Asteroids | Infographic + Slides + Podcast + Quiz Space Science Set

Studying asteroids helps middle and high school students understand the Solar System as a dynamic place shaped by gravity, collisions, and time, while connecting directly to curriculum topics like forces and motion, cratering, planetary formation, and how scientists use evidence to reconstruct the past. Asteroids are leftover building blocks from early Solar System history, so learning about the asteroid belt, near Earth asteroids, and impact events builds strong scientific literacy around scale, probability, risk, and real world applications such as planetary defense and space exploration.

A complete resource that combines visually engaging theory slides (around 25 to 30 slides) with clear key facts and diagrams, a deep dive audio podcast for listen and learn reinforcement, and a visually appealing infographic that summarizes essential asteroid information gives students multiple ways to master challenging ideas like orbits, composition types, albedo, and why some asteroids become meteorites. The included assessment set of 15 multiple choice questions, 10 short answer questions, and 5 essay style prompts builds understanding from foundational recall to deeper reasoning and scientific writing, while the provided answers and essay answer pointers support efficient feedback, differentiation, and consistent grading. Together, this structured asteroid unit turns a high interest space science topic into a polished, classroom ready learning sequence that supports curiosity, comprehension, and confident exam preparation.

This Asteroids 4 item set provides a truly engaging set of ways to engage students. This resource can help your students spark learning about Asteroids providing a great set of ways to get them into this content.

Ideal for reviewing or opening content for this topic, providing clear visuals for information and presenting effectively, it helps reinforce key topics while the quiz can be used in parts or as a whole for formative or summative assessment, all of it educating on Asteroids.

THIS ASTEROIDS INFOGRAPHIC + SLIDES + QUIZ + PODCAST RESOURCE CAN BE USED SO MANY WAYS:

• Useful for substitute (sub) teaching
• To extend students
• To increase engagement & curiosity
• As part of a lesson opener
• Great as a lesson filler when class goes too fast
• Can be used for homework or for a flipped classroom
• Great to engage auditory and visual learning in an effective manner

WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS ASTEROIDS INFOGRAPHIC + SLIDES + QUIZ + PODCAST RESOURCE:

• 1 Fantastic and clear infographic in PDF format
• 1 Podcast / Audio deep dive on this topic with 2 hosts discussing the key learnings back and forth - 16 minutes in length.
• 28 slides with incredible visuals that explore in depth all the key content in this topic in both Google Slides and PDF formats.
• 6 pages of questions and answers - useful as a quiz - 15 multiple choice questions - 10 short answer questions - 5 essay style questions - Glossary of key terms along with answers for MC and short answer questions and pointers for essay style questions. Available in both Google Docs and PDF formats.