High School Physics: Planetary Scale Model Activity for Gravity Unit-Grades 9-12
Regular price
$3.00
Grade Levels: 9th - 12th
Subjects: Science, Physics
Standards: NGSS HS-PS2-4
Formats Included: Zip
Enhance your high school physics Gravity Unit with this NGSS-aligned Planetary Scale Model Activity for Grades 9-12. This hands-on exploration is designed to help students develop a conceptual understanding of the sizes and distances of planets in our solar system by building a scale model. Through engaging and interactive activities, students will gain a deeper appreciation for the vastness of space and the relative sizes of celestial bodies.
Key Features:
- Hands-On Learning: Students build a scale model of the solar system to understand planetary sizes and distances.
- Comprehensive Activity: Includes detailed procedures, data tables, and guided questions to reinforce understanding and encourage critical thinking.
- Educational Focus: Helps students grasp the concepts of scaling, ratios, and astronomical units through practical application.
- Materials List: Provides a complete list of materials needed for the activity, ensuring easy preparation.
- Answer Key: Facilitates easy grading and allows students to check their answers independently.
Activity Highlights:
- Setting Up Planetary Size Scale: Calculate and create scale models of each planet based on their actual diameters.
- Setting Up Planetary Distance Scale: Determine the scaled distances of each planet from the sun and adjust for practicality.
- Creating Your Planets: Draw, color, and label each planet, and create informational index cards.
- Sharing Your Solar System Model: Display the scale model in a prominent location with an informational poster describing the scale.
Topics Covered:
- Scale Models: Understanding and creating scale models to represent planetary sizes and distances.
- Ratios and Proportions: Calculating ratios to scale down astronomical distances and sizes.
- Orbital Mechanics: Applying Kepler’s Laws to understand planetary motion.
- Astronomical Units: Using astronomical units to measure and compare distances in the solar system.
Additional Features:
- Printable PDF Format: Easy to use for both in-person and distance learning.
- Aligned with NGSS Standards: Ensures that the content meets Next Generation Science Standards for high school physics.
Use this activity to provide a practical and interactive approach to understanding the solar system within the context of your Gravity Unit. Perfect for classroom use, this resource is an invaluable addition to your high school physics curriculum, helping students visualize and comprehend the vastness of space and the relative sizes of planets.
Grade Levels: 9th - 12th
Subjects: Science, Physics
Standards: NGSS HS-PS2-4
Formats Included: Zip
Enhance your high school physics Gravity Unit with this NGSS-aligned Planetary Scale Model Activity for Grades 9-12. This hands-on exploration is designed to help students develop a conceptual understanding of the sizes and distances of planets in our solar system by building a scale model. Through engaging and interactive activities, students will gain a deeper appreciation for the vastness of space and the relative sizes of celestial bodies.
Key Features:
- Hands-On Learning: Students build a scale model of the solar system to understand planetary sizes and distances.
- Comprehensive Activity: Includes detailed procedures, data tables, and guided questions to reinforce understanding and encourage critical thinking.
- Educational Focus: Helps students grasp the concepts of scaling, ratios, and astronomical units through practical application.
- Materials List: Provides a complete list of materials needed for the activity, ensuring easy preparation.
- Answer Key: Facilitates easy grading and allows students to check their answers independently.
Activity Highlights:
- Setting Up Planetary Size Scale: Calculate and create scale models of each planet based on their actual diameters.
- Setting Up Planetary Distance Scale: Determine the scaled distances of each planet from the sun and adjust for practicality.
- Creating Your Planets: Draw, color, and label each planet, and create informational index cards.
- Sharing Your Solar System Model: Display the scale model in a prominent location with an informational poster describing the scale.
Topics Covered:
- Scale Models: Understanding and creating scale models to represent planetary sizes and distances.
- Ratios and Proportions: Calculating ratios to scale down astronomical distances and sizes.
- Orbital Mechanics: Applying Kepler’s Laws to understand planetary motion.
- Astronomical Units: Using astronomical units to measure and compare distances in the solar system.
Additional Features:
- Printable PDF Format: Easy to use for both in-person and distance learning.
