Competency Goal 3: The learner will make observations and use appropriate technology to build an understanding of the earth/moon/sun system. |
Objectives
3.01 Observe that light travels in a straight line until it strikes an object and is reflected and/or absorbed.
3.02 Observe that objects in the sky have patterns of movement including:
3.03 Using shadows, follow and record the apparent movement of the sun in the sky during the day.
3.04 Use appropriate tools to make observations of the moon.
3.05 Observe and record the change in the apparent shape of the moon from day to day over several months and describe the pattern of changes.
3.06 Observe that patterns of stars in the sky stay the same, although they appear to move across the sky nightly.
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Glossary
- Absorb- To take in
- Constellation- Any of 88 groups of stars forming patterns
- Phases- The way that the moon or a planet looks to the eye at any time in its series of changes with respect to how it shines
- Reflect- To bounce back
- Revolution- The Movement of one object around another object
- Rotation- One full spin or turn of an object around an axis
Video
Solar System
http://www.brainpop.com/science/space/solarsystem/
Life cycle of stars
http://www.brainpop.com//science/space/lifecycleofstars/
Earth
http://www.brainpop.com//science/space/lifecycleofstars/
Sun
http://www.brainpop.com/science/space/sun/
Mars
http://www.brainpop.com/science/space/mars/
Uranus
http://www.brainpop.com/science/space/uranus/
Saturn
http://www.brainpop.com/science/space/saturn/
Neptune
http://www.brainpop.com/science/space/neptune/
Jupiter
http://www.brainpop.com/science/space/jupiter/
Sun
http://www.brainpop.com/science/space/sun/
Moon
http://www.brainpop.com/science/space/moon/
Eclipse
http://www.brainpop.com/science/space/eclipse/
Activities
Lab Form - Blank
Constellations (3.06) - Constellations Sheet
Fun with Phases (3.02, 3.05)
Patterns of Movement (3.02)
Patterns of Movement Using Shadows (3.03)
Phases of the Moon (3.04, 3.05) - Calendar
Reflection and Absorbtion 2 (3.01)
Reflection and Absorbtion (3.01)
Studying the Moon (3.04, 3.05)
Literature Connections
The Moon Seems to Change By Franklyn Branley
The Moon Book By Gail Gibbons
Where Does the Moon Go? By Sidney Roden
Earth and the Moon By Ron Miller
Earth, Sun, and Moon By Robin Birch
Earth Child 2000 By Kathryn Sheehan and Mary Waidner
Technology Connections
Interactive site where students can put the moon's phases in order
http://www.quia.com/rd/11412.html
Students can watch the phases of the moon change as the moon travels around the earth
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/moon_phases/
You can view the phase of the moon for any date and time [1800-2199 A.D]
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html
This site is an interactive tool that allows you to see the process of the earth around the sun
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/earth_sun_moon.shtml
Earth and Beyond (interactive game)
http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/astroadventure.htm
Solar System Attack (interactive game)
http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/alienattack.htm
Plant 10. Tour the solar system or build your own world (interactive)
http://www.scienceyear.com/planet10/solar_preload.html
Astronomy for kids
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
Windows to the universe – planetary coloring book
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/coloring_book/index_java.html&cdp=/windows3.html&frp=/windows3.html
NASA games – solar system “switch-a-roo”
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/sse_flipflop.shtml
Communicating with a spaceship
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/st5xband/st5xband.shtml
I see ice in the solar system
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/ice/index.shtml#
Shot fired around the earth
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/orbits1.shtml
Blast off to Mars
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/mars_rocket.shtml
Animated cartoon interviews with NASA scientists and engineers
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/live/index.shtml#
Spuzzled! Scrambled Geography game
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/landsat/index.shtml#
Word scramble game: Beat the Heat
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/st8/thermal_loop/index.shtml#
Test Results
(Under Construction)
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