Presents activities in which students play the role of cadets performing missions for the fictitious SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Academy. Guides students toward an understanding of evolutionary forces and how they are affected by the physical environment. (JRH)

Describes the main features, rationale, and goals of the Science, Math, and Social Studies Help (SMASSH) project which provides unified, mutually supportive educational experiences for elementary school children. Describes the learning cycle instructional approach, presents a brief background of the science concepts addressed in these lessons, and…

Proposes an activity whereby science students develop critical thinking skills. Students are to debate the belief that the earth is flat. Guidelines are provided. (MA)

Presents an activity whereby students describe the path of Mars through a background starfield. Includes purpose, materials, pre-lab, and procedure. Also provides guidelines for making a dial-a-planet wheel. (MA)

Describes a secondary project in which students must organize an expedition to settle the people of the Earth on a new planet. (MLH)

Presents three activities that allow students to practice some of the techniques used by lunar researchers, and to become more familiar with lunar features through scrutiny of lunar photography. Topics include dimensions of a crater, different surface ages, and types of rilles. (Author/MA)

Presents activities designed to help children experimentally determine what the dark areas of the moon consist of, and compares primary children's ideas about the moon with those of early scientists. (WRM)

Describes many exhibits of the Alabama Space and Rocket Center. The Center is recommended to science students and teachers for its educational value in the field of aerospace science. (JR)

Presents two exercises in astronomy: (1) the production of star trails and (2) the measurement of the distance between stars and their apparent movement in the sky. Includes directions, illustrations, and activity questions. (MA)

Describes a constructivist approach to teaching a second-grade science unit focusing on the moon, using student observations and data collection. Lays the foundation for the evolving development of conceptual understandings of earth, moon, and sun interrelationships in other grades throughout the school. (nine references) (JRH)

Presents the goals, philosophy, and methods of the SPLASH (Student-Parent Laboratories Achieving Science at Home) program. Describes an at-home, parental-involvement activity called Moon Watch in which students and their parents observe how the phases of the moon and the moon's position in the sky change over a two-week period. (WRM)

Describes an activity using simple materials that gives students an opportunity to express their ideas about possible extraterrestrial life forms. (JR)

Describes a lively investigation to interrelate biology, math, physics, and chemistry with our nations space program. Suggested for use with tenth grade biology students when dealing with topics relevant to animal stress reactions. References are cited. (EB)

Describes a project making a model of the celestial sphere that will show how the ancients imagined the universe. (PR)