Earth Science
Solar System and Universe
Grades K-2 Important Concepts
- Close-Up and Far Away (modified for ADEED)
- Zoom Out (modified for ADEED)
- Day and Night
- Why the Moon Looks Different
- Stars in the Sky
Grades 3-5 Important Concepts
- Keeping Time with Earth's Motion
- Investigating Heat Energy (modified for ADEED)
- Seasons and Day Length (modified for ADEED)
- Sun in the Water Cycle
- How Oceans Affect Climate (modified for ADEED)
- Using Your Senses (modified for ADEED)
- The Amazing Moon and Its Phases (modified for ADEED)
- A Sun/Earth Comparison (modified for ADEED)
- Stars and the Sun
- Planet Properties (modified for ADEED)
Grades 6-8 Important Concepts
- The Reason for Season (modified for ADEED)
- Seasons and Ecliptic Simulator (modified for ADEED)
- Modeling the Solar System (modified for ADEED)
- Planet “GEO”pardy (modified for ADEED)
- What's all the Buzz about Light Years?
- How Far is that Star?
- Viewing Sunspots (modified for ADEED)
- Star Light, Star Bright, Really Big Star I See Tonight
- Reflecting Light (modified for ADEED)
- Aurora Recipe (modified for ADEED)
Grades 9-12 Important Concepts
- Ocean Tides (modified for ADEED)
- Tide Gauge Sleuths (modified for ADEED)
- Native Aurora Vocabulary (modified for ADEED)
- Magnificent Magnetospheres (modified for ADEED)
- Aurora Ovals (modified for ADEED)
- Speed of Solar Wind (modified for ADEED)
- Cause and Effect (modified for ADEED)
- Crashing Particles Scavenger Hunt (modified for ADEED)
- A Star is Born
- Explosion of a Universe
- Observing the Universe
- The Spectrum of a Star
Also see Place-based Project Ideas.