Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12
Subject
Mathematics, Space Science, Measurement and Data Analysis, Problem Solving, Solar System and Planets, Asteroids Comets Meteorites
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities
The eight sets of problems in this section of the Year of the Solar System guide allow students to use mathematics to learn about asteroids. They can measure images and then use proportions to determine sizes and distances of asteroids.
Leftovers From Planet Building: Asteroids [718KB PDF file]
This document is part of the Year of the Solar System — Real-World Math guide.