Space Science
Essential Questions:
“What is Earth’s place in the Universe?”
“What makes up our solar system, and how can the motion of Earth explain seasons and eclipses?
We Will Be Able To:
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Lesson 1 - Origins of the Universe
Lesson 2 - Atoms, Elements, and Molecules
Lesson 3 - Earth's Motion in Space
Lesson 4 - The Role of Gravity
Lesson 5 - Phases of the Moon, Eclipses, and Tides
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Standards (Next Generation Science Standards)
MS-ESS1-1. Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons. [Clarification Statement: Examples of models can be physical, graphical, or conceptual.]
MS-ESS1-2. Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system. Examples of models can be physical (such as the analogy of distance along a football field or computer visualizations of elliptical orbits) or conceptual (such as mathematical proportions relative to the size of familiar objects such as their school or state).
Essential Questions:
“What is Earth’s place in the Universe?”
“What makes up our solar system, and how can the motion of Earth explain seasons and eclipses?
We Will Be Able To:
- Describe the movement of Earth in space
- Explain the causes of day and night
- Demonstrate why the Earth has seasons
- Describe, model, and predict phases of the moon
- Understand the difference between solar and lunar eclipses
- Explain what causes tides
- Model gravity and inertia
- Explain the Big Bang Theory
- Describe how the solar system was formed
- Predict the future of our universe
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Lesson 1 - Origins of the Universe
Lesson 2 - Atoms, Elements, and Molecules
Lesson 3 - Earth's Motion in Space
Lesson 4 - The Role of Gravity
Lesson 5 - Phases of the Moon, Eclipses, and Tides
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Standards (Next Generation Science Standards)
MS-ESS1-1. Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons. [Clarification Statement: Examples of models can be physical, graphical, or conceptual.]
MS-ESS1-2. Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system. Examples of models can be physical (such as the analogy of distance along a football field or computer visualizations of elliptical orbits) or conceptual (such as mathematical proportions relative to the size of familiar objects such as their school or state).