{"id":315,"date":"2021-12-07T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alphonsedevasia.com\/blog\/?p=315"},"modified":"2022-09-04T10:34:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T06:34:38","slug":"space-racers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alphonsedevasia.com\/blog\/space-racers\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Racers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceracers.com\/grownups\/\" target=\"_blank\">Space Racers<\/a><\/span> is a NASA-funded, award-winning preschool television series that follows young spaceship cadets at the Stardust Space Academy as they explore the solar system. Episodes of the TV series along with educational content, science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM) activities, and educator-approved lesson plans are now available online.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceracers.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alphonsedevasia.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/09\/screenshot-2021-09-22-at-12.20.36-pm.png?w=737\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-894\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceracers.com\/educators\/lesson-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lesson plans<\/a><\/span> available through SpaceRacers.com offer options for students to conduct experiments and learn about topics ranging from the scientific method to planets in the solar system and different phases of the moon. The lesson plans explain complicated scientific topics like heliophysics (solar physics), earth science, planetary science and astrophysics at a preschool level.&nbsp;Among the space-themed activities is a colouring sheet that teaches kids about the patterns of stars and constellations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">There is also a sun and planets matching game <span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceracers.com\/grownups\/family-activities\/sun-and-planets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">available to download<\/a><\/span>, which helps kids learn the names of the different planets in the solar system and what they look like.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">New episodes of &#8220;Space Racers&#8221; will also be released each week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/SpaceRacers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">on the series&#8217; YouTube 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