This detailed lesson plan is everything you need to introduce, learn about, and review asteroids, meteoroids, comets, and planet classification. With informational texts about each one, students are engaged through a group inquiry activity that has them problem-solving and critical thinking. This scavenger hunt style lesson includes:

- detailed lesson plan

- 4 informational texts

- printable activity handouts

- answer key

This lesson aligns with the Saskatchewan Curriculum:

SS6.1

Research and represent the physical characteristics of the major components of the solar system, including the sun, planets, moons, asteroids, and comets. (CP, SI)

SS6.3

Evaluate past, current, and possible future contributions of space exploration programs including space probes and human spaceflight, which support living and working in the inner solar system. (DM, TPS)