Ready for an interstellar celebration? From your own classroom to a school makerspace to the International Space Station to Mars, I have a giveaway, freebies, and a contest that will let your student stars—and you—twinkle!
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Post a comment to this blog no later than 11:59 pm EST on December 26, 2016, to tell me which of the items below would help you in your classroom. From the comments, I’ll randomly select one teacher to win Planet Kindergarten: 100 Days in Orbit. You’ll have this interstellar celebration of the first 100 days of school in time for your 100th Day activities.
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Let your students join the journey to Mars. This free Mars Survival Kit includes a collection of educational activities for grades K–12 as well as information about the how the activities and lessons align to the Next Generation Science Standards. Download the kit here.
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Speaking of science—and all things STEM!—you have a chance to win one of 50 makerspaces for your school. Each prize includes a Makey Makey Makerspace Classic kit for your classroom or library, a $300 gift card to buy makerspace supplies, and a library of DK books. The deadline to enter is December 31, 2016, so click here now.
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Want to see how a specific location on Earth appears from the International Space Station? The Sally Ride EarthKAM program lets you request images from an ISS camera. This free NASA-sponsored program is geared toward middle school, but teachers of any grade can register for missions. Plus check out the free activities and the gallery of images. Click here.
Don’t forget to post a comment for your chance to win the book!
Looking toward the stars,
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PS: What to know which products teachers judged to be the best of the best? Check out the 2017 Teachers’ Choice Award winners! Click here.
Smithsonian Maker Lab would be perfect for our upcoming Science Fair.
I’ve been planning on starting a makerspace – winning would be so awesome!
All of these books would be a great addition to our library. We have many students interested in space!
The Maker Lab would be so great!
I like them all, but especially the Maker Lab. I really want to give my students more opportunity to show their creativity.
Love the maker space contest and would love the book
Nasal Journey to Mars makes me want to sing Joy to theWorld.
The Maker Space Contest would be awesome to win!
Mars Journey for me, great activities to us in the classroom
NASA’s Journey to Mars is of interested both for the Next Gen Science Standards and the fact that we work on reports about Planets.
The Makers Space contest and the NASA’s Journy to Mars.
My kinders would love to have this for our 100th day celebration!
I would love a makerspace! I’ve read about these and would love to see one in real life!
Planet Kindergarten 100 Days in Orbit sounds like a great title for my classroom this year!
We are planning to do Science seminars in kindergarten related to the sun, moon, and stars. These resources would be awesome!!
I love the Smithsonian Maker Lab
My second graders will love the NASA Mission to Mars materials. The Planet Kindergarten book will enforce the lessons for my 21 ESL students. Thanks for the info to download the free materials.
The Mars Survival Kit looks like a nice resource to supplement space lessons. Thanks!
All of these would be excellent to grab the attention of a student who is not quite sure if they are interested in “science.” Relevant, real-world application of science content can be accessed by even the most reluctant of science learners with these cool resources!!