Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12
Subject
Mathematics, Space Science, Algebra, Fractions and Decimals, Geometry, Measurement and Data Analysis, Trigonometry, Solar System and Planets
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities
The eight sets of problems in this section of the Year of the Solar System guide help students understand the size and volume of planetary rings. Students use fractions, proportional reasoning, scale drawings, geometry and Newton’s Laws of Gravity to solve these problems.
Moons and Rings [966KB PDF file]
This document is part of the Year of the Solar System — Real-World Math guide.