Earth and Space Science Resource Library
Each of our self-paced mini units covers one NGSS standard and includes a student slideshow and work packet, assessment project with rubrics, extension activity and complete educator lesson plans.
Additional resources, helpful websites and phenomena ideas are found on this page for each unit listed.
Solar System Objects Mini Unit Resources
Students learn how to navigate the immense amount of information online using the three Rs: Relevant, Reliable, Reasonable. Then, they find good online information about the inner and outer planets, asteroids and comets in our solar system. Students learn about the atmosphere, surface and interior of each planet as well as interesting facts about our moon, comets and asteroids. Finally, students create a giant Venn diagram to compare and contrast two solar system objects and determine how humans could live on Mars!