Online Explorations: Comet Facts, Myths and Legends

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Comet Facts, Myths and Legends Education Standards
Grade level: 5-8 —Target grade: 7
Learning Outcomes McREL Standards and Benchmarks

Students will read to learn about comet facts, history, and discoveries.

Language Arts Standard 7.
Level II (Grades 3-5) Benchmark 1:

Uses reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of informational texts (e.g., textbooks, biographical sketches, letters, diaries, directions, procedures, magazines).

Level III (Grades 6-8) Benchmark 1:
Uses reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of informational texts (e.g., electronic texts; textbooks; biographical sketches; directions; essays; primary source historical documents, including letters and diaries; print media, including editorials, news stories, periodicals, and magazines; consumer, workplace, and public documents, including catalogs,technical directions, procedures, and bus routes).


Additional information for using this Online Exploration

Prerequisites
Students should:

  • Understand the difference between a fact, a legend and a myth.
  • Be able to read grade-level appropriate material.

Common misconceptions
Students may think that:

  • The solar system only consists of the Sun and planets.
  • Comets are not a part of the solar system.
  • Comets are similar to asteroids.
  • All comets always look the same and don’t change their appearance.

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