Science

Target Skills for the Astronomy Unit:

After the unit the students will be able to:

Explain that the earth is round and is not the center of the universe, clarifying, forming, and changing their ideas about earth.
Explain the current scientific model of the Earth’s position relative to the universe with models from ancient cultures.
Explain the Earth’s position in the Universe
Explain the phases of the moon and understand how the different shapes are related to the moon’s position relative to the sun.
Explain how constellations were grouped in ancient times
Explain that there are regular movements in our solar system
Explain the similarities and differences among the planets
Explain that our solar system is only a small part of the Milky Way Galaxy
Explain that scientists today are still looking at and learning about space and changing their old ideas as they acquire new information.