Earth Science Class Mrs. Moore Lesson Plans Sept. 25th-29th

Period 2,4, and 9  Mon., Wed., Thursday

Period 3,5, and 10 Tues.,Wed.,  Friday

Monday/ Tuesday

Review our location in the universe, the origins of our universe, life cycle of a star, gravity, and moon cycles with a short skyward assignment. Our lesson today will focus on the scale of our planets in our solar system.  We will practice a few math scale problems.  Students will be given a solar system to scale art project.  Rubric is as followed. Total 10 points

Scale is accurate and created by student- scale is present on project	5 points	Group worked well together and product is easy to understand
Scale is accurate using scale on the board or not quite accurate using scale created by students -scale is present on project	4 points	Group worked together and the product is understandable
Scale is not accurate using scale on the board	3 points	Group did not work together and the product is understandable
No scale is present that can be understood	2	Group did not work together and the product is not understandable.

** Project - Solar system to scale.

Students must represent the 8 planets in our solar system on one sheet of paper( I have large paper.) or computer image to scale with each other.  This must be a student created project. You cannot find pictures on the Internet and copy and paste.  This must be a partner project.  Students can choose their own partners.  Choose wisely!!  Students need to research and find the different data points that they could use to create this scale project, diameter, density, mass, etc. Students that have difficulty are allowed use the scale done by Mrs. Moore on the chalkboard.  Note the rubric and the score if you use my scale.

Timeline - class time will be given Monday or Tuesday and Wednesday. The project should be done by Monday Oct. 2nd.  Projects will be hung on the wall in the classroom and in the hallway.

Wed- continue work on our solar system to scale project. We will stop 20 minutes before the bell and discuss our work for the rest of the week.  Students will see a hapara assignment  that reviews all our astronomy’s main points.  Students will review behavior expectation with a substitute.

Mrs.Moore will be gone. Higher Expectations for behavior is expected!

Thurs/Friday  Students will start with a short skyward assignment, no redos. Students will work on the skyward assignment in class.  When finished students will fill in information on a slide presentation; both pictures and facts. This should be completed before the end of the class and the student needs to turn it in through the program.  When complete students can work on finishing up their  solar system to scale project. If that is completed then the student is to work on the game of the week.  If that is complete there will be extra credit material on the front counter that students are to work on in class.  

Next Generation Science Standards

MS-ESS1-1 Earth’s Place in the Universe - 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.

MS-ESS1-2 Earth’s Place in the Universe - Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.

MS-ESS1-3 Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system

Earth Science Mrs. Moore Lesson Plans Sept. 18th - Sept. 22th

Period 2,4, and 9  Mon., Wed.

Period 3,5, and 10 Tues., Thurs.

Monday/ Tuesday

Collect worksheet homework.  Review life cycle of a star chart.  Rework several gravity problems. Continue our work on understanding patterns of the apparent motion of the sun, the Earth the moon, and stars in the sky.  We will describe, predict, and explain moon cycles with models.  We will use clay models first, followed by a class demonstration.  We will watch four different videos in between our modeling and discussions. Homework is to look at the night sky to see where we are in our moon cycle. Be prepared to answer questions about what you see when you return to class on Wed., Thurs.

Wed/ Thurs

Collect homework moon cycle sheets.  Review questions on Skyward. Work through a moon cycle simulation followed by a moon cycle game.

https://www.fossweb.com/delegate/ssi-foss-ucm/Contribution%20Folders/FOSS/multimedia/Planetary_Science/binders/moon/moon_motions/phases_of_the_moon_simulation_1.html#

Students will create models using oreo cookies. A picture of the finished product must be sent to Mrs. Moore - stallman@galesburg205.org- before it is consumed.  We will again model solar and lunar eclipses. We will conclude the lesson with questions about how this moon cycle affect humans on Earth; tides, weather patterns, crime ect.  

***During this week's lessons I will point out the tilt of the Earth and how it is fixed.  I will reinforce knowledge of seasons as a result of Earth’s location in its revolution around the Sun and the angle at which the Sun’s rays hit the circular planet Earth.

Friday/Monday -

Calculate gravity pull for all 8 planets and create a scale of  distance in our solar system to perform the walking solar system simulation. Start planets to scale project.

Next Generation Science Standards

MS-ESS1-1 Earth’s Place in the Universe - 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.

MS-ESS1-2 Earth’s Place in the Universe - Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.

MS-ESS1-3 Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system

Moore Lesson Plans Sept. 11-15th

Earth Science Class

Mrs. Moore

Lesson Plans

Sept. 11th - Sept. 15th

Period 2,4, and 9  Mon., Thurs,

Period 3,5, and 10 Tues., Friday.,

Monday/ Tuesday September 11th and 12th

1. Start with a quiz on skyward. When completed students will look at grades and receive a paper with any missing work.
2. Review video on gravity and add a video with a phenomena of gravity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=517&v=EwY6p-r_hyU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTY1Kje0yLghttps://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+gravity&&view=detail&mid=73FF8BC4A82DD68EB6D173FF8BC4A82DD68EB6D1&FORM=VRDGAR
3. Students will work in groups of two and try to model the phenomena on paper. We will share our ideas and collectively try to explain why planets orbit around a star.
4. Students will individually work through a phet simulation on gravity.  https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/gravity-force-lab/latest/gravity-force-lab_en.html
5. Homework is to work through the phet simulation on Gravity and Orbits. https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/gravity-force-lab/latest/gravity-force-lab_en.html
6. Homework is to find the formula for gravity and either write it down or send it to me via email by our next class.

Thursday/ Friday September 14th and 15th

1. Answer the two questions on skyward about gravity.
2. Fill in the paper model of the life cycle of a star.
3. Look up the distance from the sun to earth, the diameter of each,the mass of each,  the surface features of the sun, the structure of the sun, and the composition of the sun as well as the absolute magnitude of our sun.
4. Students will be allowed to chose another star in our universe to compare our sun with using current data. This should be completed in class. A paper guideline will be given to help students compare and contrast the stars.
5. Students will be given a H-R Diagram worksheet for homework. Due the following week.