Alien Earths

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 22.04.05

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Content Objectives
  3. Content Background
  4. The planet’s distance from the Sun
  5. Strategies
  6. Activities
  7. Activity 1: Solar System Mnemonic Design
  8. Activity 2: Planetary Scavenger Walk
  9. Activity 3: Planet Presentations
  10. Activity 4:  Solar System Scale Model
  11. Materials for Classroom Use
  12. Resources
  13. Appendix on Implementing District Standards
  14. Bibliography
  15. Endnote

An Alien Earth, Far, Far Away!

Malcolm McConner

Published September 2022

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Appendix on Implementing District Standards

NGSS Standard Integration- This unit will utilize the standards from Next Generation Science Standards with units “Interactions in Matter” and “Observing our Sky”. Instructing students about the matter will help them understand the three different states of matter that are present on earth and students will determine can these states of the matter be found on other planets. If so, is there a possibility that extraterrestrial life can be found on exoplanets?

Disciplinary Core Ideas:

The sun is a star that appears larger and brighter than other stars because it is closer. Stars range greatly in their distance from earth. Students will discover this while we are discussing the distance between the planets and the sun.

Crosscutting Concept:

Natural objects exist from the very small to the immensely large. (5-ESS1-1)

Standard units are used to measure and describe physical quantities such as weight, time, temperature, and volume. (5-PS1-3)

Science and Engineering Practice:

Develop a model to describe phenomena

Make observations and measurements to produce data to serve as the basis for evidence for an explanation of a phenomenon.

Support an argument with evidence, data, or a model

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