Unit 1Let’s be Astronomers: The Solar System & The Terrestrial Planets
4 lessons4 Weeks
Let’s be Astronomers: The Solar System & The Terrestrial Planets
 Week 1
Lesson 1
Let’s be Astronomers: Intro to our Solar System & The Sun
In our first lesson, we will explore our Space Neighborhood and discuss where we actually live in space. We will identify the various objects and regions in our Solar System, and determine where we are located within the Milky Way Galaxy. We will also discuss our closest star, the Sun, determining its importance in our Solar System, and learn about its gravity, size, and more.
 Week 2
Lesson 2
Let’s be Astronomers: Mercury & Venus
In this lesson, we will discuss the first two Terrestrial Planets and their individual characteristics, such as their distance from the Sun, what their surfaces consist of, their sizes, and much more. There will also be a fun, review game link listed to challenge yourself on all we have learned this week. 
*A review game link will also be given to students to challenge themselves with facts about our first 2 lessons.
 Week 3
Lesson 3
Let’s be Astronomers: Earth
This week we will dive into the lesser-known facts about our beautiful, blue world. We will learn our distance from the Sun, our atmosphere, structure, and much more in this fun, Earthly adventure!
 Week 4
Lesson 4
Let’s be Astronomers: Our Moon & Mars
During this week's lesson, we will explore our nearest celestial object, the Moon, as we discover many little-known facts about our natural nightlight. We then travel out to the Red Planet, Mars, and see what all the focus is about and why humans are so interested to travel there. After this, we will compare and contrast the first four Terrestrial Planets, finding how they are similar and how they are unique as we play a fun, review game together as a class!
Unit 2Let’s be Astronomers: The Solar System & The Jovian Planets
2 lessons2 Weeks
Let’s be Astronomers: The Solar System & The Jovian Planets
 Week 5
Lesson 5
Let’s be Astronomers: Intro to the Jovian Planets & Jupiter 
This week we will fly past the Asteroid Belt to the Jovian Planets to explore the largest planets in our Solar System, the Jovian Planets! We will discover how these planets are all similar, and then we will begin visiting each planet to learn how they are also very unique. We will explore the largest planet in our Solar System, Jupiter, to find out more about its rings, moons, gravity, atmosphere, and much more!
 Week 6
Lesson 6
Let’s be Astronomers: Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune
This lesson will wrap up the Jovian Planets as we uncover the Jewel of our Solar System, Saturn, with its amazing rings, moons, & stripes, and other features. Next, we push out towards Uranus & Neptune, the two Ice Giants, to discover their ring systems, moons, windy & stormy nature, distance from the Sun, and many more facts about these blue planets.
Unit 3Let’s be Astronomers: Telescopes & Constellations
2 lessons2 Weeks
Let’s be Astronomers: Telescopes & Constellations
 Week 7
Lesson 7
Let’s be Astronomers: Telescopes & How We Use Them
This lesson we switch to discussing things here on Earth that allow us to observe and discover more in the Space around our planet, mainly, telescopes. We will learn about the different types of telescopes, ground-based and Observatories, like the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes. We will see how a telescope works, and look at their different parts. Then we will view some amazing pictures taken by the Hubble & James Webb!
 Week 8
Lesson 8
Let’s be Astronomers:  Discovering the Constellations
This week's lesson focuses on Constellations, what they are, how many there are, how they were used historically, and how we can still use the constellations today. We will look at a variety of Star Charts and locate the 5 biggest constellations on them. Talk about a stellar time!
Unit 4Let’s be Astronauts: Astronauts & Human Space Exploration
1 lesson1 Week
Let’s be Astronauts: Astronauts & Human Space Exploration
 Week 9
Lesson 9
Let’s be Astronauts: How to become an Astronauts & Human Space Exploration
During this lesson, we will find out what it takes to become an astronaut, and how they train to live and work in space. We will discover the various places humans have traveled at this point, and where we might travel to next. This week's lessons will get your mind wheeling with the possibilities and the future of humans in Space!
Unit 5Let’s be Astronauts: Types of Spacecraft & The ISS
3 lessons3 Weeks
Let’s be Astronauts: Types of Spacecraft & The ISS
 Week 10
Lesson 10
Let’s be Astronauts: Types of Spacecraft
For this week's class, we will discuss the main types of man-made spacecraft, their missions, and where we have sent them. We will break down the two big categories of spacecraft, and then look at examples of each. We will also witness an atmospheric craft land on a moon millions of miles away! It is sure to be epic!
 Week 11
Lesson 11
Let’s be Astronauts: Touring the ISS
During this last video lesson, we will go on a tour of the International Space Station (ISS), which gives amazing insight into what it is like to actually live and work on the ISS. This tour is one zero-gravity trip to remember!
 Week 12
Lesson 12
Space Mission-Project Time
For our last class together, we will each take the class to a place inside our Solar System. This can be a Planet or Moon. Students will find at least 3 facts about their chosen place to discuss with the class & they will show a any physical item that represents their place in space). We will also discuss together what we might find at each of place. Talk about a great way to wrap up our Space Mission 1 class!