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Day 1:

  • Space Introduction Discussion
  • Lesson 1 – Space
    • Student Notes
  • HW:
    • Watch Lesson 2 – Our Solar System
    • Complete Student Notes

Day 2:

  • Review – Lesson 2 – Our Solar System
  • Bill Nye – Outer Space
  • Space Tourism Project or Solar System Lab Station Activity
  • HW:
    • Watch Lesson 3 – Life In Outer Space
    • Complete Student Notes

Day 3:

  • Review – Lesson 3 – Life In Outer Space
  • Space Tourism Project
  • HW:
    • Space Tourism Project

Day 4:

  • Space Tourism Project or Life in Space – Lab Station Activity

Day 5:

  • Space Tourism Project or Life in Space – Lab Station Activity
  • HW:
    • Space Tourism Project
    • Watch – Lesson 4 – The Life and Death of Stars
    • Complete Student Notes

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Day 6: 

  • Review – Lesson 4 – The Life and Death of Stars
  • Stars – Element Factory Reading
  • Space Tourism Project
  • HW:
    • Finish – Space Tourism Project
    • Study for Space Quiz Lesson 1-4

Day 7: 

  • Space Quiz Lesson 1-4
  • Stars – Lab Station Activity or Stars Digital Scavenger Hunt Activity
  • Space Tourism Project Presentations
  • HW:
    • Watch – Lesson 5 – Seasons
    • Complete Student Notes

Day 8:

  • Space Tourism Project Presentations
  • Review – Lesson 5 – Seasons

Day 9:

  • The Seasons Digital Scavenger Hunt Activity
  • HW:
    • Watch – Lesson 6 – The Moon
    • Complete Student Notes

Day 10:

  • Moon Student-Led Presentations
  • Review Lesson 6 – The Moon

Day 11:

  • Lab Station Activity – The Moon and its Phases (50 minutes)
  • Review – Lesson 7 – Eclipse
  • Introduce – A Space Adventure Story 
  • HW:
    • Watch – Lesson 8 – Galaxies Other Objects and The Universe
    • Complete Student Notes

Day 12:

  • Review – Lesson 8 – Galaxies, Other Objects, and the Universe
  • Model Solar System – Calculations
  • HW:
    • Watch – Lesson 9 – The Immensity of the Universe
    • complete Student Notes

Day 13: 

  • Review – Lesson 9 – The Immensity of the Universe
  • Model Solar System – Calculations Complete
  • Review for test

Day 14: 

  • Review for Space Test
    • Space Task Cards
    • Review

Day 15: 

  • Space Test

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