- Aligned with NGSS Standards: Ensures that the content meets Next Generation Science Standards for high school physics.
Use this activity to provide a practical and interactive approach to understanding the solar system within the context of your Gravity Unit. Perfect for classroom use, this resource is an invaluable addition to your high school physics curriculum, helping students visualize and comprehend the vastness of space and the relative sizes of planets.
Update your location to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
NGSS HS-PS2-2
Use mathematical representations to support the claim that the total momentum of a system of objects is conserved when there is no net force on the system. Emphasis is on the quantitative conservation of momentum in interactions and the qualitative meaning of this principle. Assessment is limited to systems of two macroscopic bodies moving in one dimension.
NGSS HS-PS3-1
Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known. Emphasis is on explaining the meaning of mathematical expressions used in the model. Assessment is limited to basic algebraic expressions or computations; to systems of two or three components; and to thermal energy, kinetic energy, and/or the energies in gravitational, magnetic, or electric fields.
NGSS HS-PS2-1
Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration. Assessment is limited to one-dimensional motion and to macroscopic objects moving at non-relativistic speeds. Examples of data could include tables or graphs of position or velocity as a function of time for objects subject to a net unbalanced force, such as a falling object, an object sliding down a ramp, or a moving object being pulled by a constant force.
NGSS HS-PS4-1
Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media. Examples of data could include electromagnetic radiation traveling in a vacuum and glass, sound waves traveling through air and water, and seismic waves traveling through the earth. Assessment is limited to algebraic relationships and describing those relationships qualitatively.
NGSS HS-PS2-3
Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision. Examples of evaluation and refinement could include determining the success of the device at protecting an object from damage and modifying the design to improve it. Examples of a device could include a football helmet or a parachute. Assessment is limited to qualitative evaluations and/or algebraic manipulations.
NGSS HS-PS2-2
Use mathematical representations to support the claim that the total momentum of a system of objects is conserved when there is no net force on the system. Emphasis is on the quantitative conservation of momentum in interactions and the qualitative meaning of this principle. Assessment is limited to systems of two macroscopic bodies moving in one dimension.
NGSS HS-PS3-1
Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known. Emphasis is on explaining the meaning of mathematical expressions used in the model. Assessment is limited to basic algebraic expressions or computations; to systems of two or three components; and to thermal energy, kinetic energy, and/or the energies in gravitational, magnetic, or electric fields.
NGSS HS-PS2-1
Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration. Assessment is limited to one-dimensional motion and to macroscopic objects moving at non-relativistic speeds. Examples of data could include tables or graphs of position or velocity as a function of time for objects subject to a net unbalanced force, such as a falling object, an object sliding down a ramp, or a moving object being pulled by a constant force.
NGSS HS-PS4-1
Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media. Examples of data could include electromagnetic radiation traveling in a vacuum and glass, sound waves traveling through air and water, and seismic waves traveling through the earth. Assessment is limited to algebraic relationships and describing those relationships qualitatively.
NGSS HS-PS2-3
Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision. Examples of evaluation and refinement could include determining the success of the device at protecting an object from damage and modifying the design to improve it. Examples of a device could include a football helmet or a parachute. Assessment is limited to qualitative evaluations and/or algebraic manipulations.
Update your location to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
NGSS HS-PS2-2
Use mathematical representations to support the claim that the total momentum of a system of objects is conserved when there is no net force on the system. Emphasis is on the quantitative conservation of momentum in interactions and the qualitative meaning of this principle. Assessment is limited to systems of two macroscopic bodies moving in one dimension.
NGSS HS-PS3-1
Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known. Emphasis is on explaining the meaning of mathematical expressions used in the model. Assessment is limited to basic algebraic expressions or computations; to systems of two or three components; and to thermal energy, kinetic energy, and/or the energies in gravitational, magnetic, or electric fields.
NGSS HS-PS2-1
Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration. Assessment is limited to one-dimensional motion and to macroscopic objects moving at non-relativistic speeds. Examples of data could include tables or graphs of position or velocity as a function of time for objects subject to a net unbalanced force, such as a falling object, an object sliding down a ramp, or a moving object being pulled by a constant force.
