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How Earth Orbits the Sun - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

How Earth Orbits the Sun

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-1

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What Is an Orbit - reading educational content
Grades 3–6

What Is an Orbit

earth and space science

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How Does the Moon Orbit Earth - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

How Does the Moon Orbit Earth

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-2

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Mercury: Closest to the Sun - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

Mercury: Closest to the Sun

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-2+1

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Mercury: The Smallest Planet - reading educational content
Grades 3–6

Mercury: The Smallest Planet

earth and space science

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Why Planets Speed Up Near the Sun - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

Why Planets Speed Up Near the Sun

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-2

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Why the Moon Stays in Orbit - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

Why the Moon Stays in Orbit

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-2

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What Is a Geostationary Orbit - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

What Is a Geostationary Orbit

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-2

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Our Solar System - Introduction - reading educational content
Grades 3–6

Our Solar System - Introduction

earth and space science

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What Are Dwarf Planets - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

What Are Dwarf Planets

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-3

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What Is a Dwarf Planet? - reading educational content
Grades 3–6

What Is a Dwarf Planet?

earth and space science

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Why Do Planets Appear to Move - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

Why Do Planets Appear to Move

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-1

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Gravity and Orbits - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

Gravity and Orbits

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-2

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Orbits and Orbital Motion - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

Orbits and Orbital Motion

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-2+1

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Are the Planets Ever in a Line - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

Are the Planets Ever in a Line

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-3

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Neptune: The Windiest Planet - reading educational content
Grades 3–6

Neptune: The Windiest Planet

earth and space science

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Why Is a Year 365 Days - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

Why Is a Year 365 Days

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-1

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Gravity's Role in the Solar System - worksheet educational content
Grades 5–8

Gravity's Role in the Solar System

physical science · NGSS MS-ESS1-2

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Aphelion and Perihelion - reading educational content
Grade 6

Aphelion and Perihelion

science · MS-ESS1-1: DEVELOP AND USE A MODEL OF THE EARTH-SUN-MOON SYSTEM TO DESCRIBE THE CYCLIC PATTERNS OF LUNAR PHASES+2

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Moon Phases: Why Does the Moon Change? - reading educational content
Grades 3–6

Moon Phases: Why Does the Moon Change?

earth and space science

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Mars: The Red Planet - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

Mars: The Red Planet

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-2+1

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The Solar System-Short Story - reading educational content
Grades 4–5

The Solar System-Short Story

reading informational text · RL.2.10+6

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How Aphelion Affects Seasons - reading educational content
Grade 6

How Aphelion Affects Seasons

weather and climate

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How Does Earth's Speed Change - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

How Does Earth's Speed Change

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-2

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Earth's Revolution - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

Earth's Revolution

weather and climate · MS-ESS1-1

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Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion

science · MS-ESS1-2

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Why Are Eclipses Rare - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

Why Are Eclipses Rare

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-1

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What Are Asteroids - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

What Are Asteroids

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-3

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Calculating Aphelion: Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion - reading educational content
Grade 6

Calculating Aphelion: Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion

science

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Why We Have Seasons - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

Why We Have Seasons

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-1

$1.50
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What Is a Full Moon - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

What Is a Full Moon

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-1

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Earth: Our Home Planet - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

Earth: Our Home Planet

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-2

Free
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What Causes Moon Phases - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

What Causes Moon Phases

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-1

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What Is a New Moon - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

What Is a New Moon

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-1

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What Are Kepler's Three Laws - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

What Are Kepler's Three Laws

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-2

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Earth's Moon Facts - reading educational content
Grades 3–6

Earth's Moon Facts

earth and space science

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How Often Do Tides Occur - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

How Often Do Tides Occur

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-2

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Formation of the Solar System - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

Formation of the Solar System

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-2

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When Was Neptune Discovered - reading educational content
Grades 1–8

When Was Neptune Discovered

earth and space science · 1-ESS1-1

$1.50
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Why We Only See One Side of the Moon - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

Why We Only See One Side of the Moon

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-2

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Is There Really a Dark Side of the Moon - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

Is There Really a Dark Side of the Moon

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-2

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Uranus: Sideways Rotation Mystery - reading educational content
Grades 3–6

Uranus: Sideways Rotation Mystery

earth and space science

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What Causes Day and Night - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

What Causes Day and Night

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-1

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How Long Is the Lunar Cycle - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

How Long Is the Lunar Cycle

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-1

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What Was the Heliocentric Model - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

What Was the Heliocentric Model

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-2

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The Asteroid Belt - reading educational content
Grades 3–6

The Asteroid Belt

earth and space science

$1.50
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Gravity - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

Gravity

physical science · MS-PS2-4

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What Are Solstices - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

What Are Solstices

weather and climate · MS-ESS1-1

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The Moon's Characteristics - reading educational content
Grades 5–8

The Moon's Characteristics

earth and space science · MS-ESS1-1+1

$1.50
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Facts About Venus - reading educational content
Grades 3–6

Facts About Venus

earth and space science

$1.50

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