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\nWhen you wish upon a shooting star ... you're actually pinning your hopes and dreams upon a meteor! Science scholars discover the origin of these dazzling falling bodies in a video that's sure to captivate. The narrator explains the...\n
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\nComets And Meteor Showers (Perseid Meteor Shower)\n

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\nAs the dusty tail of a comet pass near Earth, particles fly off and burn up in Earth's atmosphere creating beautiful meteor showers. Learn about the Perseid Meteor Shower and the NASA space craft that make it possible for us to know when...\n
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\nMeteors from Halley's Comet\n

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\nDid you know that meteor showers come from comet tails? A NASA scientist explains that we may not be able to see Halley's Comet for another fifty years, we can experience marvelous meteor showers from its tail. Getting kids excited about...\n
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\nAn interactive designed to boost reading comprehension skills focuses on meteors. Scholars read an informational text, then answer 10 multiple-choice questions.\n
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\nAsteroids, Meteors, and Comets\n

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\nAlthough a bit confusing, this is an interesting exercise which will lead to greater understanding of the differences between asteroids, meteors, and comets. Learners must find the correct path that takes them through a series of...\n
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\nMeteors and Meteorites\n

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\nStudents create Earth boxes containing some of Earth's biomes--desert, forest, tundra, ocean, and mountains. They simulate Earth's encounter with a comet trail and the resulting meteor shower. They present their Earth boxes to...\n
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\nMeteor Showers\n

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\nStudents use the Internet to discover the wonderful world of comets and meteor showers. They discover how to spot one and predict them using a calendar. They also examine the makeup of meteoroids and meteorites.\n
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\nAsteroid, Comet, or Meteor?\n

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\nIn this asteroid, comet and meteor worksheet, middle schoolers complete a chart by determining which of 8 given characteristics belong to asteroids, comets or meteors.\n
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\nThe Effects of Meteor Impacts\n

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\nStudents investigate meteor impacts on the Earth's surface by using different size balls and charting their impacts, given their diameter and mass.\n
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\nAsteroids, Meteors, Comets… and the End of the World?\n

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\nDinosaurs owe their destiny to an asteroid. What are the chances humans will meet the same fate? A fascinating video lesson considers the probability of an asteroid colliding with the earth while taking into account variations in...\n
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\nSpace Science: Adventure is Waiting\n

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\nThese full-color handouts feature two activities. The first is a reading on comets, meteors, and meteoroids. Your space science learners will examine ten phrases and determine which of the three each characterizes. The second activity...\n
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\nMeteor Multiplication\n

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\nScholars keep meteors from hitting their alien's spaceship by choosing the multiplication problem that correlates to the number displayed.\n
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\nAstronomy Jeopardy\n

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\nThere are 5-point level questions available for each of the categories in this Jeopardy game.  The categories are the main topics within astronomy; stars, galaxies, the sun, planets, meteors etc. The game is logically set up and...\n
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\nStudy Jams! Earth's Atmosphere\n

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\nEarth's thick atmosphere plays a vital role in the ability of the planet to sustain life. Learn about the layers of the atmosphere and their properties, how the gases surrounding the earth help protect the planet, and a little about...\n
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\nMeteors\n

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\nStudents identify the different types of meteorite using an interactive website. In this earth science instructional activity, students simulate how meteors crash on a surface. They relate meteor size to crater size.\n
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\nMeteor Monitor\n

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\nStudent's measure sporadic meteor activity.  In this physics and astronomy lesson plan, 11th graders construct a dipole antennae, and build, test and wire a full wave diode rectifier between the dipole antenna and the laptop. \n
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\nIt's A Meteor\n

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\nStudents complete a webquest to find Earth's relationship to the sun.  For this webquest lesson, students complete tasks to understand the effect of the sun on weather and time. Students create a multimedia presentation as an...\n
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\nMeteor, Meteoroid, Meteorite: What's the Difference?\n

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\nStudents explore the difference between a meteor, meteorite and meteoroid. In this space science lesson, students first read information about these space bodies. Students make Comet Cookies and use them to model a meteor shower with a...\n
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\nComets And Meteor Showers\n

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\nStudents fill in a diagram of a comet. They listen to a short lecture, view flash animation descriptions of comets and meteors and then use the presented information to complete a worksheet.\n
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\nThe Difference Between Comets, Meteors And Asteroids\n

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\nStudents use Venn diagrams to highlight the similarities and differences between comets, meteors, and asteroids.\n
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\nAsteroid, Comet, or Meteor?\n

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\nFor this asteroid, comet, and meteor graphic organizer worksheet, students compare and contrast asteroids, comets, and meteors as they mark the characteristics of each.\n
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\nBig Extinction\n

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\nStudents discuss evidence of a pre-dinosaur era meteoric collision, and its impact on living creatures. They build buckyball molecule models out of marshmallows, toothpicks, and soccer balls.\n
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\nComets and Meteors\n

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\nComets are also known as dirty snowballs or icy mud balls. With your super scientists, create a model comet nucleus to discover how they are made and take part in a scientific discussion to learn how it behaves.\n
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\nAstronomically Correct Twinkle Twinkle\n

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\nWhat do you get when astronomers rewrite beloved children's songs? THIS! Hear the tune Twinkle Twinkle Little Star as it was meant to be — from a scientist's perspective. Physics scholars follow along to a scientifically correct...\n
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