Where This Fits in Your Teaching
Solar System
Small Solar System objects (asteroids, TNOs, NEOs, Comets)
Nebular theory of Solar System formation
Kepler's Laws
Orbits
Newton's Laws of Motion
Gravity
Comparative planetology
Planetary geology
Suggested investigation which could come after this one:
Hazardous Asteroids helps students develop the practices and reasoning to predict whether a newly-discovered near-Earth asteroid is a potential threat to Earth. Students learn how repeated observations reduce uncertainty, and which factors can be used to predict the potential damage of an impact.