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Crystal ball or big, hairy, dirty snowball? Take young astronomy scholars on an up-close investigation of comets with a video. Topics include the makeup of comets and their two tails, long- and short-period comets, and how they interact with the sun. The narrator also explains how these massive, irregularly shaped bodies may have crashed to Earth and deposited the building blocks of life.
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Instructional Ideas
- Pair students and assign a comet research project
- Get cross-curricular and incorporate a lesson on historical uses of comets for predicting future events
Classroom Considerations
- Learners should have some prior knowledge of states of matter and solar winds
- This video is hosted on YouTube
Pros
- The content is very detailed, but the resource presents it in easy-to-grasp chunks
- Contains engaging images of all parts of several comets to keep pupils' attention and enhance their understanding
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- None