Earth’s Place in the Universe
4-ESS1-1. Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time. [Clarification Statement: Examples of evidence from patterns could include rock layers with marine shell fossils above rock layers with plant fossils and no shells, indicating a change from land to water over time; and, a canyon with different rock layers in the walls and a river in the bottom, indicating that over time a river cut through the rock.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include specific knowledge of the mechanism of rock formation or memorization of specific rock formations and layers. Assessment is limited to relative time.] 1 (1 day) What's with all the spheres? What does down mean? -review drawing labeled diagrams -Day 1 Set 1: How does falling work? Google Earth: Draw People And Objects: Which directions are they falling? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlTVIMOix3I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRhkQTQxm4w http://www.enchantedlearning.com/pgifs/Planetgravity.GIF http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/ Sum up what we know: direction and pull, mass and inertia, gravitons and 'bending' space time TPWS: Draw a diagram to explain how falling works. Set 2: How does gravity + inertia = spheres and orbits? -do spinning bucket of water bucket http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/media/space-environment/tug-o-war.gif https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeyDf4ooPdo image 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19zUMpkrGrA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfSr-pe2R1I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhS8K4gFu4s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpUaf4KDvE0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYeCsyXJODs Assessment http://www.solarsystemscope.com TPWS: Draw a diagram: Explain what you are seeing here and why? Required vocabulary: Orbit, Sphere, Gravity, Inertia, Mass 2 (1 day) Why doesn't it seem round? -review drawing a diagram with labels or captions for each set of clips and images. Set 1: Sattelite Images of Earth & Other Bodies: Scale & Shape Set 2: Sun Sticks Set 3: Shadows & Eclipses standard: Earth’s daily spin relative to the Sun causes night and day. 1 (2 days) Why do and don't you notice it spinning? -videos and images: spin, night, day, nuclear fission & fusion, light -Comparison of Visual Models for Night & Day -Groups: using your light source, paper, tennis ball, toothpicks, and tape: prepare a presentation on night and day. -Day 2: Diagrams (star, sun, earth, day, night, dawn, dusk, axis, direction of rotation) -Why don’t the other stars cause day and night? 1 (1 day) What's the deal with seasons (tilt and orbit) versus day and night (rotation)? 1a. Watch these videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY6Pya_0OuU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u41ozQchuXk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXY79qBxovE 1b. Examine these images. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/1b/5a/b8/1b5ab84a755a401b2ad60848dfb73548.jpg http://www.weatherquestions.com/Seasons.gif http://www.natureshift.org/dakotaS/Moon/images/earthaxis.gif http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/review/seasons/seasons.en.jpg 1c. In your science journal, draw a labeled diagram that explain how the Earth's orbit and tilt work together to cause seasons. 2. Now its your turn to do the research: watch at least one video, and find at least one image that explain what causes day and night, then draw a labeled diagram in your journal explaining how the Earth's rotation (NOT its orbit) causes day and night. 1 (1 day) What are stars? -Videos and Visuals: star, light year, fission -Presentation: How gravity creates stars. -Scale Demonstration of Star Size -Scale Demonstration of Quantity of Stars -Solar System Diagrams 1. View These Images and Videos About the Big Bang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs-yWMuBNr4 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/CMB_Timeline300_no_WMAP.jpg/350px-CMB_Timeline300_no_WMAP.jpg http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/files/2010/04/history.bigbang.jpeg http://ssscott.tripod.com/bang.jpg 2. View These Image and Videos About Star and Solar System Formation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzakPW6PdiQ http://www.nrao.edu/pr/2012/clumpcores/Clump-core_med.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbMR5qeZ5dM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8B5YOUGJmg Optional: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080731143329.htm 3. Explain how the series of images below show how the big bang and gravity shaped our universe. You must use the words big bang, expand, gravity, condense, density. 2 (1 day) How far away are different stars? -Light Years & Scientific Notation: Students need to learn the basics of how to read it so that they can compare the suns distance to other stars. -Write Distances and Sizes of Different Stars in Scientific Notation -Scale Demonstration of a Light Year **So, why does the sun SEEM so big and bright?** standard: Earth’s nearly circular yearly orbit around the Sun causes us to see different constellations at different times of year. 1 (1 day): It spins AND orbits! -Clips & Images: Constellations at different times of the year. -What are the constellations really? -Why are they not as bring as the sun? -Are they moving or are we moving? -Project and Connect Constellations on the Smart Board -Group Posters: Orbits & Constellations in a Year *Include a footnote: How is this Different from Spinning and Light & Night in a Day? 1. Research the definition of a Nebula. Make sure you understand. 2. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHayvV92PKA https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=98&v=H33BXuPXB98 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AoIDsvMmSk 3. Read one of these: hard.... http://scienceforkids.kidipede.com/physics/space/star.htm or harder ....http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/universe/stars-article/ 4. Read this: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/space/sun/ 5. Answer these 3 questions in your journal with diagrams and full sentences. -How do stars form from nebula? -Why does the sun seem so much brighter to us than other stars? Is it really brighter? -Why does the sun make it harder to see other stars in the day more than the night? LEAVE YOUR JOURNAL OPEN TO BE GRADED and explore this... http://stars.chromeexperiments.com 1 (3 days): Claims and Evidence: Does light go forward (unless stopped) or gradually fade away? -Day 1: Initial Debate and Writing, Forming Research Questions and Arguments -Day 2: Research -Day 3: Revision ----- Now the weird transition to fossils: It fits with this standards... but move it? 1 How might long term input changes effect a population (adapt behavior, migrate, ADAPT BODY, or die) -How long does adaption take? It depends on generation / lifespan. -Images: Adaption -Class Case Study #1. Finch Beaks -Day 2: Review With english moths and coal -Independent Case Study: Artic Ice Melting & Polar Bears -Class Case Study Case Study: Homo Sapiens & Tool Use into an Ice Age *Disculss survival rates: >99% of All Species Are Extinct: What can we infer from this? 1 (1 day) What is the probability of an organism becoming a fossil? -Clips & Images for each of the 4 events below: Tar Pit, Sap, Sediment Cover: Water Deposition, Volcanic Ash, Landslides Sea Creatures on Continental Divides -Pass out texts: Students will fill in Event, Organism, Composition, Completeness for each case study. 1 (2 days): How do we date fossils? -Clips & Slideshow for Each Dating Method -Environmental Surroundings, Layer, Carbon-14 -Case Study 1: What can you infer about this fossil and its environment? Use claims and evidence format. -Case Study 2: Hominid Jaw, Teeth, & Upper Rear Skull Size -Group Case Study: Canada Shale -Day 2: Pair Study: Mountain Shells, Early Organisms (No plants or animals), Whale Forerunner, Frozen Mastadon |
Solar System Links (The 1st site is awesome!)
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