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 - None today or tomorrow due to Presentations and Preparations for them!

We Do:

1. Take out notebook paper to take notes on the presentations.
2. Go over the expectations for the audience members during the presentations and for the presenters to the audience members.

You Do:

1. Presentations on four planets each day.
2. Notes taken by each person independently as presentations are done. Must get 3-4 facts about each planet, which is not his/her own.

Closing (We Check): 

1. Keep your notebook organized.

Differentiation Strategies:

Individual work - Take notes on each planet, which is not your own. Do your part during your group's presentations.

Group work - Planet Project Presentations in front of the class.

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 on "The Solar System" due on Tuesday, September 10th by 11:59 p.m.

Assignment(s):

1.   Flocabulary #4 on "The Solar System" is due on Tuesday, September 10th 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.)