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- 5th
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Students research an assigned planet in small groups. After the research activities are completed, students write brief reports on their planets and create a class database of information on the nine planets. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students investigate the movements of the planet Pluto. Students participate in a hands-on activity to record data similar to the movements of the planet Pluto. Students compare their data to that found on a website. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 5th
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Students examine the astronomical concept of a year. They relate the passage of time on planets to historical events in the USA. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Studnets use their finger, thumb and fist as a unit of angular measurement as they investigate the relationship between angular width, actual size, and distance. They discover why the Sun appears smaller from Pluto than from Earth. Full Review »
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- 6th - 7th
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Students engage in a lesson about Pluto. They use the internet to find information. It is used to answer key questions that are used to guide research and facilitate classroom discussion. Students draw the solar system with estimated positions in relation to the sun. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 5th
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Students help tocreate a list of planets in the solar system. They recview the terms in the News Words section and complete the sentences given. They then read the article together and discuss. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 5th
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Students read a news article about a space mission being launched to the planet Pluto. They study the necessary vocabulary and complete an anticipation guide of questions which they revisit after they read the article. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students, after brainstorming all they know about planets while in the computer lab, access an introduction to Pluto on the BNSC Learning Zone/Space Explorers/Pluto website. They practice navigating the presentation of information given to them on the website. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students make choices about scientific equipment and describe those choices,communicate the choices made with some explanation,justify the choices made.Pupils are asked to make decisions about the instruments they wish to take with them on their 'Mission to Pluto'.They need to consider mass and size and whether or not they wish to land on the planet and return to Earth. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students are told that they are going to work on Step 3 of the Research Process. They discuss what a good researcher is able to get a great deal or much of important information from books by looking carefully at and interpreting the pictures and diagrams. Students are shown examples of pictures and diagrams from page 3 and 4 of "Postcards from Pluto." Full Review »