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SPACE SCIENCE -- K-12 (LL 1-8) TERMS

 

 

LEARNING LEVEL 1 (LL 1)
GRADES K-1
SUN
SUNLIGHT

MOON
MOONLIGHT

SHADOW
SHADOWS
LEARNING LEVEL 2 (LL 2)
GRADE 2
SUNRISE
SUNSET

SEASON
SEASONS
SEASONAL

SHAPE OF THE MOON
MOON'S SHAPE
NEW MOON
FULL MOON
LEARNING LEVEL 3 (LL 3 )
GRADE 3

PLANET EARTH
PLANET

ROTATION OF THE EARTH
EARTH ROTATES
EARTH'S ROTATION
EARTH'S AXIS
AXIS OF ROTATION
ROTATION AXIS

STARS MOVE
MOVEMENT OF THE STARS

EARTH AND SUN
SUN AND EARTH
EARTH AND MOON
MOON AND EARTH
SUN AND MOON
MOON AND SUN

SUN MOVES
SUN'S MOTION
MOVEMENT OF THE SUN
MOTION OF THE SUN

MOON MOVES
MOVEMENT OF THE MOON
MOON'S MOTION
MOTION OF THE MOON

TIDE
TIDES
HIGH TIDE
LOW TIDE

LEARNING LEVEL 4 (LL 4)

GRADE 4
SOLAR SYSTEM
PLANETS
OTHER PLANETS
MARS
VENUS
SATURN
JUPITER
NEPTUNE
URANUS
PLUTO
INNER PLANETS
OUTER PLANETS

EARTH, MOON, AND SUN
SUN, EARTH AND MOON
EARTH, SUN AND MOON

SIZE OF THE EARTH
EARTH'S SIZE

SIZE OF THE SUN
SUN'S SIZE
SIZE OF THE MOON
MOON'S SIZE

TELESCOPE
TELESCOPES

ASTRONOMY
ASTRONOMERS
ASTRONOMER
ASTRONOMICAL
STARGAZING
STARGAZERS
PLANETARIUM
OBSERVATORIES
OBSERVATORY

CELESTIAL BODIES
CELESTIAL BODY

NORTH STAR
POLARIS
BIG DIPPER
CONSTELLATION ORION
CONSTELLATION
ORION
12 CONSTELLATIONS
ZODIAC
LEARNING LEVEL 5 (LL 5)
GRADE 5

ORBITAL REVOLUTION
ORBITAL
ORBIT
ORBIT THE EARTH
ORBIT THE SUN
ORBIT AROUND THE SUN
LUNAR ORBIT
SOLAR ORBIT
PLANETARY ORBIT
EARTH'S ORBIT
ORBIT OF EARTH
ORBIT OF THE EARTH
SUN'S ORBIT
ORBIT OF THE SUN
MOON'S ORBIT
ORBIT OF THE MOON

EARTH'S MOVEMENT
SUN'S MOVEMENT
MOON'S MOVEMENT

PHASE OF THE MOON
PHASES OF THE MOON
MOON'S PHASES
MOON'S PHASE
LUNAR PHASE
LUNAR PHASES
FAR SIDE OF THE MOON
WAXING CRESCENT
WAXING GIBBOUS
WAXING
WANING
SUNLIT SIDE
DARK SIDE

ECLIPSES
ECLIPSE
SOLAR ECLIPSES
LUNAR ECLIPSES
LUNAR ECLIPSE
SOLAR ECLIPSE
PARTIAL ECLIPSE
TOTAL ECLIPSE
ECLIPSE OF THE MOON
ECLIPSE OF THE SUN
ECLIPSED MOON
ECLIPSED SUN
SHADOW OF THE EARTH
SHADOW OF THE MOON
MOON'S SHADOW
EARTH'S SHADOW

