Gravity and Orbits in the Solar System Bundle For Middle School
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Grade Levels
6th - 8th, Homeschool
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Resource Type
Standards
NGSSMS-PS2-4
NGSSMS-ESS1-2
NGSSMS-ESS1-3
Formats Included
- Zip
- Google Apps™
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This bundle contains one or more resources with Google apps (e.g. docs, slides, etc.).
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Great Resource cut my time down by half!! I was able to download it onto google classroom. The only issue was that the students could not write on it but that was okay.
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Description
The unit starts with an introduction to gravity and the factors that affect the force. The unit’s main focus is on the relationship between gravity and the planets’ orbits around the sun. There are a combination of hands on activities, guided notes, and review in the lesson sequence.
What's Included?
- Gravity and Orbits Digital Stations - Sequence of lessons including: Interactive lesson using videos, readings, interactive activities, review questions, and a self grading google quiz.
- Modeling orbits - Students use an object on a string to model orbits and compare their orbits to the planets in the solar system. The students evaluate their models to compare, contrast, and improve their models.
- Weight on Other Planets Activity - Students calculate weight on other planets and learn about factors that affect the force of gravity
- Planetary DATA CER - students gather data about the solar system and use this to write a CER argument about the relationship between distance from the sun and orbital period.
- Orbits PhET online simulation - students complete an online simulation about the factors that affect gravity and orbits.
- Gravity and Orbits Digital Bell Ringers - 10 different bell ringers to start your class using google forms.
- Gravity and Orbits Digital Escape Room - fun engaging group review using digital locks that open when students solve each set of questions.
- Gravity and Orbits Study Guide and Test - editable study guide and test to review and assess students learning. Test uses a self grading google form.
All resources are designed to be engaging, interactive, and aligned with NGSS standards. Each resource includes teacher notes for implementation.
MS-PS2-4.Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
MS-ESS1-2.Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.
MS-ESS1-3. Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.
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Teaching Duration
2 Weeks
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NGSSMS-PS2-4
Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects. Examples of evidence for arguments could include data generated from simulations or digital tools; and charts displaying mass, strength of interaction, distance from the Sun, and orbital periods of objects within the solar system. Assessment does not include Newton’s Law of Gravitation or Kepler’s Laws.
NGSSMS-ESS1-2
Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system. Emphasis for the model is on gravity as the force that holds together the solar system and Milky Way galaxy and controls orbital motions within them. Examples of models can be physical (such as the analogy of distance along a football field or computer visualizations of elliptical orbits) or conceptual (such as mathematical proportions relative to the size of familiar objects such as students’ school or state). Assessment does not include Kepler’s Laws of orbital motion or the apparent retrograde motion of the planets as viewed from Earth.
NGSSMS-ESS1-3
Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system. Emphasis is on the analysis of data from Earth-based instruments, space-based telescopes, and spacecraft to determine similarities and differences among solar system objects. Examples of scale properties include the sizes of an object’s layers (such as crust and atmosphere), surface features (such as volcanoes), and orbital radius. Examples of data include statistical information, drawings and photographs, and models. Assessment does not include recalling facts about properties of the planets and other solar system bodies.
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