TEKS-Aligned Unit Activities (STS-TEKSNIQUES)

For Week Two of the D.R.E.M.E. Summer Science Camp, we have the following TEKS-Aligned Actitivies planned for our students:

1. Lunar & Meteorite Activities (TEKS 6.13(A); 7.13(A)(B); 8.13(A)-(C))
a. Impact Craters/Exploring the Moon (Tools needed: aluminum rectangular pan
b. Distance to the Moon - Exploring the Moon (Tools needed: plastic globe, 5 balls of different sizes, large rectangular paper with hole punch, string sufficient to wrap Earth's diameter 9 times)
c. Romancing the Moon Video (CD from NASA)
d. Space Paper Models (Simulating an Eclipse: 14 copies of tagboard, flashlights with working batteries, scissors, tape, colors and glue)

2. Living & Working in A Microgravity Environment (6.13(B), 8.13(A)(C)
a. Puffy Head Bird Legs Activity (Tools needed: tape measure, tape, colored markers, recording sheet, stool, timer)
b. Ballanaut - Design Challenge (Tools needed: aluminum foil, duct tape, newspaper, cardboard tube, sharp ended object, embroidery circle or border - 14 count)
3. Space Shuttle Paper Model (14 copies of tagboard, scissors, tape, colors and glue, copies of the Math and Science Charts from the TEA TAKS test administration)