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There May Be Extraterrestrial Life in Our Solar System Instructional VideoThere May Be Extraterrestrial Life in Our Solar System Instructional Video
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9th - 12th
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There May Be Extraterrestrial Life in Our Solar System

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Statistically speaking, it is more than possible that extraterrestrial life exists in our solar system. An engaging short video examines moons and planets that might support life, although not just life as we know it.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

the solar system, extraterrestrial life, moon exploration, moons, molecules, chemicals, bacteria, astrobiology

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Have class members imagine a life form that might develop in the environments mentioned in the video and create a drawing, detail its life cycle and habits
  • Ask readers of David Brin's Uplift Universe share his vision of what other forms of life might look like

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Common Core

SL.9-10.3 SL.11-12.3

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