NGSS HS-PS4-1
Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media. Examples of data could include electromagnetic radiation traveling in a vacuum and glass, sound waves traveling through air and water, and seismic waves traveling through the earth. Assessment is limited to algebraic relationships and describing those relationships qualitatively.
NGSS HS-PS2-3
Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision. Examples of evaluation and refinement could include determining the success of the device at protecting an object from damage and modifying the design to improve it. Examples of a device could include a football helmet or a parachute. Assessment is limited to qualitative evaluations and/or algebraic manipulations.
NGSS HS-PS2-2
Use mathematical representations to support the claim that the total momentum of a system of objects is conserved when there is no net force on the system. Emphasis is on the quantitative conservation of momentum in interactions and the qualitative meaning of this principle. Assessment is limited to systems of two macroscopic bodies moving in one dimension.
NGSS HS-PS3-1
Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known. Emphasis is on explaining the meaning of mathematical expressions used in the model. Assessment is limited to basic algebraic expressions or computations; to systems of two or three components; and to thermal energy, kinetic energy, and/or the energies in gravitational, magnetic, or electric fields.
NGSS HS-PS2-1
Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration. Assessment is limited to one-dimensional motion and to macroscopic objects moving at non-relativistic speeds. Examples of data could include tables or graphs of position or velocity as a function of time for objects subject to a net unbalanced force, such as a falling object, an object sliding down a ramp, or a moving object being pulled by a constant force.
NGSS HS-PS4-1
Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media. Examples of data could include electromagnetic radiation traveling in a vacuum and glass, sound waves traveling through air and water, and seismic waves traveling through the earth. Assessment is limited to algebraic relationships and describing those relationships qualitatively.
NGSS HS-PS2-3
Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision. Examples of evaluation and refinement could include determining the success of the device at protecting an object from damage and modifying the design to improve it. Examples of a device could include a football helmet or a parachute. Assessment is limited to qualitative evaluations and/or algebraic manipulations.
High School Physics: Planetary Scale Model Activity for Gravity Unit-Grades 9-12
Regular price
$3.00
Grade Levels: 9th - 12th
Subjects: Science, Physics
Standards: NGSS HS-PS2-4
Formats Included: Zip
Enhance your high school physics Gravity Unit with this NGSS-aligned Planetary Scale Model Activity for Grades 9-12. This hands-on exploration is designed to help students develop a conceptual understanding of the sizes and distances of planets in our solar system by building a scale model. Through engaging and interactive activities, students will gain a deeper appreciation for the vastness of space and the relative sizes of celestial bodies.
Key Features:
- Hands-On Learning: Students build a scale model of the solar system to understand planetary sizes and distances.
- Comprehensive Activity: Includes detailed procedures, data tables, and guided questions to reinforce understanding and encourage critical thinking.
- Educational Focus: Helps students grasp the concepts of scaling, ratios, and astronomical units through practical application.
- Materials List: Provides a complete list of materials needed for the activity, ensuring easy preparation.
- Answer Key: Facilitates easy grading and allows students to check their answers independently.
Activity Highlights:
- Setting Up Planetary Size Scale: Calculate and create scale models of each planet based on their actual diameters.
- Setting Up Planetary Distance Scale: Determine the scaled distances of each planet from the sun and adjust for practicality.
- Creating Your Planets: Draw, color, and label each planet, and create informational index cards.
- Sharing Your Solar System Model: Display the scale model in a prominent location with an informational poster describing the scale.
Topics Covered:
- Scale Models: Understanding and creating scale models to represent planetary sizes and distances.
- Ratios and Proportions: Calculating ratios to scale down astronomical distances and sizes.
- Orbital Mechanics: Applying Kepler’s Laws to understand planetary motion.
- Astronomical Units: Using astronomical units to measure and compare distances in the solar system.
Additional Features:
- Printable PDF Format: Easy to use for both in-person and distance learning.
- Aligned with NGSS Standards: Ensures that the content meets Next Generation Science Standards for high school physics.
