Fly Me to the Moons -- Middle School

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• Fly Me to the Moons MS

  
  

  Written By: Frances Dellutri, Jr. High/Intermediate Level SpacEdge Education Team,                                  Updated August 2023
  Grade (Age) Level: Grades 5-8 (Ages 10-13)

  Updated 11/9/23
  Key Topics Associated With Standards: 

  Scale Properties, Astronomy, Solar System Models,  Proportion, Quantity, Interpreting Data, Gravity, Patterns, Math, Moon, Modeling

  US Standards:  NGSS: 

  MS-ESS1-3 http://www.nextgenscience.org/dci-arrangement/ms-ess1-earths-place-universe

  Summary: This interdisciplinary course will allow investigations into the relative location of objects in our solar system, how to change the scale of those items, the relative size of objects in a model.  Students are further encouraged to conduct research on the moons in our solar system and then to make a model of one, complete with its features using artistic techniques.

  Goals: The goals of the course are to impress scale modeling techniques and perspectives.

  
  

  Pre-requisite: Understanding of ratios is helpful.

  Index of Course Activities:

  • Activity 1: Tutorial on Modeling Using NASA Clip

  • Activity 2: 2- D Solar System Model

  • Activity 3: Making an Outside Solar System

  • Activity 4: Solar System Modeling Lab - An Enrichm...

  • Activity 5: Student Moon Selection

  • Activity 6: Making a Solar System Moon Model.

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