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Make a Starry Sky Projector Activity
This activity shows learners how to create a projector to simulate viewing stars using a cardboard box and foil. The post Make a Starry Sky Projector Activity appeared first on NASA Science .
- "Make a Starry Sky Projector" teaches K-5 students about light and solar system
- Simple cardboard box projector brings space science concepts to life
- Instructional PDF posted October 7, 2025 for educators
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Make a Model Solar System Activity
This hands-on activity helps students calculate scale distances to build a relative-size solar system model using everyday household materials.
- Students create scale model of solar system using household items
- Activity helps visualize immense scale of space and planet proportions
- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory provides educational resource
Make a Sun Out of Leaves Activity
This hands-on activity provides introductory learners with a creative ways to build physical models of the Sun using natural or artificial leaves.
- Make a Sun Out of Leaves activity teaches students about the Sun using leaves.
- Students construct a physical model of the Sun with natural or artificial leaves.
- Activity integrates lessons on light, photosynthesis, solar system, and seasons.
Pygmy blue whale beaches and dies off NT coast in historic first sighting
A pygmy blue whale has died after becoming stranded off the coast of Groote Eylandt in what researchers believe is the first time the species has ever been sighted in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Make an Astrolabe Activity
This hands-on activity guides learners through constructing their own astrolabe to practice angle measurements for determining height, effectively integrating geometry into astronomy units.
- Students build astrolabe to learn astronomy
- Activity uses geometry to teach angles
- Resource from UAF available October 7, 2025