Use this activity to provide a practical and interactive approach to understanding the solar system within the context of your Gravity Unit. Perfect for classroom use, this resource is an invaluable addition to your high school physics curriculum, helping students visualize and comprehend the vastness of space and the relative sizes of planets.
Grade Levels: 9th - 12th
Subjects: Science, Physics
Standards: NGSS HS-PS2-4
Formats Included: Zip
Enhance your high school physics Gravity Unit with this NGSS-aligned Planetary Scale Model Activity for Grades 9-12. This hands-on exploration is designed to help students develop a conceptual understanding of the sizes and distances of planets in our solar system by building a scale model. Through engaging and interactive activities, students will gain a deeper appreciation for the vastness of space and the relative sizes of celestial bodies.
Key Features:
- Hands-On Learning: Students build a scale model of the solar system to understand planetary sizes and distances.
- Comprehensive Activity: Includes detailed procedures, data tables, and guided questions to reinforce understanding and encourage critical thinking.
- Educational Focus: Helps students grasp the concepts of scaling, ratios, and astronomical units through practical application.
- Materials List: Provides a complete list of materials needed for the activity, ensuring easy preparation.
- Answer Key: Facilitates easy grading and allows students to check their answers independently.
Activity Highlights:
- Setting Up Planetary Size Scale: Calculate and create scale models of each planet based on their actual diameters.
- Setting Up Planetary Distance Scale: Determine the scaled distances of each planet from the sun and adjust for practicality.
- Creating Your Planets: Draw, color, and label each planet, and create informational index cards.
- Sharing Your Solar System Model: Display the scale model in a prominent location with an informational poster describing the scale.
Topics Covered:
- Scale Models: Understanding and creating scale models to represent planetary sizes and distances.
- Ratios and Proportions: Calculating ratios to scale down astronomical distances and sizes.
- Orbital Mechanics: Applying Kepler’s Laws to understand planetary motion.
- Astronomical Units: Using astronomical units to measure and compare distances in the solar system.
Additional Features:
- Printable PDF Format: Easy to use for both in-person and distance learning.
- Aligned with NGSS Standards: Ensures that the content meets Next Generation Science Standards for high school physics.
Use this activity to provide a practical and interactive approach to understanding the solar system within the context of your Gravity Unit. Perfect for classroom use, this resource is an invaluable addition to your high school physics curriculum, helping students visualize and comprehend the vastness of space and the relative sizes of planets.
Update your location to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
NGSS HS-PS2-2
Use mathematical representations to support the claim that the total momentum of a system of objects is conserved when there is no net force on the system. Emphasis is on the quantitative conservation of momentum in interactions and the qualitative meaning of this principle. Assessment is limited to systems of two macroscopic bodies moving in one dimension.
NGSS HS-PS3-1
Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known. Emphasis is on explaining the meaning of mathematical expressions used in the model. Assessment is limited to basic algebraic expressions or computations; to systems of two or three components; and to thermal energy, kinetic energy, and/or the energies in gravitational, magnetic, or electric fields.
NGSS HS-PS2-1
Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration. Assessment is limited to one-dimensional motion and to macroscopic objects moving at non-relativistic speeds. Examples of data could include tables or graphs of position or velocity as a function of time for objects subject to a net unbalanced force, such as a falling object, an object sliding down a ramp, or a moving object being pulled by a constant force.
NGSS HS-PS4-1
Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media. Examples of data could include electromagnetic radiation traveling in a vacuum and glass, sound waves traveling through air and water, and seismic waves traveling through the earth. Assessment is limited to algebraic relationships and describing those relationships qualitatively.
NGSS HS-PS2-3
Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision. Examples of evaluation and refinement could include determining the success of the device at protecting an object from damage and modifying the design to improve it. Examples of a device could include a football helmet or a parachute. Assessment is limited to qualitative evaluations and/or algebraic manipulations.
NGSS HS-PS2-2
Use mathematical representations to support the claim that the total momentum of a system of objects is conserved when there is no net force on the system. Emphasis is on the quantitative conservation of momentum in interactions and the qualitative meaning of this principle. Assessment is limited to systems of two macroscopic bodies moving in one dimension.
