Space Month

Your students will model the solar system and build a paper rocket! They will read amazing books such as Voyage Through the Galaxy and play fun games.

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Our Amazing Galaxy

Read: Our Spinning Planet

Play: Day and Night Tag

STEM: (K-3) Sun, moon and star tangrams

(4-8) Solar System Scavenger Hunt - Explore the NASA solar system model

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Gravity Races

Read: STEMTaught Journal

Play: Straddle Ball

STEM: (K-8) Gravity Races: Race objects of different sizes

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Collect Samples

Read: STEMTaught Journal

Play: Rover Sample Catch

STEM: (K-8) Engineer a tool to collect samples

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Space Bookmarks and Lunar Impacts

Read: Why is Nita Upside Down?

Play: Aliens and Astronauts

STEM: (K-3) Space Bookmarks

(4-8) Explore Lunar Impacts

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2

Earth Hat and Programming

Read: STEMTaught Journal

Play: Softball Throw

STEM: (K-3) Model the solar system

Code: (4-8) Model an Orbit + Robotics

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Paper Rockets and Programming

Read: STEMTaught Journal

Play: Wormhole Relay

STEM: (K-8) Rocket Engineering: Design and build a rocket

Code: (4-8) Scratch Coding - Orbiting Planets Model

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12

Make Nebula Art

Read: What Hubble Sees

Play: Space Guardians

STEM: (K-8) Make Hubble inspired nebula art

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17

Take Apart Electronics
and Tinkercad

Read: STEMTaught Journal

Play: Going to the Moon

STEM: (K-3) Take Apart Electronics

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Modeling Planets

Read: Voyage Through the Galaxy

Play: Moon Rock Relay

STEM (K-3): Model the Rocky Planets STEM: (4-8) Make a scale model of the planets

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8

Programming and Paper Rockets

Read: STEMTaught Journal

Play: Astronaut Hopscotch

Code: (K-3) Robotics

STEM: (K-8) Launch your paper rocket

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13

Space Pudding

Read: There's a Hole in my Galaxy

Play: Grab and Dash

Code: (K-3) Robotics (4-8) Birthday Calculator

STEM: (K-8) Make Space Pudding

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18

Build a Spaceship + Space Origami

Read: The Case of the New Planet

Play: Astronaut Training

STEM: (K-3) Build a Spaceship

(4-8) Space Origami

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4

Modeling Planets
and Solar System Walk

Read: Voyage Through the Galaxy

Play: Dribble and Shoot

STEM: (K-3) Make a scale model of the planets

(4-8) Solar System Walk

Tinker Cad: (4-8) Model the planets

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9

Space Helmets and Exploding Stars

Read: STEMTaught Journal

Play: Space Storm + Core Collapse Tag

STEM: (K-3) Make Space Helmets (4-8) Learnabout supernovae and make exploding stars

Code: (4-8) Robotics

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14

Sidewalk Chalk Festival

Read: The Sun

Play: Paper Spaceship Throw

STEM: (K-8) Sidewalk Chalk Art Festival

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19

Marshmallow Constellations
& Programming

Read: Why Oh Why Do We Look At the Sky?

Play: Catch the Alien + Four Square

STEM: (K-8) Make constellations

Code: (4-8) Robotics

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5

Sun Ball Games and Solar System Bracelets

Read: STEMTaught Journal

Play: Don't Wake the Alien

STEM: (K-8) Finish modeling your planets and go on a Solar System Walk

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10

Space Art and Lunar Landing

Read: STEMTaught Journal

Play: NLunar Mission Cargo + Keep-y Uppy

STEM: (K-3) Space Art

(4-8) Select a Lunar Landing Site

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15

Sidewalk Chalk Art Festival

Read: The Sun

Play: Hot Moon

STEM: (K-8) Sidewalk Chalk Art Festival

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20

Space Rocket Snacks

Read: Moon Basketball

Play: Call Ball + Keep the Ball

STEM: (K-8) Make space themed food; play a word game

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All Space Month Materials

Click here to view the list of materials needed for the entire month.

Full Monthly Materials List