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Kepler's Laws Reading Comprehension Activity

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Our "Kepler's Laws" activities fell on "national reading day" so we were required to do some kind of reading. This was PERFECT.
Helped in getting my students to understand the different Laws. Used it at the beginning of a unit and it helped get them ready to learn more in depth about the movement of planets around a star.
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Description

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ How do Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion explain how celestial objects orbit the sun? What is an ellipse and how do you calculate eccentricity? This reading comprehension will teach your students about Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion. After this activity, students will know and understand each law and how to apply them to objects in our solar system.


This engaging resource offers a carefully crafted reading comprehension passage accompanied by thought-provoking questions, fostering critical thinking and deep comprehension skills among learners. It includes a 2-page guided reading article and 2 pages of questions. All questions are text-dependent and do not require prior knowledge.


Includes

• Kepler’s Three Laws of Planetary Motion

• Ellipses

• Calculating Eccentricity

• Aphelion and Perihelion

• Orbital Periods

• Astronomical Units

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Students will find Kepler’s Laws easy to understand and be able to apply these laws after reading the engaging science article. They will then answer questions that consist of multiple choice, short answer, calculating eccentricities, orbital periods, distances in space, and other content relevant thought provoking questions.

This is a fantastic lesson all on its own and would make a great homework, introductory activity, review, or sub-plan. Students do not need any prior knowledge before completing this activity and can do it all on their own!

Answers are all easily found in the content and keep the student engaged, on task, and having fun learning the content. Answer Key Included!



What you will receive:
- 4 Page Printable Version (PDF)
- Google Slides Version
- Full Answer Key


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NGSSHS-ESS1-4
Use mathematical or computational representations to predict the motion of orbiting objects in the solar system. Emphasis is on Newtonian gravitational laws governing orbital motions, which apply to human-made satellites as well as planets and moons. Mathematical representations for the gravitational attraction of bodies and Kepler’s Laws of orbital motions should not deal with more than two bodies, nor involve calculus.
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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