Astronomy

Standard(s):

SAST1a. Ask questions to investigate the daily/seasonal motions of the sky and communicate the significance of constellations, for navigation and time-keeping. (Compare and contrast astronomy and astrology and describe how the zodiac relates to the motions of solar system objects.)

SAST3. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to illustrate the formation of the solar system and the properties of celestial objects within it.

c. Ask questions to investigate and communicate major properties of our solar system bodies and the zones they inhabit. (Clarification statement: This includes planets, dwarf planets, major moons, asteroid belt, comets, Kuiper belt, and the Öort cloud.)

Learning Target:

I can learn more about the Planet Earth to compare it with other planets in the Solar System and being discovered every year.

Success Criteria:

I can learn about features, rotation, revolution, precession, and other facts about a researched planet in the Solar System.

I can work as a group to complete an assigned project.

Instructional Strategies:

Opening (I do): PIRATE PREP - ACT Math Question of the Day!

We Do:

1. Teacher will go over the new Travel Agent Planet Project, its rubric, and share some past projects with the students.
2. The teacher will break them up into their assigned groups and allow them to draw for a planet to research.

You Do:

1. Start assigning parts to the project. 
2. Start using the Chromebooks to do research, create powerpoint/Google Slides display, figure out the visual, and/or collect bibliography information throughout the research process.
3. Work on Vocabulary List #2 due tomorrow.

Closing (We Check): 

1. Keep your notebook organized.
2. Vocabulary List #2 is due tomorrow. (List of words is under Week 4 in Google Classroom.)
3. Flocabulary #3 due next Wednesday, August 28th by 11:59 p.m.

Differentiation Strategies:

Group work - Start Planets Project.

Individual work - use Chromebook to look research topics, type paper, design PowerPoint or Google Slides; Vocabulary List #2 definitions and/or Flocabulary #3.

Formative/Summative

Assessment(s):

(We Check)

Teacher check while in partners/group work

Address individual questions/concerns

Flocabulary #3: "Earth's Layers and Plate Tectonics" due Wednesday, August 28th.

Travel Agent Planet Projects due on Thursday, September 5th and Friday, September 6th.

Assignment(s):

1.   Flocabulary #3 on "Earth's Layers and Plate Tectonics" is due on Wednesday, August 28th by 11:59 p.m.

2.   Planet Projects are due on Thursday, September 5th and Friday, September 6th in class. Presentations are done in class and visuals (models, brochures, tri-fold boards, etc. are brought in with the presentations. Papers are uploaded along with the PowerPoints to Google Classroom folders.)