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. Do the conversion math (Earth and Mercury done together in class with teacher guidance).
2. Design a football field on a poster sheet paper using rulers, markers, and colored pencils.

You Do:

1. Color after the math for the other six planets is completed and received a blue stamp.
2. Finish the design and show the finished product to the teacher to place in their 3rd section of their notebooks (CW and HW Section).

Closing (We Check): 

1. Keep your notebook organized.

Differentiation Strategies:

Individual work - distances in space math (A.U. converted to yards); designing and coloring Football field to show the distances of the Solar System in yardage instead of millions and billions of miles.

Formative/Summative

Assessment(s):

(We Check)

Teacher check while in partners/group work

Address individual questions/concerns

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

Flocabulary #4: "The Solar System" due Tuesday, September 10th.

Assignment(s):

1.   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.)

2.   Flocabulary #4 on "The Solar System" is due on Tuesday, September 10th by 11:59 p.m.