Commercial spaceflight, Human spaceflight, Science, Spacecraft

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 Human Impact on Earth Students will identify human impact on Earth in various locations using images taken by remote sensing technology. Delivered in Spanish https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1urumQGo2p5nb5wNGC34vbNoxY5UBrfGs-3VeM3_9c9I/edit?usp=sharing Grade 7 Society and Culture, Science, Satellites

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 Human Impact Students will identify human impact on Earth in various locations using images taken by remote sensing technology. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mTeCkWaX8d5kKMeDszI_UYrFcci3RKg-pFobktctw94/edit?usp=sharing Grade 7 Satellites, Science, Society and Culture

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 Building for Extreme Weather This slide show supports the Designing for the Weather Lesson. https://s.si.edu/buildingExtremeWeather Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5 Human spaceflight, Physical science, Science, Spacecraft, Technology and Engineering

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