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Best of the Solar System

This activity introduces students to planetary research. Students learn to focus on details by studying and writing descriptions of uncaptioned images of the Solar System. They then increase their knowledge of the planets and their features by comparing their descriptions to those of real researchers. Students organize their findings to infer a key difference between inner and outer planets....

Keywords:: Earth and Space Science:Solar System:The Moon, Geoscience, Earth and Space Science:Solar System:Planetary Science, NSDL, Visual Analysis, Science, Physics, Earth and Space Science:Solar System:Planetary Geology, Earth Science, Space Sciences, Earth and Space Science:Solar System:Comparative Planetology, Chemistry, Planetary Science, Astronomy, Earth and Space Science:Solar System:Planets, Space Science, Earth and Space Science:Solar System:Planetary Atmospheres, Physical Sciences