Bronze level
The Planets
Uploaded on 11/30/2012
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Learning objectives
- • Students will learn different ways to classify the planets of our solar system and reinforce this new knowledge by completing creativity e
- • At the end of the unit, they will bring all aspects of the lesson together to write a creative story about what it would be like to live o
Created for
Ages 8 - 10
Subject
Astronomy
21st Century Skills
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Student self-assessment
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Required hardware
PC
Instructional approach
Direct instruction
Learning activity details
• Knows that planets differ in size, composition, and surface features
• Knows that the Earth is one of several planets that orbit the Sun and that the Moon orbits the Earth
• Knows that planets look like stars, but over time they appear to wander among the constellations
• Knows that astronomical objects in space are massive in size and are separated from one another by vast distances
• Knows that the Earth is distinguished from other known celestial bodies in that it is the only planet known to harbor life, although similar planets might yet be discovered in the universe
• Knows that the Earth is one of several planets that orbit the Sun and that the Moon orbits the Earth
• Knows that planets look like stars, but over time they appear to wander among the constellations
• Knows that astronomical objects in space are massive in size and are separated from one another by vast distances
• Knows that the Earth is distinguished from other known celestial bodies in that it is the only planet known to harbor life, although similar planets might yet be discovered in the universe
