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).
“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).