Formation of the Solar System
This comprehensive middle school science passage explores the formation of the solar system, aligned to NGSS standard MS-ESS1-2. Students learn how the solar nebula theory explains
The solar system is an interesting topic for middle school students. It is nice to see how it gets kids thinking and imagining the planetary system they are a part of. Using age-appropriate games and activities to help students learn is crucial for enriching their growing minds.
Over the years, I've found some fun and engaging activities to help students learn about (and understand) the steps in the formation of the solar system. 1. Formation of the Solar System Presentation and Notes 2. Solar System Videos 3. Solar System Flattening Demo 4. Solar System Formation Card Sort Activities 5.
The list could include Styrofoam balls, toothpicks, dowel rods, glue, paint, paintbrush, etc. Students can use these supplies to make their models and give a short speech on the solar system when all students have completed their models. 4. Formation of the Solar System
are very large. This makes a true scale model of the solar system really ificult to make. Either the planets are correct in size but too close together, or the distances between them are correct but the planets are oo small to see. Kids can get a sense of the relative sizes of the planets when they create models of the objects in
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