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SPACE and SPACE TRAVEL
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Solar System - Listening Quiz Practice
SPACE AND SPACE TRAVEL
Level: Advanced
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Six multiple choice questions with six post-listening discussion questions Page 2 Complete Audio Script and Answer Key Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Printable 60-minute Lesson Plan
SPACE AND SPACE TRAVEL
"Elon Musk Wants to Send You to Mars!"
Level: Intermediate
Multi-page lesson:
Vocabulary Preview Grammar Practice Reading Comprehension Discussion Writing Practice Answer Key attached Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Printable 60-minute Lesson Plan
SPACE AND SPACE TRAVEL
"Daily Routine . . . in Space!"
Level: Beginning to Elementary
Multi-page lesson:
Vocabulary Preview Grammar Practice Reading Comprehension Discussion Writing Practice Answer Key attached Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Space Travel Video Quiz
SPACE AND SPACE TRAVEL
10 Questions about space travel
Level: Intermediate to Advanced Time: 5:02 ACTIVITY SUGGESTION
Consider introducing the topic of space and space travel to your learners by showing them this video to test their general knowledge. Pause the video after each question and give your learners a minute or two discuss before continuing the video so they can check their answers.
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Rank &
Discuss Opinions SPACE AND SPACE TRAVEL 12 statements about space and space travel Students read, rank their opinions, and then discuss in pairs or small groups Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 20 minutes 
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'Find Someone Who'
Activity SPACE Classic 'Find Someone Who' activity
Whole class activity Activity Notes on Page 2 (with Activity Version 1 and Version 2) Level: Elementary to Intermediate Approximate Time: 15 - 20 minutes
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Discussion Practice
SPACE 16 Question strips adapted from the below Pair Work activity.
These questions can be used with students seated in pairs or in small groups, or with students standing. Activity Notes on Page 2 Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 10 - 15 minutes
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Pair Work Discussion
SPACE 20 questions about space - evenly divided into 'A" and 'B' handouts
Pair work Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 15 minutes
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Reading and Grammar
SPACE ('Apophis') 267-word article: 'SPACE: Apophis - Killer Asteroid?'
Level: Intermediate
Notes and Answer Key attached
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Listening
SPACE ('Apophis') 2 minutes 17 seconds (see above reading text and audio)
Level: Intermediate Eight listening comprehension questions Notes, Grade Conversion chart and Answer Key attached
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Worksheet
SPACE and SPACE TRAVEL Brainstorming and dictionary practice
Use a dictionary to help you complete the chart below. All of the words must begin with the letter of the alphabet given. Some letters may have many different answers, while others may not have an answer. Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 20 minutes
ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS
Consider breaking your class into two teams and see which team can come up with the most (correctly spelled) words within a given time limit. Also, consider giving this worksheet to your students for homework. |
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Board Game
SPACE and SPACE TRAVEL 30 questions about space and space travel
For groups of two to three players Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 20 to 25 minutes Dice required
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Discussion &
Writing Activity SPACE: 'SECOND EARTH' Page 1
Discussion: The date is April 22nd 2038, and you and your classmate have just arrived at a planet that is similar to our Earth. You will live there for 20 years. Work together and make notes to describe the planet. Includes a discussion on what 10 things to bring. Page 2 Writing Practice: The date is now April 29th, one week after you and your classmate landed on the new planet. Write a short story (use the past tense) and write about what happened during the first week. Level: Intermediate to Advanced
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Reading Exercise
THE EIGHTS PLANETS OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM Page 1
Reading: Short descriptions of our solar system's planets. Page 2 Vocabulary Practice, Comprehension Questions and Discussion Level: Advanced
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Word Bank
SPACE and SPACE TRAVEL 63 vocabulary items about space and space travel
Question: Which 8 words below are names of planets? Answer Key attached Level: Intermediate to Advanced
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63 Words About Space and Space Travel
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alien life
asteroid astronomer astronomy atmosphere Big Bang black hole comet countdown crater discover distance distant |
Earth
eclipse experiment explode explore exploration friction fuel galaxy gravity Jupiter launch light year |
lunar
manned Mars Martian Mercury meteor moon Neptune orbit oxygen physics planet Pluto |
radiation
revolve rocket rotate satellite Saturn science fiction scientist sky solar solar system space flight spaceship |
space suit
star sun sunlight surface telescope universe Uranus Venus vacuum world |
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Word Bank (Gap-Fill)
SPACE and SPACE TRAVEL 15 vocabulary items about space and space travel
Gap-fill exercise; Answer Key attached Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 15 - 20 minutes Please note the typo in sentence #8. It says "150 kilometers - but should read "150 million kilometers".
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15 Essential Words About Space and Space Travel
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alien life
astronaut astronomer discover distance |
Earth
explore gravity Mars planet |
rocket
solar system spaceship telescope world |
Try the interactive version of the above worksheet!
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Word Bank -
Writing Activity SPACE and SPACE TRAVEL Write an opinion essay to answer this question: "The government should spend more money to explore space. Do you agree or disagree?" Use at least 6 of the 15 words on the left; 2 pages of lined writing paper.
Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 25 - 30 minutes
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Word Search
SPACE and SPACE TRAVEL 14 vocabulary items about space and space travel
Answer Key attached Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 15 minutes
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Are you a student? Try these Advanced Level Listening exercises and learn about our universe on my Learner Listening site - just click on the image below! ~Robert :)
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