Teacher Resources for Instructional Planning


HS, Astronomy Std 22: Compare the planets in terms of orbit, size, composition, rotation, atmosphere, moons, and distance.

Lesson Plans: Take a Walk Through Our Solar System: To model the correct size of and distance between the planets; To show why it's called "space;" the vast emptiness between the planets. Classroom Planetarium Students build a model of the solar system. How Old Are You? To understand the relationship between planetary orbits around the Sun and our measure of time. How Much Do You Weigh? To understand that weight is a measure of gravitational attraction and that this force is not the same on each planet.

Resources: The Physics Classroom Tutorials, animations, sample problems Aeronautics Related Activities, Experiments, and Lesson Plans
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