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Earth, Earth’s Moon, Mars Balloons Lesson PlanEarth, Earth’s Moon, Mars Balloons Lesson Plan
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NASA
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K - 8th
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Science
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1 hr
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Year
2012
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Earth, Earth’s Moon, Mars Balloons

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Very specific diameters are given for blowing up three different balloons to represent, in scale, the moon, Earth, and Mars. In groups of three, amateur astronomers explore scale measurements and distance in space.

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scale

Additional Tags

scale, distance in space, science

Pros

  • Cooperative learning makes content more memorable 
  • Comes with lesson plan versions for grades K-4, 5, and middle school
  • Worksheets provided

Cons

  • An unusual approach in that it focuses on the moon-Earth-Mars system

Common Core

K.MD.A.1 K.MD.A.2 K.MD.B.3 1.MD.A.1 2.MD.A.1 2.MD.A.2 2.MD.A.3 2.MD.A.4 5.NBT.A.1 5.NBT.A.2 5.NBT.A.3.a 5.NBT.A.4 5.NBT.B.5 5.NBT.B.6 6.RP.A.1 7.RP.A.1 8.EE.A.3

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