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Handout
Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: Meteors, Meteorites and Impacts

For Students 9th - 10th
Very informative and in-depth site about meteors, meteorites and their impacts. This site provides lots of text to inform about meteors, lots of pictures of the different types of meteorites, tables and statistics about meteors and...
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Meteors

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA defines and explains meteors. Content includes a look at meteor showers.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Meteors

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the properties of meteors.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Meteors

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the properties of meteors.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Meteor

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a meteor that fell to Earth in 2013 and the witnesses who documented it. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Article
NASA

Nasa: Russia Meteor Not Linked to Asteroid Flyby

For Students 9th - 10th
The large fireball observed on the morning of Feb. 15, 2013, in the skies near Chelyabinsk, Russia, was caused by a relatively small asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere at high speed and at a shallow angle. Preliminary information...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Are Meteors?

For Students 9th - 10th
What's the difference between a meteor, meteorite, and meteoroid, and exactly how scared should we be? Crash Course explains exactly what happens when earth encounters debris as it plows its course around the sun. [11:21]
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Meteor or Meteorite

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will learn the difference between a meteor and a meteorite. Students will perform an experiment to discover how the size and weight of an object determines the size of the impact crater.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa Space Place: What Is a Meteor Shower?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out about meteors and what causes a meteor shower.
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Interactive
Arcademics

Arcademics: Meteor Multiplication

For Students 2nd - 8th
Multilevel meteor game through which students can practice learning multiplication facts.
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Interactive
Arcademics

Arcademics: Meteor Multiplication

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Blast a meteor that represents the correct multiplication problem.
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Website
Other

American Meteor Society: Comets & Meteor Showers

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the American Meteor Society contains links to a calendar of meteor shower events and links to information on meteor showers. Also, contains information on comets.
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Handout
Ducksters

Ducksters: Astronomy for Kids: Comets and Meteors

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about comets and meteors in the science of astronomy including the coma and tail, meteorites, meteoroids, the Kuiper belt, and the Oort cloud.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Earth Impact

For Teachers 7th - 9th
This activity poses the question: What would happen if a meteor or comet impacted Earth? Students simulate an impact in a container of sand using various-sized rocks, all while measuring, recording and graphing results and conclusions....
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Asteroids, Comets and Meteors

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief vocabulary overview describing the difference between asteroids, comets, and meteors.
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Interactive
Cool Math

Coolmath: Coolmath4kids: Meteor Multiplication

For Students 3rd - 5th
Solve multiplication problems to blast meteors before they hit the space station!
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Interactive
Cool Math

Coolmath: Coolmath4kids: Meteor Multiplication

For Students 3rd - 5th
Solve multiplication problems to blast meteors before they hit the space station!
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: What Does Meteor Size Have to Do With Crater Size?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students investigate the size of crater that a meteor will make when it hits the Earth, and the various factors that affect the size. 'Meteors' take the form of different types and sizes of balls and objects.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa Space Place: Asteroid or Meteor: What's the Difference?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn the difference between asteroids and comets, meteoroids and meteorites, and more!
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Handout
Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Meteorites

For Students 9th - 10th
As an online exhibit on meteorites, this site provides a series of topics on meteors answering questions such as what is a meteor, to providing information on types of meteors and studying meteors.
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Unit Plan
NASA

Nasa: Solar System Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
Enter our solar system to interact with the planets, moons, asteroids, meteors, and more. Investigate with NASA scientists and explore missions related to space exploration. Read facts, compare statistics, look through resources, and...
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Article
Space.com

Space.com: Lyrids: Leftovers of Comet Thatcher

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about one of the prominent meteor shower in April with information in this article. Understand the history of the shower as well as information about Comet Thatcher whose dust causes the shower to occur. Site also features a video...
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: La Historia De Hoy: Today's History (Spanish)

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the depths of space and science comprehensive information about the meteor showers in 2004, the transit of Venus, virtual reality, and other interesting science history.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Our Solar System Lithograph Set

For Students 9th - 10th
View a lithograph set that includes pictures and brief descriptions of planets, sun, asteroids, comets, meteors, and meteorites. While viewing the lithograph learn important dates and interesting facts about our solar system.

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