Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Are Meteors?

For Students 9th - 10th
What's the difference between a meteor, meteorite, and meteoroid, and exactly how scared should we be? Crash Course explains exactly what happens when earth encounters debris as it plows its course around the sun. [11:21]
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NASA

Nasa: Meteors

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA defines and explains meteors. Content includes a look at meteor showers.
Handout
NASA

Nasa Space Place: Asteroid or Meteor: What's the Difference?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn the difference between asteroids and comets, meteoroids and meteorites, and more!
Handout
Ducksters

Ducksters: Astronomy for Kids: Comets and Meteors

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about comets and meteors in the science of astronomy including the coma and tail, meteorites, meteoroids, the Kuiper belt, and the Oort cloud.
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Other

Who Dunnit to the Dinosaurs?

For Students 9th - 10th
"One of the great mysteries in science is the extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Mesozoic Era some 65 million years ago. Who (or more likely what) caused it is unknown and a subject of great debate." Many theories are touched...