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Language Arts – Open Court

Grade 5 Unit 2 Theme: Back Through the Stars
Unit Activity: Research (see grade 4 links for Mae Jemison for Nasa and other space links)

Story: Galileo by Navin Sullivan

Resource Type	Themes	Websites	Extensions/ Activities
The Galileo Project	Life of Galileo	http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/	Students decide upon one aspect of Galileo's personal or professional life that they have a question about. Students ask that question and then go through the site and try to find the answer. Students must summarize, not quote the answer
Astronomy for Kids / Pictures of the stars	Astronomy	http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/index.html http://www.noao.edu/outreach/aop/observers/bestof.html	Teachers can print out images of planets. Pairs of students are given an image. Students must write clues about the planet for their classmates to guess. GOOD FOR ADJECTIVES!
How to build a Galilean telescope	Telescope	http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Student_Work/Astronomy95/telescope_design.html	Classes can actually make the type of telescope Galileo used
Kids almanac article	Telescopes	http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/space/telescope.html