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Teach students about the possibilities of an asteroid collision with Earth. This is an enlightening discussion for Near Miss Day (March 23) commemorating the 1989 close call of an asteroid-earth collision.

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Earth Day Activities: History of Earth Day Reading Passage and Quiz

Help your students work on their reading comprehension skills while learning all about Earth Day with this reading compr...

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Test Prep Strategies, Tools, and Practice Questions

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Comets Asteroids and Meteors Review Sheet

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Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors - Review Sheet

Children use this review sheet to reinforce concepts on comets, asteroids, and meteors.

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The Asteroids

Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are an estimated 30,000 pieces of rocky debris, known collectively as the asteroi...

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Enrich your study of the solar system with this worksheet about asteroids and meteoroids.

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In this activity, students are asked to examine how thrust and launch angle affect a rocket's course.

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