Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors – 5E Lesson Bundle

Explore our cosmic neighborhood by immersing students in the fascinating world of asteroids, comets, and meteors. This complete 5E lesson bundle contains everything needed to teach middle or high schoolers about these rocky remnants from our solar system’s formation.

Interactive lab stations allow students to get hands-on with concepts through drawing, making observations, conducting research, and more. A PowerPoint lesson explains key differences between asteroids, comets, and meteoroids, while a reading dives into theories on how asteroids caused the dinosaur extinction.

The bundle facilitates differentiated instruction with print and digital resources for in-class or remote learning. Answer keys, rubrics, and teaching materials provide ease of implementation. An end-of-unit quiz assesses student understanding.

Learning why Halley’s Comet returns every 75 years or how craters form after a meteor impact engages students in connecting examples to the underlying science. Class discussions will confront misconceptions about the threat of asteroid collisions.

This 5E lesson bundle helps students understand how leftover debris from our solar system’s formation still impacts Earth today. Asteroids and comets are not just relics of the past, but present celestial objects with significance for our planet’s past and future.

Bring astronomy to life for students by letting them explore asteroids, comets, meteoroids and meteorite impacts through interactive models and investigations. The bundle’s 5E structure makes learning memorable.

Relevant NGSS standards covered:

MS-ESS1-2

MS-ESS1-3

HS-ESS1-6

MS-ETS1-2

The 5E Learning Approach:

Engagement Phase - Sparks interest in the topic and taps into prior knowledge through activities like videos, discussions, etc.

Exploration Phase - Allows students to experience the concept through hands-on activities, experiments, etc.

Explanation Phase - Provides clear explanations of concepts and vocabulary through direct instruction.

Elaboration Phase - Extends student conceptual understanding through deeper analysis, application, and synthesis activities.

Evaluation Phase - Assesses student learning and allows students to evaluate their own progress and understanding.