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Scholars find Earth won't support humans much longer and need to identify a planet with water to inhabit. They test four unknown samples and determine which is the closest to water. Then they explain and defend their results.
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Instructional Ideas
- Remind students to follow all safety precautions when working with unknown samples
- Extend the lesson by discussing what we can do to take care of the water on our planet while we wait to discover it on another
Classroom Considerations
- Relies on prior knowledge of measurements, atoms, molecules, and bonding
Pros
- Includes a high level of student engagement throughout
- Offers many resources
- Follows a 5E format
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- None