This activity is designed to introduce students to geologic processes on Earth and model how scientists use Earth to gain a better understanding of other planetary bodies in the solar system.

This launchpad activity is especially useful to for students who may want to learn about and conduct planetary comparisons. It introduces students to geologic processes on Earth and models how scientists use Earth to gain a better understanding of other planetary bodies in the solar system.

This inquiry based activity provides a mathematical approach to investigating windows on Earth and in space! Students will be able to collect and analyze data as well as mathematically describe astronaut photographs. Feel free to complete the entire activity or pick and choose the individual parts that best apply to what you are teaching.

This guidebook is a very useful resource for you to use with students conducting an investigation. As students conduct their investigations, the guidebook is designed to step them through each aspect of the process of science. It includes information about each step along with probing questions to help students work their way through this inquiry-based process.

This activity is designed to introduce students to the process of science through the completion of a structured mini-research investigation focusing on impact craters on Earth and other planetary worlds in our Solar System.

ALIGNED TO THE NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS!

Although this is not a formal activity, students working on a class project or investigation have the opportunity to request new imagery to be acquired by astronauts on the International Space Station.