. .
 
 
Air Powered Rockets & Launchers [3-12]
Building and flying rockets is an exciting and educational way to introduce students of any age to aerospace education, this lesson provides suggested guidelines for students to produce cheap, safe, and reusable paper rockets that can be used to demonstrate both physical science principles as well as mathematical concepts. To find out more click [here].
 
Fish in Space [See Documents]
Looking for a great middle school motivator? In 1994, Japanese killifish, Medaka (Oryzias latipes) mated, laid eggs, and had babies in space. Can a Fish Swim in Space? uses the science from this experiment to bring alive the scientific processes and concepts needed to send a living system to space. Great for teaching scientific method, resoning, problem solving, and life science concepts. To find out more click [here].
 
 
Human Space Flight [See Documents]
Ever wanted to know what it's really like in space? Find out with these personal astronaut accounts of the human experience of space flight. To find out more click [here].
 
Introduction to Gravity [5-12]
Students often have a number of persistent misconceptions related to gravity. These prior beliefs make teaching concepts of how gravity works very difficult. This series of activities is designed to identify and address these misconception. The overall structure of this module is based on the 5-E’s model of Engage, Explain, Explore, Expand and Evaluate. To find out more click [here].
 
 
Plate Tectonics [7-12]
Teachers and students will engage in a series of hands-on investigations involving characteristics and locations of earthquakes and volcanoes, and their relationship to Earth’s crustal plates, plate movement, subduction zones, and ocean-floor spreading. To find out more click [here].
 
SEi Interactives [5-12]
Online interactive simulations for your classroom. Gravity, Planet Comparision, and Moon Phases are fully functional learning guides for your students.To find out more click [here].
 
 
Solar System [5-12]
Our Solar System lies in a region of the Universe called the Milky Way galaxy and is just one of many systems of stars and planets scattered throughout the Universe. Our Solar System is home to a diversity of objects from icy clumps of dust to mammoth balls of gas. To find out more click [here].
 
The Seasons [5-12]
The Seasons is an education module that has been designed for middle school students. The module provides unique perspectives and strategies in its study of the seasons, and engages students in a variety of standards-based activities through a customized learning cycle. To find out more click [here].
 
 
Top Ten Places in the Solar System [5-12]
Dr. Aileen Yingst is the Director of the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. Dr. Yingst is also Space Explorers, Inc.'s lead scientist. She is currently conducting research on the geology of the Moon and Mars. The following locations are Dr. Aileen Yingst's top ten most interesting places in the Solar System! To find out more click [here].
 
Up, Up, and Away [4-12]
Hot-Air Balloons are an exciting and uplifting way to integrate science, engineering, art, and literature into one project that teaches physical science standards. This guide will show you how you to have your students learning, building, and launching paper hot-air balloons as part of a two week unit. To find out more click [here].
 
About
Staff
Projects
Calendar
Message Board
Available
Completed
WIMSTE Fellows
SEi Units
Education Guides
Lesson Database
Student Opportunities
Space Explorers Portal

Contact
.
. .
. . .