Planets of the Solar System Gallery Walk Activity NGSS MS ESS1 1 Worksheet
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Description
This activity is great for a nice quite day in class or a sub plan, the kids get really into it and there’s no prep! Jigsaw activities are a cooperative learning strategy that empowers students to specialize in one aspect of a topic that they eventually use to teach their peers.
What Students Do:
- Students research and compile key facts about their assigned planets to create vibrant flyers.
- Afterwards, they display their flyers on the classroom walls for a gallery walk. During this session, fellow students utilize handouts to gather information about each planet, completing a worksheet.
- The class is divided into eight groups, each focusing on a specific planet (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto). Through this method, every student gains knowledge about all the planets through their peers' research and contributes to completing the jigsaw puzzle.
This resource includes the following:
-Student Handout
-Student Directions
-Key
THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING NGSS STANDARDS:
ESS1:
Earth’s Place in the Universe
ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System: The solar system consists of the sun and a collection of objects, including planets, their moons, and asteroids that are held in orbit around the sun by its gravitational pull on them.
THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CONCEPTS:
Describe the planet’s surface.
Describe the chemical makeup of planet’s atmosphere.
If you went there what would you experience?
If you went there what would you need to bring to survive for one day?
What’s it named after (Roman God)
Size relative to Earth
Rotation Time (Earth hours or days)
Rotation direction (clockwise/counter-clockwise)
Revolution time (Earth months or years)
Surface Temperature Range (Fahrenheit)
Your weight on this planet in pounds (show your math)
Distance to sun in Astronomical Units
Terrestrial or Gaseous planet
Has atmosphere: Yes or No
Has rings: Yes or No
Inner or Outer planet
14. Number of natural satellites (moons):
15. If present, name of best known moon:
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