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Working in groups, learners create a mnemonic device, give an oral presentation, and create a pictorial representation of the correct sequence of the planets and asteroid belt from the sun. An assessment rubric is included in the lesson plan.
In this colliding asteroids worksheet, students are given the equation to determine the collision time for asteroids. Students use this equation to solve 4 problems including finding the area of a cross-section through the body of an asteroid, determining the asteroid average speed, estimating the density of asteroids and finding the collision time of asteroids.
An excellent solar system, Jeopardy-style game awaits your young scientists. Cleverly-titled categories such as: Can You Planet?, and Don't Moon Me are present. A challenging Final Jeopardy clue is embedded as well. Excellent!
In this asteroids of the solar system worksheet, students observe a diagram showing all the minor planets found in the orbit of Mars. Students answer 4 questions about the minor planets inside the orbit of other planets, they find the scale of the given diagram, and they determine the number of asteroids that crossed the Earth's orbit on a given data.
Motivate your class with this lesson. Learners explore the solar system and practice working with fractions using this resource. They construct scale models of our solar system, and use fractions to correctly configure the solar system to scale.
Students examine the new categories of planets and how planets were reclassified. In this solar system lesson students complete activities using Venn diagrams and images of planets.
Third graders explore asteroids. In this space science lesson, 3rd graders read the book The Magic School Bus Explores the Solar System and interview a meteorologist. Students view the video "Solar System."
Students develop a sense of the scale of our solar system by creating a one to ten billion scale model. They calculate the relative sizes and distances for the planets and asteroid belt using a guiding worksheet. To create the model they place traffic cones at the appropriate distances on a field or sidewalk and use food items such as poppy seeds and gum balls to represent each planet.
In this earth worksheet, students make inferences about an illustration (in a text, not included), then record the names of the layers of the earth. Finally, they answer two questions about a map in the text.
In this Earth Inside and Out worksheet, students make inferences in a chart after looking at an illustration in the text (not included), then record and identify the layers of earth.