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Astronomy Alphabet
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Written by: Linda Smentek, SpacEdge (formerly EIS) Education Team Member, October 2015
Topic: Astronomy, Language Arts
Grade (Age): Gr 3-5 (Age: 8-10)
Short description: In this lesson, students will participate in an activity that will test their knowledge of astronomy related vocabulary. Then, students will research their vocabulary, ensuring that they are able to match a definition to each word.
Students research astronomy terms to find one vocabulary word for each letter of the alphabet. They define terms and draw a related picture.
Before beginning this project, you might want to send home a letter to the parents of your students. Below are two sample letters to parents.
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Have you ever played the alphabet game?
You need to pick a topic and then try to come up with a related topic word that starts with each letter of the alphabet!
The topic for this game is:
