Asteroids (Tuesday 1-11-2011)

Objective: Why are asteroids important?

Lesson: Brain Pop: Asteroids

Standard:

• 1b Solar system is 4.6 by
• 1a differences and similarities…established during the formation of the solar system
• 1f Effects that asteroid impacts have had in… mass extinctions of life on Earth

Strategies: Cornell notes

Homework: Study for CST 4-18
Related videos:
Doomsday Asteroid Discovery Network
Chicxulub Impact visualization
How Many Asteroids Hit Earth BBC
Dinosaur Extinction
Dino Meteor National Geographic

Related articles

• Close Calls: Planet Earth and Asteroid Flybys (cbsnews.com)