Space Pop-Up Report

The teacher will die-cut the materials for student use prior to the lesson.

1. Fold a 9" x 12" sheet of construction paper in half.
2. Cut two slits in the center of the fold 1" long and about 1" apart (Figure A) to make a tab.
3. Fold the tab up, and crease (Figure B). Unfold the tab, and pop the tab from the back for a pop-up page (Figure C).
4. Die-cut the International Space Station, Re-entry Capsule, Re-entry Parachute, Globe, astronaut and planets from assorted colors of cardstock or construction paper.
5. Decorate each shape with crayons, markers, pens or paper layers as desired.
6. Adhere the decorated astronaut to a tab (Figure D). Attach the decorated Globe to the page back. Adhere lined paper under the pop-up tab (Figure E).
7. Attach the decorated Re-entry Capsule to a pop-up tab, and adhere the decorated Re-entry Parachutes to the page back (Figure F)
8. Adhere the decorated International Space Station to a pop-up tab (Figure G).
9. Attach the decorated planets to a pop-up tab and the back of a page (Figure H).
10. Place adhesive on the back of the first pop-up page, and adhere to the front of the second page (Figure I).
11. Continue attaching each page to the next page.
12. Cut and attach a piece of color copy paper wide enough to cover the notches on the top of the pages. Add detail with patterned paper (Figure J).
13. Print on a computer or hand print a title, and attach to the front of the report (Main Photo).

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  Figure J
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  Figure I
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  Figure E
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  Figure D
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  Figure F
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  Figure B
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  Figure G
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  Figure H
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  Figure C
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  Figure A