MOONS
PLANETARY MOON
PLANETARY MOONS
MOONS OF JUPITER
JUPITER'S MOONS
JOVIAN

COPERNICUS
GEOCENTRIC MODEL
GALILEO
PTOLEMY
HELIOCENTRIC MODEL
CELESTIAL SPHERE
EPICYCLE
EPICYCLES

LEARNING LEVEL 6 (LL 6)
GRADE 6

EQUINOX
EQUINOXES
VERNAL EQUINOX
SOLSTICE
SOLSTICES
WINTER SOLSTICE
SUMMER SOLSTICE

ASTEROID
ASTEROIDS
ASTEROID BELT

COMET
COMETS
FROZEN GASES
FROZEN GAS
DIRTY SNOWBALLS
DIRTY SNOWBALL

METEOR
METEORS
METEORITE
METERORITES
METEOROID
METEOR SHOWER
METEOR SHOWERS

SPACE EXPLORATION
EXPLORATION OF SPACE
ROCKET ROCKETRY
NASA
APOLLO MISSION
APOLLO MISSIONS
APOLLO 11
ASTRONAUTS
LUNAR MODULE
NEIL ARMSTRONG
BUZZ ALDRIN
MARS ROVER

EARTH'S GRAVITY
ESCAPE VELOCITY
SATELLITE
SATELLITES
SPUTNIK
SPACE STATION

LEARNING LEVEL 7 (LL 7)
Middle School

GALAXY
GALAXIES
SPIRAL
ELLIPTICAL
ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES
SPIRAL GALAXIES
ELLIPTICAL GALAXY
SPIRAL GALAXY
SPIRAL ARMS
IRREGULAR GALAXY
MILKY WAY GALAXY

LIGHT YEARS
LIGHT YEAR
UNIVERSE

NEBULA
NEBULAE

SOLAR NEBULA
SOLAR SYSTEM FORMATION
SOLAR NEBULAR THEORY
NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS
SOLAR SYSTEM FORMED
SOLAR SYSTEM FORMS

PLANETS FORMED
PLANETS FORM
PLANETS FORMATION
FORMATION OF PLANETS CONDENSING GAS
PLANETARY NEBULA

THEORY OF GRAVITY
GRAVITATIONAL
GRAVITATIONAL PULL
GRAVITATIONAL FORCE
PULL OF GRAVITY
FORCE OF GRAVITY
MOON'S ATTRACTION
PULL OF THE MOON
MOON'S PULL

TIDAL FORCE
TIDAL FORCES
TIDAL PULL
HIGH TIDES
SPRING TIDE
NEAP TIDE

ASTROPHYSICS
ASTROPHYSICIST
ASTROPHYSICISTS

HUBBLE TELESCOPE
SPACE TELESCOPE
RADIO ASTRONOMER
RADIO TELESCOPE
RADIO ASTRONOMY
RADIO TELESCOPES

LEARNING LEVEL 8 (LL 8)
High School

AVERAGE STAR
SUN'S COMPOSIITON
SOLAR COMPOSITION
HYDROGEN AND HELIUM
SOLAR MASS
CHORONA
SUN HYDROGEN GAS
FUSION IN THE SUN
FUSION OF HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN FUSION
FUSING HYDROGEN
FUSES HYDROGEN
FUSION OF HELIUM
HELIUM FUSION
FUSING HELIUM

MOONS COMPOSITION
COMPOSITION OF A MOON
FORMATION OF THE MOON

ORIGIN OF STARS
STAR SYSTEMS
SYSTEMS OF STARS

STAR'S LIFETIME
STARS EVOLVE
MASS OF A STAR
STAR'S MASS
STELLAR EVOLUTION
STARS EVOLUTION
EVOLUTION OF A STAR
INTERSTELLAR GAS
INTERSTELLAR
PROTOSTAR
PROTOSTARS
CONDENSE INTO STARS
CONDENSE INTO A STAR
HERTZSPRUNG-RUSSELL
H-R DIAGRAM
CANON SEQUENCE
STELLAR LIFE CYCLE
STELLAR EVOLUTION
EVOLUTIONARY SEQUENCE
STAR'S MAGNITUDE
ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE
TEMPERATURE OF STARS
TEMPERATURE OF A STAR
STAR'S TEMPERATURE
RED GIANT
WHITE DWARF
RED GIANTS
WHITE DWARFS
SUPERNOVA

COSMOLOGY
BIG BANG THEORY
BIG BANG
ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE
EXPANDING UNIVERSE
RED SHITFTS
RED SHIFT
COSMOLOGICAL RED SHIFT
REDDER WAVELENGTHS

CONDENSED INTO GALAXIES
CONDENSE INTO GALAXIES
CONDENSING INTO GALAXIES