NGSS HS-PS3-1
Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known. Emphasis is on explaining the meaning of mathematical expressions used in the model. Assessment is limited to basic algebraic expressions or computations; to systems of two or three components; and to thermal energy, kinetic energy, and/or the energies in gravitational, magnetic, or electric fields.
NGSS HS-PS2-1
Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration. Assessment is limited to one-dimensional motion and to macroscopic objects moving at non-relativistic speeds. Examples of data could include tables or graphs of position or velocity as a function of time for objects subject to a net unbalanced force, such as a falling object, an object sliding down a ramp, or a moving object being pulled by a constant force.
NGSS HS-PS4-1
Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media. Examples of data could include electromagnetic radiation traveling in a vacuum and glass, sound waves traveling through air and water, and seismic waves traveling through the earth. Assessment is limited to algebraic relationships and describing those relationships qualitatively.
NGSS HS-PS2-3
Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision. Examples of evaluation and refinement could include determining the success of the device at protecting an object from damage and modifying the design to improve it. Examples of a device could include a football helmet or a parachute. Assessment is limited to qualitative evaluations and/or algebraic manipulations.
Update your location to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
NGSS HS-PS2-2
Use mathematical representations to support the claim that the total momentum of a system of objects is conserved when there is no net force on the system. Emphasis is on the quantitative conservation of momentum in interactions and the qualitative meaning of this principle. Assessment is limited to systems of two macroscopic bodies moving in one dimension.
NGSS HS-PS3-1
Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known. Emphasis is on explaining the meaning of mathematical expressions used in the model. Assessment is limited to basic algebraic expressions or computations; to systems of two or three components; and to thermal energy, kinetic energy, and/or the energies in gravitational, magnetic, or electric fields.
NGSS HS-PS2-1
Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration. Assessment is limited to one-dimensional motion and to macroscopic objects moving at non-relativistic speeds. Examples of data could include tables or graphs of position or velocity as a function of time for objects subject to a net unbalanced force, such as a falling object, an object sliding down a ramp, or a moving object being pulled by a constant force.
NGSS HS-PS4-1
Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media. Examples of data could include electromagnetic radiation traveling in a vacuum and glass, sound waves traveling through air and water, and seismic waves traveling through the earth. Assessment is limited to algebraic relationships and describing those relationships qualitatively.
NGSS HS-PS2-3
Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision. Examples of evaluation and refinement could include determining the success of the device at protecting an object from damage and modifying the design to improve it. Examples of a device could include a football helmet or a parachute. Assessment is limited to qualitative evaluations and/or algebraic manipulations.
NGSS HS-PS2-2
Use mathematical representations to support the claim that the total momentum of a system of objects is conserved when there is no net force on the system. Emphasis is on the quantitative conservation of momentum in interactions and the qualitative meaning of this principle. Assessment is limited to systems of two macroscopic bodies moving in one dimension.
NGSS HS-PS3-1
Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known. Emphasis is on explaining the meaning of mathematical expressions used in the model. Assessment is limited to basic algebraic expressions or computations; to systems of two or three components; and to thermal energy, kinetic energy, and/or the energies in gravitational, magnetic, or electric fields.
NGSS HS-PS2-1
Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration. Assessment is limited to one-dimensional motion and to macroscopic objects moving at non-relativistic speeds. Examples of data could include tables or graphs of position or velocity as a function of time for objects subject to a net unbalanced force, such as a falling object, an object sliding down a ramp, or a moving object being pulled by a constant force.
NGSS HS-PS4-1
Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media. Examples of data could include electromagnetic radiation traveling in a vacuum and glass, sound waves traveling through air and water, and seismic waves traveling through the earth. Assessment is limited to algebraic relationships and describing those relationships qualitatively.
NGSS HS-PS2-3
Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision. Examples of evaluation and refinement could include determining the success of the device at protecting an object from damage and modifying the design to improve it. Examples of a device could include a football helmet or a parachute. Assessment is limited to qualitative evaluations and/or algebraic manipulations.