Description
This bundle contains the following resources on The Solar System for an Earth Space Science or Astronomy class:
1. Tour of the Solar System Lesson and Brochure Style Notes
Need to introduce or review objects in the solar system in one easy lesson? This resource contains a PowerPoint lesson and visual guided notes to review the key information related to our solar system.
Take your students on a tour of the Solar System with this differentiated style of note taking! Students will take notes in a travel brochure that takes them through each stop of the solar system, from the sun to beyond!
It is editable to meet the needs of your students and there is a colorful Google Slides version of both the PowerPoint lesson and brochure notes to use digitally!
Included in this resource:
- Editable PowerPoint Lesson
- PDF version of Slides to be printed as posters for a gallery walk style.
- Brochure-style student handout for notes (Not editable)
- Google Slides version of PowerPoint lesson and brochure notes for online learners
Content covered:
⭐The sun (Solar flares, prominences, corona, sunspots, differential rotation)
⭐The Moon and lunar/solar eclipses
⭐ Terrestrial planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth)
⭐ Gas Giants (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)
⭐ Asteroid Belt
⭐ Comets, meteors, meteoroids, meteorites
***Text is editable but clip art and text with special fonts are not editable due to copyright of those resources.***
2. The Solar System Digital Google Slides™ Activities
This is a print and digital resource that uses Google Slides. There are 8 interactive activities related to the solar system. These activities are perfect for an Earth and Space Science class with no prep! These can be used as online stations, an activity for early finishers, interactive science notebooks, homework or for review in the classroom. Perfect for online learning!
Students will practice vocabulary skills, make real-world connections, research independently, understand visual representations and review concepts.
The activities include either drag and drop or short answer text. Watch the preview video to get a better idea of how each slide works.
The slides and print version are not editable. An answer key is included in the PDF as well as the Google Slides link.
Content covered:
⭐ Vocabulary such as centripetal force, astronomical unit (AU), gas giants, dwarf planet, terrestrial planets, Kuiper Belt and solar nebula.
⭐ Geocentric vs Heliocentric Model and involved scientists (Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler)
⭐ Gravity in the solar system and how online/mass affect gravitational force.
⭐ Inner Planets (Terrestrial Planets) and Outer Planets (Gas Giants)
⭐ Meteoroids, meteors and meteorites
⭐ Comets & parts of the comet (dust tail, ion tail, nucleus and coma)
⭐ Asteroids
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