Capture your young students' imaginations as they listen to stories about daring aviators, travels in hot air balloons, trips to Mars, and creatures that have their own wings. During the daily half-hour program, staff will read a story and lead students in a related art activity. Use the reservation form in this guide to request a program. Exploring the Planets teaching poster Introduce your students to planetary probes, the robotic spacecraft that make observations of other planets. Students will examine drawings of four probes to observe how specific design features enable the probe to carry out its mission in a particular environment.
Students then select a planet and design a probe to explore it.
Lesson and extensions support the National Education Standards for science. For teachers of grades 3-6. The guide includes a color poster for classroom use. Lessons support the National Education Standards for social studies and language arts. For teachers of grades 3-5.