About This Lesson
Teachers will use the Google Earth Voyager Story, Planetary Exploration on the Earth, to introduce several examples of similarities between Earth and the other planets in our solar system.
• Teachers will build background knowledge about Planet Earth using the Newsela Text, Exploring the Planets: Earth.
• Teachers will use the Voyager Story, Planetary Exploration on the Earth to introduce several examples of similarities between Earth and the other planets in our solar system.
• Students will choose one planet from the Voyager Story, Planetary Exploration on the Earth to research.
• Students will compare and contrast Earth to another planet in our solar system.
• Students will work collaboratively in small groups to create a presentation that compares and contrasts Planet Earth to another planet in the Milky Way Galaxy.
• Students will present their work to an audience of their peers.
