Space, Structure, and Story

Tamra Stambaugh, Ph.D., is an assistant research professor in special education and Executive Director for Talented Youth at Vanderbilt University. Emily Mofield, Ed.D., is an assistant professor in the College of Education at Lipscomb University. Her background includes 15 years experience teaching gifted students and leading gifted services.

• Acknowledgements Introduction Pretest Pretest Rubric Lesson 1 The Paradox of Mobius Strips Lesson 2 A Wrinkle in Time Lesson 3 What Is the Gravity of Gravity? Lesson 4 Einstein, Spacetime, and Planetary Orbits: It’s All Relative Lesson 5 The Structure of Spacetime and Black Holes Lesson 6 Science Fiction Lesson 7 The Structure of Time on Earth Lesson 8 Inspiration in Moon Art and Poems Lesson 9 “We Choose to Go to the Moon Lesson 10 Barack Obama’s Speech at Kennedy Space Center Lesson 11 Space, Travel, and Scale Lesson 12 Culminating Project Posttest Posttest Rubric References Appendix A: Instructions for Using the Models Appendix B: Blank Models and Guides Appendix C: Rubrics About the Authors Common Core State Standards Alignment Next Generation Science Standards Alignment

"A great guide for educators that lack the experience of designing entire units of work, [it] could be used to help write other units as well. A work to be considered for placement in media centers to assist new educators in the production of good lesson plans and those ever popular rubrics."Lewie Dunn, Georgia Military College, 2/3/18