Lesson Eleven: Crater Number Density
Description
Students are introduced to the concept of number density, then use this concept to identify the relative surface age of three regions on Mars.
Standards Addressed
- NGSS Crosscutting Concepts
- Patterns
- Cause and Effect
- NGSS Science and Engineering Practices
- Developing and Using Models
- Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
- Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
- 6.RP.A.1: Understand the concept of a ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities.
- 6.G.A.1: Find the area of right triangles, other triangles, special quadrilaterals, and polygons by composing into rectangles or decomposing into triangles and other shapes; apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.