Space Lesson Priorities

We want you to know that every set of teacher notes is based on actual events written by the science teacher who performed the space lesson, and was recorded the same night it was taught so the details would be preserved. That’s why the “voice” in the space lessons seems real, like it actually did what it’s describing. It wasn’t always convenient to do it this way, but our standard is excellence and we feel we couldn’t give you an excellent product any other way.

We hope you don’t mind, but to keep your teacher notes from becoming overly-complicated, we chose not to pass them through an English department for a grammar check. Nor were they sent to the local university to be corrected. While we hope there aren’t many mistakes, that’s still not our main concern. All we care is that our space lessons actually work in the classroom. Some teacher guides are so sophisticated and overdone that you have trouble making sense of them, and a perfectly good lesson can be lost when it’s “over-decorated”. We just wanted ours to be clear, and good enough to be taught “right off the page”.

Always Illustrate Your Space Lessons

It’s our firm belief here that almost everything in science (space science included) has a simple explanation, and the best explanations we can provide students includes a demonstration with a reference to something they’re already familiar with.

Have you ever sat and listened to a speaker who confused you? In your mind you might have thought, “Why don’t you show me what you’re talking about. Give me an illustration, please!” If they finally did give an illustration, then you remember your anxiety letting down. Remember to use word pictures often with your space lessons, because that’s how our minds learn best, and also because there’s usually a student in your classroom looking at you starving for an illustration but saying nothing.

Space Lessons That Includes Everyone

Is it really true that our space lessons are for every student in your room? Let’s see- we know the “good” kids who normally pay attention will continue to do so. But what about the daydreamers, the troublemakers, and those who panic when things get “wordy” and technical? Our space lessons have been designed to keep everyone interested:

• The daydreamer will become intrigued with the demonstration
• Troublemakers are usually kids who hate worksheets because they have trouble reading, so they’ll love getting their hands on science
• And those with weak stomachs will be ok too, because they’ll get a boost of confidence from what they did themselves. And that which you have done with your own hands you are no longer afraid of

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