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Topic:
Grade Level: K-4
Body:
Our Solar System,
Mercury,
Earth,
Mars,
Asteroids,
Jupiter,
Saturn,
Uranus,
Neptune,
Comets,
Kuiper Belt & Oort Cloud,
Earth's Moon
Mission:
Cassini (Saturn)
Science Education Standards: Science Objectives
Students will:
• Learn that water ice is found on numerous objects in the solar system.
• Learn that scientists are looking for water in the solar system as a possible
indicator for life forms on other planets and/or moons.
• Practice observation skills to gain information as scientists do.
Language Arts Objectives
Students will:
• Develop and use descriptive vocabulary to record observations.
• Practice identifying main ideas and supporting details in expository text and note taking.
• Develop descriptive vocabulary to create their own expository text.
Short Description: Learning about ice in the solar system through the eyes of Scientist-Arctic Space Explorer, Mr. Ben Holt. This lesson is part of the Through the Eyes of Scientists formal education product.
Source: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Learn that water ice is found on numerous objects in the solar system. Learn that scientists are looking for water in the solar system as a possible indicator for life forms on other planets and/or moons.
