Astronomy Study Guide

Description

Save time with this Astronomy Study Guide! Both PDF and digital versions are included to support any style of teaching!

The questions in this study guide are designed to be rigorous and require students to predict, reflect, connect, and think critically about the content being presented.

Topics Covered in this astronomy study guide:

• Celestial Bodies (comets, meteors, asteroids)
• Gravity & Orbits
• Earth, Moon, & Sun (seasons, tides, eclipses, moon phases)
• Stars
• The Big Bang

Who is this resource for?

This resource can be used by classroom teachers, tutors, and parents of students in grades 6-9. It provides a variety of practice covering the mentioned topics.

How Can I Use this Resource?

• Emergency Sub Plans
• An independent work station in a set of stations
• Differentiation – Assign this study guide as reteaching for students who have yet to show mastery.
• Homework
• Creation of Independent Work Packet for students who are not able to be present for direct instruction.
• Extension activity for early finishers or for students who show a special interest in the topic
• Use as a square on a Choice Board
• Use the questions individually as a warm up or closure activity
• Interactive Notebooks: Print 2 pages in one and cut apart. Glue mini pages into notebooks with room for annotations on the side
• Interactive Notebooks: Print entire PDF as a mini booklet and add to notebooks using these simple instructions.

What’s Included?

Purchase includes a printable PDF file in color. On page 2 of this resource you will find a link to a student friendly Google Doc version of this file. You will be able to copy this file and use it with Google Classroom or any other paperless initiative.

Please take a look at the preview file to see more of this resource.

Need more?

Download the unit test that corresponds to this study guide.

More questions?

Email me at laneyleeteaches@gmail.com.

NGSS STANDARDS COVERED BY THIS ASTRONOMY STUDY GUIDE:

NGSSMS-ESS1-4

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history. Emphasis is on how analyses of rock formations and the fossils they contain are used to establish relative ages of major events in Earth’s history. Examples of Earth’s major events could range from being very recent (such as the last Ice Age or the earliest fossils of homo sapiens) to very old (such as the formation of Earth or the earliest evidence of life). Examples can include the formation of mountain chains and ocean basins, the evolution or extinction of particular living organisms, or significant volcanic eruptions. Assessment does not include recalling the names of specific periods or epochs and events within them.