Jupiter Lesson Plans

Learners plot the positions of the planet Jupiter while predicting what the configuration system looks like from Earth. In this configuration of satellites lesson, learners photograph Jupiter and its moons to record the motions of the four satellites throughout the week. Learners then make estimations regarding distances and measurements.

In this lesson learners identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations as well as recognize and analyze alternative explanations and models. After a brief discussion on Jupiter, learners read and article on the discovery of Jupiter Radio Emissions and answer discussion questions.

In this lesson students tour Jupiter. In this scenario based lesson, students examine the size of Jupiter and make models of the other planets in the solar system to show how large Jupiter is compared to the other planets.

In this lesson students learn about how engineers help us to know about Mars and Jupiter. In this Mars and Jupiter lesson, students are introduced to the telescope, deep space antennas, spacecraft, and planetary rovers that engineers designed to help us learn about these planets.

In this lesson learners explore Jupiter's Moons. They calculate and predict the location of Jupiter's 4 large moons. In addition, they draw Jupiter with its moons correctly shown for the time of the observation.

This lesson has students create a scale model of the solar system to show how much bigger Jupiter is than any other planet. In small groups they decide which type of medium to use for the model and calculate the sizes for each planet. The model are then shared and evaluated.

In this lesson students read information about Jupiter and the planet's weather. In this Jupiter weather lesson, students read information about Jupiter's weather. In this lesson students study a chart about the weather on Earth and Jupiter. In this lesson students read a weather forecast for Jupiter.

Students explore information about the planet Jupiter. In this Jupiter lesson, students answer questions to find out how much they know about Jupiter. Students research using a website.

In this lesson learners study the moons of Jupiter. In this space science lesson, learners plot the density and diameter of the Galilean satellites on the chart. In this lesson learners then hypothesize about the composition and trends for distance for the moons of Jupiter.

Learners predict which of Jupiter's moons will be the "brightest" in infrared wavelengths. Using provided information, they rank the moos from brightes to faintest in infrared.