Mar
2016

Earth, Sun, and Moon Test

The test is on Monday, March 14, 2016


Learning Targets/Objectives for “Sun, Moon, Earth”
Cycle 1: Designing Ways to Observe the Sky
• Identify the Sun and Moon as common sky objects, and to observe them in order to contrast and compare them.
• Use direct observations, to explain the motions and characteristics of sky objects.
• To understand motions in the sky as regular patterns
• To be able to use various tools, from simple to more complex, to observe the sky and use the observations to understand the objects in the sky.
• Model the motions of the Sun and Moon as they appear in the sky.
• To be able to reproduce images from observations taken, e.g. Moon and Sun drawings.

Cycle 2: Making Sense of Observations of the Sky

  • • Explain how the shape of the Moon follows a predictable cycle.
    • Describe the motion of the Moon around the Earth.
    • Describe the apparent motion of the Sun and Moon through the sky.
    • Describe the amount of time for the Moon cycle.
    Identify the causes of Moon phases.
    • Show how the movement of the Earth causes  day and night 
  • Show how the movement of the Earth causes the seasons

 

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