Comets and Asteroids (Wednesday 10-27-2010)

Objective: Compare and Contrast Comets & Asteroids

Lesson: Brain Pop: Comets, Asteroids

Standard: 1f. Asteroid impacts have shaped the planets and their moons, 1b The solar system formed from a nebular cloud of gas and dust 4.6 billion years ago

Strategies: Venn Diagram, Interactive Note book p.29

Homework: Study for test on 11-5

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