Matched to 1-ESS1-1 (patterns of the Sun, Moon and stars you can predict).
Curriculum links last reviewed November 2026.
Short video lessons for young children with Orby, our Earth mascot.
name some of the lights they can see in the night sky, and say which ones are made by people.
Watch one Lights in the Sky lesson together, then students draw what they might see from their bedroom window tonight.
Free printable coloring pages starring Orby, in A4 and US Letter, each tied to a short video lesson.
talk about what they have drawn: a rocket, the Moon, a satellite or the ISS.
Print one page per student. While they color, ask each table one question about their picture.
Your class's art and postcards flown to space and back with Club for the Future. Free to take part.
design a postcard about why space matters to them, and see it go to space.
Each student designs one postcard. Follow the steps on the page to send the class set together.
A live 3D Moon, lit the way it is right now.
describe how the Moon's shape changes in a pattern they can predict.
Look at today's Moon. Students predict how it will look in one week, then check the globe again.
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NGSS codes are shown as performance expectations, for example MS-ESS1-1.
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