Looking into space
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A lesson plan for Grade 6 Science
In this Science NetLinks lesson, students will learn how telescopes work, build a model of their own, and consider how real telescopes can be used to ask-and help answer-questions about the universe. This activity is based on instructions and information from the Exploratorium website.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grade 6
- Goal 5: The learner will build understanding of the Solar System.
- Objective 5.04: Describe space explorations and the understandings gained from them including:
- N.A.S.A.
- Technologies used to explore space.
- Historic timeline.
- Apollo mission to the moon.
- Space Shuttle.
- International Space Station.
- Future goals.
- Objective 5.04: Describe space explorations and the understandings gained from them including:



