Each activity explores an element of the universe, from our planet Earth to deep in the solar system. First, blast off with a space race using SolarStudy, where students run between poly spot planets to get a sense for the scale of the solar system. Next, explore Earth's closest neighbor, the moon, in hands-on activities from the Earth’s Place in the Universe set. Then, come back home with the Earth Layers Set, exploring the inner workings of our planet. Explore natural disasters using the Volcanic Eruptions Kit and ShakeStudy Seismometers. Finally, end your space journey by constructing your own model of the solar system with CreateKit Team Bins. Accommodates 24 students. Recommended for Elementary and up.
Standards: Aligns with NGSS.
Click here to download a sample of the curriculum manual.
Equipment Only Kit includes:
SolarStudy Kits, 2 Ea
SolarSystem Poster, 1 Ea
Earth Layers Sets, 2 Ea
Ocean Trash Can Kit, 1 Ea
AtMASSphere Mini Air Scale Class Set, 1 Ea
Paper Roll, 1 Ea
ShakeStudy Seismometers, 6 Ea
Rainbow Gopher Pacer 200 Stopwatches, Set of 6
Volcanic Eruptions Kit, 1 Ea
Earth's Place in the Universe, 1 Ea
CreateKit Team Bins, 1 Ea
Roll of String, 1 Ea
Cardboard Sheets, Set of 100
Equipment and Manual Kit includes:
Equipment Only Kit, 1 Set
Comprehensive curriculum manual outlining 10 days' worth of lessons that align with Next Generation Science Standards. Each lesson is scalable for different grade levels, abilities, and has teacher suggestions for implementation.
Kit includes:
Equipment and Manual Kit, 1 Set
A live virtual professional development training hosted by a STEM expert for your school on the contents of this kit. Each three-hour training covers best practices for teaching the activities covered in the manual and provides your teachers with a hands-on and engaging approach to STEM pedagogy. If you choose this option, you will be contacted by a STEM Supplies trainer to schedule your workshop.
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K-ESS3-3: Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
1-ESS1-1: Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
2-ESS1-1: Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.
2-ESS2-2: Develop a model to represent the shapes and kinds of land and bodies of water in an area.
2-ESS2-3: Obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid.
3-5-ETS1: Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
4-ESS1-1: Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
4-ESS2-2: Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.
4-ESS3-2: Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
5-ESS2-1: Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
MS-ESS1-1: Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons.
MS-ESS1-3: Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.
MS-ESS2-1: Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
MS-ESS2-2: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
MS-ESS3-2: Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
MS-ETS1-1: Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment.
HS-LS2-7: Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.
HS-ESS1-4: Use mathematical or computational representations to predict the motion of orbiting objects in the solar system.
HS-ESS1-5: Evaluate evidence of the past and current movements of continental and oceanic crust and the theory of plate tectonics to explain the ages of crustal rocks.
HS-ESS1-6: Apply scientific reasoning and evidence from ancient Earth materials, meteorites, and other planetary surfaces to construct an account of Earth’s formation and early history.
HS-ESS2-1: Develop a model to illustrate how Earth’s internal and surface processes operate at different spatial and temporal scales to form continental and ocean-floor features.
HS-ESS2-3: Develop a model based on evidence of Earth’s interior to describe the cycling of matter by thermal convection.
HS-ESS3-1: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.
HS-ETS1-2: Design a solution to a complex real-world problem by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable problems that can be solved through engineering.
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