Solar System Residents
Objectives
• To differentiate planet, dwarf planet, natural satellite, comet, asteroid, meteoroid, meteorite and meteor
• To explore what comet, asteroid, meteoroid, meteorite and meteor consist of
• To compare the physical properties of the planets in the Solar System with each other
• To rank the planets in the Solar System according to their distance from the Sun
• To observe the Sun, all other planets and the Asteroid Belt, Kuiper Belt in the Solar System,
Curriculum Alignments
• NGSS
MS-ESS1-3 Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system