Written by: Frances Dellutri, Jr. High / Intermediate Level EIS Education Team, October 2015
Topic: Art, Astronomy
Title of Lesson: Fly Me to the Moons - Middle School
Grade (Age) Level: Grades 5-8 (Ages 10-15)
Key Topics Associated With Standards:
Scale Properties, Astronomy, Solar System Models, Proportion, Quantity, Interpreting Data, Gravity, Patterns, Math
US Standards: NGSS:
MS-ESS1-3 http://www.nextgenscience.org/dci-arrangement/ms-ess1-earths-place-universe
Introduce students to scale models of the solar system planets with these activities. Students engage in different model perspectives and finally focus on making a model of one of our solar system's moons with features that are to scale.
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This is a global activity about the Moons around planets. It is designed for teachers to use with their students.
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