Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12
Subject
Mathematics, Space Science, Calculus, Geometry, Measurement and Data Analysis, Problem Solving, Solar System and Planets, Asteroids Comets Meteorites
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities
The nine sets of problems in this section of the Year of the Solar System guide ask students to measure, use formulas for density and the volume of a sphere, plot points on an X-Y graph, and use proportional reasoning and other mathematical concepts to learn about comets.
Comets: Small Body/Big Impacts [738KB PDF file]
This document is part of the Year of the Solar System — Real-World Math guide.