NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Audience: Educators
Grades: 4-6
Product Number: EG-2009-05-03-MSFC


This integrated unit allows students to launch pop rockets; create a pop-up book about the solar system; build Mars colonies; and learn about the history of NASA and space exploration. Some activities include vocabulary lists and reading selections. Each of the 20 lessons in this guide support national mathematics, science, technology, geography and language arts standards.

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