Science
Target Skills for the Astronomy Unit:
After the unit the students will be able to:
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Explain that the earth is round and is not the center of the universe, clarifying, forming, and changing their ideas about earth.
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Explain the current scientific model of the Earth’s position relative to the universe with models from ancient cultures.
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Explain the Earth’s position in the Universe
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Explain the phases of the moon and understand how the different shapes are related to the moon’s position relative to the sun.
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Explain how constellations were grouped in ancient times
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Explain that there are regular movements in our solar system
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Explain the similarities and differences among the planets
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Explain that our solar system is only a small part of the Milky Way Galaxy
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Explain that scientists today are still looking at and learning about space and changing their old ideas as they acquire new information.
Watch some brainpop videos to learn more Username- Emerson Password- Emersonstu
Explore some of the websites below to learn more about ASTRONOMY.
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu
http://www.hawastsoc.org/solar/homepage.html
http://www.exploratoriu,.edu/ronh/weight/index.html
http://nyelabs.kcts.org/flash_go.html
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/history/.html