Space Exploration | Astro Strange But True Facts + 2 Truths & a Lie Activity Set

Studying space exploration connects middle and high school science to real technology, engineering design, and big questions about our place in the universe, and this high engagement set makes those ideas stick. A Two Truths and a Lie activity paired with 10 Fascinating Facts turns curiosity into evidence based reasoning as students evaluate claims about rockets, space stations, planetary landers, telescopes, and future missions, building vocabulary and critical thinking. The bundle includes a 5 slide student ready Google Slides activity with 10 facts and 5 lies, a 12 slide presentation featuring 10 Strange But True Facts, and a 6 page printable set with answer keys and mix and match versions, so it fits bell work, stations, or a full class launch with minimal prep. With a total of 20 facts and 5 carefully crafted lies presented across multiple formats, learners practice analyzing sources, interpreting simple data, and explaining causes and effects while exploring how exploration advances communications, weather monitoring, and planetary science. This flexible resource supports NGSS style practices, strengthens science literacy, and sparks discussions that carry into research projects, design challenges, and cross curricular writing.

This space exploration 2 activity set provides a truly engaging set of ways to engage students. This resource can help your students spark learning about space exploration. For digital, you can provide a visual strange facts version and a digital / print find the lie version of the 2 truths and a lie activity.

Ideal for reviewing or opening content for this topic, collaborative work, or independent work, it helps reinforce key topics while using an unusual angle for educating on space exploration. This ready-to-use resource is perfect for last-minute lesson plans, sub plans, or as an easy extension activity to get students looking at this physical phenomenon in a different kind of way.

THIS SPACE EXPLORATION STRANGE BUT TRUE FACTS / 2 TRUTHS & A LIE RESOURCE CAN BE USED SO MANY WAYS:

• Useful for substitute (sub) teaching
• To extend students
• To increase engagement & curiosity
• A daily opening fact
• Great as a lesson filler when class goes too fast
• To inspire students in an unusual manner
• Get students to act as a group of science detectives (No Google though!)

WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS SPACE EXPLORATION STRANGE BUT TRUE FACTS / 2 TRUTHS & A LIE RESOURCE:

• 5 Slide Digital manipulable Google Slides Version for student use on 2 Truths and a lie activity (with 10 facts & 5 lies)
• 12 Slide Visual Presentation Google Slides Version for presenting 10 Strange But True Facts
• 6 page PDF print version with answers, mix and match 2 truths and a lie version, color strange but true version.

These versions have effectively 10 strange but true facts & 10 DIFFERENT facts and 5 lies for the 2 truths and a lie activity. In total 20 facts on space exploration & 5 lies in this resource, presented in different and useful methods for teaching and engagement.