Youth Programs

Kid-tested, educator-created, hands-on learning games allow exploration to “Master the Science…Master The Game” by joining with Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl and other characters in exploring the dimensions of time and space. 

Activities center on the sun, shadows and space, but with the added interest of integrating Pokémon characters and scenarios.  Find them on the masterthescience.org web site and the Nortel LearniT/NIA partnership page: 

• Traveling with Dirty Snowballs (comets): using Internet resources to explore several famous comets and discover how comet dust is captured in space. Through these experiences, you can practice some of the skills scientists use to study comets and make inferences about our solar system

• Timekeeping by the Sun:explore ways to tell time using the Sun and other natural sky objects. Students experiment with a shadow stick, or gnomon, observing relationships between the Sun's position in the sky and the length of the shadow cast by the gnomon. As scientists do, they document observations  using linear measurement and digital images. Through Internet resources, you can learn more about the Sun-Earth relationship, shadows, and early timekeeping devices.

• Living in Space: What might be like to live in space? How might life change?  Why do astronauts appear to float in space? Conduct experiments, research, and learn what it might be like to walk up walls and turn somersaults in the air.

NOTE: The lesson plan provided for you is interactive. All links in the PDF file are live. Teacher resources and student handouts are found at the end of each lesson.

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