OPENING DOORS
IN SPACE

STEM lessons and activities to teach the technological advances that will bring comfort to space travel. GRADES 6–8

YOU COULD WIN!

Have your students design an innovation for a hotel in outer space and you could win an iPad^™, five nights at a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, and $1,000 for your classroom! Bonus! Chance to speak with astronauts! Entry Form.

Lessons & Activities

Help your students develop critical-thinking skills as they work to address the challenges of traveling comfortably in space.

LESSON Making Space Home Grades 6-8 DOWNLOAD LESSON

ACTIVITY Living in Space: Where Hard Science Meets Soft Skills Grades 6-8 DOWNLOAD ACTIVITY

ENTRY FORM Opening Doors
in Space Contest Grades 6-8 DOWNLOAD ENTRY FORM

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ENTER ONLINE!

Hey, teachers: Download the entry form and submit your students’ innovations for a chance to win great prizes for your classroom!

To submit by mail, send to: Opening Doors in Space Contest, Scholastic Inc., 3rd Floor, Space 3-230, 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012

Deadline: October 22, 2019

Grand Prize

Student Prize: an iPad
Class Prize: a space-travel-themed book
Teacher Prize: an iPad, $1,000 classroom grant, and five nights at a DoubleTree by Hilton hotel

Runner-Up

Student Prize: a space science prize pack
Class Prize: a space-travel-themed book
Teacher Prize: a $250 classroom grant

The Opening Doors in Space Contest is now closed! Thank you to all that entered! The teachers of the winners will be contacted around November 15th by email.

Official Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Students in grades 6–8, 50 US & DC; submitting teachers or parents/legal guardians 18+, 50 US & DC. Only a teacher or parent/legal guardian may submit an entry. Prizes: Grand Prize winner: Apple iPad (ARV:$700; no data plan included). Grand Prize winner’s class: one class set of a space-travel-themed book (ARV: $600). Grand Prize winner’s teacher: $1,000 classroom grant, Apple iPad, and (5) DoubleTree Be My Guest Passes for a stay at any DoubleTree property (ARV: $2,800; no data plan included). Runner-Up prize winner: a science prize pack, which may include science or space-themed books, games, and activities (ARV: $250). Runner-Up winner’s class: one class set of a space-travel-themed book (ARV: $600). Runner-Up winner’s teacher: a $250 classroom grant (ARV: $250). Entries may be submitted electronically at scholastic.com/openingdoorsinspace, or by mail to Attn: Opening Doors in Space Contest, Scholastic Inc., 3rd Floor, Space 3-230, 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. Online entries must be received between 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on September 10, 2019, and 11:59 p.m. ET on October 22, 2019 (the “Entry Period”). Entries submitted by mail must be postmarked by October 22, 2019, and received by October 29, 2019. Void where prohibited. Official Rules: scholastic.com/openingdoorsinspace/rules

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OPENING DOORS IN SPACE