Impacts in the Solar System

Grades 4-6: Interactive Livestream

Overview

Within the vast expanses of our solar system, between the planets and beyond, amazing discoveries about asteroids, comets, and meteors are currently being made. Students will take on the role of an astronomer by using hands-on models to explore "small bodies" in our solar system, and also take a guided virtual tour of outer space.

How does it work?

This program is a live event on YouTube that lasts approximately 30 minutes. Students will interact with the educators through hands-on activities. This program also works well for classes who meet asynchronously because the recording will be shared.

NGSS connections

This unit supports the following standards:

Science and Engineering Practices

    • Using Models

Disciplinary Core Ideas

    • ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System The solar system consists of the sun and a collection of objects, including planets, their moons, and asteroids that are held in orbit around the sun by its gravitational pull on them.

    • MS-ESS2-3.1: Earth’s Systems Science findings are frequently revised and/or reinterpreted based on new evidence.

Cross Cutting Concepts

    • Scale, Proportion and Quantity

Schedule

This program is designed for grades 4-6, but all are welcome.

  • 10:30am PT on Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Registration has now closed, but don't fret! We will embed the recording here within 48 hours of the live event.

Connection & technology information

A week before the session, registered parties will receive an email containing the unique YouTube Live destination for the broadcast. If you registered on behalf of multiple classes, forward this along to your buddy teachers.

We highly recommend testing—in advance of the program date—whether the device you plan to use can access YouTube Live. If you can see our Live Penguin Cam, you should also be able to watch other Academy livestreams.

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  • If you or your students’ district devices cannot access YouTube Live or YouTube videos, you can instead play the embedded Recording, which we will post within 48 hours of the broadcast.

  • Our programs are designed so that students can participate asynchronously; all interactive aspects such as Mentimeter polls and Padlet student submissions remain active through the semester.

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