Space Science activities

Welcome! This packet will reinforce middle school science students’ understanding of Earth’s seasons, the tides, eclipses, and the lunar phases.  Students will perform the following tasks in this lesson. Sketch a few select lunar...

Welcome! This two-page review sheet complements my other published review lessons about the solar system to help middle school science students prepare for my published unit exam about the solar system. Students conducting this activity will complete the...

This activity features a set of incomplete flash card cutouts to help students identify and sequence the phases of the moon. Students will sketch the appearance of the moon under the phase title for the front side. They will use that cut out set to...

Welcome! This listing features a full-page study guide about the tools of astronomy and star classification. In this activity, students will perform the following tasks. Explain the relationship between the visible light a star emits and...

Welcome! This listing features a four-page exam about stars and galaxies for a middle school astronomy unit in an earth science course.   This exam contains five sections. Interpret a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram I created on...

This listing features three crossword puzzles about star classification, star life cycles, galaxies, the electromagnetic spectrum, and astronomy tools/equipment. Each crossword puzzle lists clues for twelve terms.   Key terms covered...

Welcome! This listing features a fun cryptogram about the life cycle of stars. A cryptogram is a type of puzzle with an encrypted text. In this cryptogram, students will decipher a number code to reveal the letters to form a summary statement text of a...

This listing features a four-page test about the Solar System for a middle school earth science class. It focuses on the sun, the eight major planets, and other celestial objects like comets.   There are seven sections on the...

This listing features two crossword puzzles about the planets in our Solar System for a space science unit in a middle school earth science course. The crossword puzzle set focuses on cool facts and unique characteristics of the four terrestrial...

Welcome! This listing features a two-page activity where students match the eight planets in our solar system to thirty-one numbered descriptions. Students write the names of the planets on the blank lines next to the appropriate description. I...

This listing features two one-page crossword puzzles, two answer keys, and a one-page master word bank for both crossword puzzles about vocabulary terms affiliated with the moon for an astronomy unit in a middle school Earth Science Course...

Welcome! This listing features a full-page homework quiz about the moon primarily for an astronomy unit in a middle school earth science course.   There are five sections in this homework quiz detailed behind the bullets below...