Space for Schools: Mississippi
Mississippi space objectives from E.K.8B in Kindergarten to PHY.2.11 in high school physics, each mapped to a free lesson page, a live tool or a worksheet.
Last updated . Curriculum links last reviewed November 2026.
What Mississippi uses
Checked November 2026The Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Science, 2018 edition, sit in state rule as 7 Miss. Admin. Code, Part 169; a 2026 revision approved on July 23, 2026 applies from 2026-27. A code gives the strand letter, grade, standard and objective, so E.5.8B.2 is a Grade 5 Earth and space objective. Space is spread over Kindergarten and Grades 2, 5, 6 and 7, plus a high school Earth and space science course and a physics course.
Hancock County is home to NASA's Stennis Space Center, near Bay St. Louis.
How to use this page
Find your code in the tables below. The lesson page has a lesson sequence, common misconceptions and questions with answers; the live tools and the worksheet open straight from the same row.
Kindergarten
Sun and seasons| Code | What students do | Lesson page | Live tools and worksheet |
|---|---|---|---|
| E.K.8A | Why the seasons come round each year | 1-ESS1-2 | Live ISS tracker, ISS Visible Tonight |
| E.K.8B | The Sun gives us heat and light | Live tools only | The Sun in 3D |
Grade 2
Sky patterns| Code | What students do | Lesson page | Live tools and worksheet |
|---|---|---|---|
| E.2.8 | Watch how the Sun, Moon and stars move | 1-ESS1-1 | Moon globe, Moonrise Tonight, What's that light in the sky? Moon diary |
| E.2.8.2 | Predict sunrise and sunset through the year | 1-ESS1-2 | Live ISS tracker, ISS Visible Tonight |
Grade 5
Gravity, stars and the MoonGrade 6
Earth and the universe| Code | What students do | Lesson page | Live tools and worksheet |
|---|---|---|---|
| E.6.8.1 | How the universe formed and grew | HS-ESS1-2 | Space telescopes, JWST tracker, Hubble tracker |
| E.6.8.2 | Stars, galaxies and clusters in layers | MS-ESS1-2 | Deep Space, Live Globe, Near-Earth objects |
| E.6.8.3 | Tools for finding our place in space | Live tools only | Space telescopes |
| E.6.8.4 | Compare planets, moons, asteroids and comets | MS-ESS1-3 | Deep Space: light-time, Worlds, Mars globe Voyager 1 light-time |
| E.6.8.5 | Gravity, orbits and the tides | MS-ESS1-2 | Deep Space, Live Globe, Near-Earth objects |
| E.6.8.6 | Sun-Earth-Moon motion, day and year | MS-ESS1-1 | Moon globe, Eclipse tracker, Live ISS tracker Moon diary |
| E.6.8.7 | Sunspots, flares and their effects on Earth | Live tools only | The Sun in 3D |
Grade 7
Seasons| Code | What students do | Lesson page | Live tools and worksheet |
|---|---|---|---|
| E.7.9C | Axis tilt, sunlight and the seasons | MS-ESS1-1 | Moon globe, Eclipse tracker, Live ISS tracker Moon diary |
High school
Earth and space science, physics| Code | What students do | Lesson page | Live tools and worksheet |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESS.1A.1 | Evidence that the universe is expanding | HS-ESS1-2 | Space telescopes, JWST tracker, Hubble tracker |
| ESS.1A.2 | Sort stars, the Sun included, on a chart | HS-ESS1-1 | The Sun in 3D, Aurora forecast, Space telescopes |
| ESS.1A.3 | How a star changes over its life | HS-ESS1-1 | The Sun in 3D, Aurora forecast, Space telescopes |
| ESS.1A.4 | Fusion and supernovae make the elements | HS-ESS1-3 | Space telescopes, The Sun in 3D, JWST tracker |
| ESS.1B.1 | How the solar system formed from a nebula | HS-ESS1-6 | Near-Earth objects, Moon globe, Meteor tracker |
| ESS.1B.2 | Compare planets, comets and asteroids in motion | Live tools only | Worlds, Near-Earth objects |
| ESS.1B.3 | Model orbits to test Kepler's laws | HS-ESS1-4 | Satellite directory, Types of orbits, Live ISS tracker Kepler's third law |
| PHY.2.10 | Graph the pull between two masses | HS-PS2-4 | Worlds, Satellite directory, Live ISS tracker Weight on other worlds |
| PHY.2.11 | Circular motion and Kepler's third law | HS-ESS1-4 | Satellite directory, Types of orbits, Live ISS tracker Kepler's third law |
About these codes
These are our suggestions for where each tool fits. Always preview a page before using it with a class: some tools show ads, these school pages do not.
Codes: Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Science (Mississippi Department of Education). Activities and lesson pages are our own words. Orbital Radar is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Mississippi Department of Education.
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