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1 Name Solar System Layered Curriculum Assignment Sheet Introductory Assignment (Required of ALL students) Read Kids Discover Planets Magazine and complete one of the assignments on the assignment sheet. C-Layer Assignments To finish this portion of the assignment, you must complete the number of assignments in each section. Part I (Structure of Solar System) To finish Part I, you must complete Five (5) assignments. Complete Can You Planet? Complete Comparison of Rocky Planets and Gas Giants. Complete Dwarf Planet. Complete History of Saturn Discovery. Complete Solar System Criss-Cross Puzzle. Complete Planet Books.

2 Complete Planet Videos. Complete Solar System Bar Graph Temperature. Complete Solar System Videos. Complete Solar System Books. Complete Solar System Flashcards. Complete Torn Paper Planet. Complete Water Color Resist Planet. Part II (Characteristics of comets, asteroids, and meteorites) To finish Part II, you must complete Three (3) assignments. Complete Asteroid Eros. Complete Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors Books. Complete Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors Videos. Complete Comet on a Stick. Complete the Comparison of Asteroids and Comets graphic organizer. Complete Falling Stars. Complete It Was a Dark and Starry Night. Part III (Gravity and the Solar System) To finish Part III, you must complete three (3) assignments. Complete Gravity is Great.

3 Complete Gravity Videos Assignment. Complete Keeping in Shape Complete Orbital Period: Time of Revolution. Complete Quicker. Complete Spinner Complete The Earth s Shape and Gravity. Part IV (Size of the Solar System by scale) To finish Part IV, you must complete three (3) assignments. Complete Graphing Distances in the Solar System. Complete How Far to the Sun. Complete Make Models of the Planets. Complete Modeling the Orbits of the Outer Planets. Complete Scale Model of the Planets. Complete Solar System Beads. Complete Solar System by Halves. Complete Solar System on a Map B-Layer Assignments To finish this portion of the assignment, you must complete the number of assignments in each section.

4 Part I (Structure of Solar System) To finish Part I, you must complete three (3) assignments. Complete I, Robot. Complete Inner Planet Research Project. Complete Outer Planet Research Project. Complete Paint by the Numbers. Complete Saturn System Scavenger Hunt Complete Solar System Cinquains Complete Solar System Scavenger Hunt Complete Solar System Trading Cards Complete Star Witness News Solar System Part II (Characteristics of comets, asteroids, and meteorites) To finish Part II, you must complete three (3) assignments. Complete Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites. Complete Asteroids, Comets, and Meteor Trading Cards. Complete Collecting Meteorites. Complete How Bright Are You? Complete In Search Of Complete Meteorites and Meteorwrongs.

5 Complete The Adventure is Waiting Complete The Daily Shooting Star Complete Star Witness News Asteroids and Comets Part III (Gravity and the Solar System) To finish Part III, you must complete three (3) assignments. Complete Around the World. Complete Density Large Planets vs. Small Planets. Complete Gravity Explorations. Complete Gravity It s Great. Complete Moons, Rings, and Relationships. Complete More or Less. Complete Planetary Billiards. Complete Staying up While Falling Down. Part IV (Size of the Solar System by scale) To finish Part IV, you must complete two (2) assignments. Complete Comets Origins and Travels. Complete Earth-Moon Model. Complete How Far Away is Saturn?

6 Complete Scale Model Circumference. Complete The Meteorite-Asteroid Connection Complete Scale of the Solar System. Complete Size and Distance of the Planets. Complete The Sun and Earth Size Comparison. A-Layer Assignments To finish this portion of the assignment, you must complete the number of assignments in each section. Part I (Solar System) To finish Part I, you must complete one (1) assignment. Complete Determining the Rate of Rotation and Period of Rotation. Complete Famous Comets. Complete Features of the Sun. Complete Measuring the Motion of a Coronal Mass Ejection. Make a Planetary Brochure. Complete Sun s Period of Rotation. Complete Sunspot Number Variations.

7 Part II (Size of the Solar System) To finish Part II, you must complete one (1) assignment. Complete Extraterrestrial Excursions. Complete Interstellar Trip Planner. Complete Travel in the Solar System. Part III (Miscellaneous) To finish Part III, you must complete one (1) assignment. Complete Capturing a Whisper From Space. Complete Coyote and the Dancing Stars. Complete Science Fiction or Fact? Complete Space Probe Report. Complete Space Probe Series Report.

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