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Lesson⭐ 30 XP🚀 StarbaseAsteroids and Comets (Part 4)
Asteroids and Comets (Part 4).
🎯 Your mission
Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.
⚡ The twist
Gravity is invisible — but it shapes everything.
Mind = Blown
🌌 If you could drive a car straight up at highway speed, you'd reach space in under an hour.
Make a hypothesis first
Before you check: which is closer?
What You'll Learn
Asteroids are rocky objects orbiting the sun, mostly found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Comets are icy objects that develop tails when they approach the sun.
Key Words
- outer planets
- atmosphere
- satellite
Steps
Review the background information on Space before starting.
Track the moon's phase each night for two weeks. Draw what you see and identify the pattern.
Watch carefully for any changes and note the time.
Create a data table to organize your measurements.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What is the closest star to Earth?
Where you see this in real life
Every sunrise and every shadow is this idea in action.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Look at the moon tonight. Notice its shape. Look again in 3 days.
For the dinner table
“If you could visit any planet, which would you pick and why?”
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