Earth-Sun-Moon Cycles

Unit 5 Assignments

Electromagnets
MS-PS2-3, MS-PS2-5

The Solar System
MS-PS2-4, MS-ESS1-2
MS-ESS1-3

Energy
MS-PS3-2

Earth, Sun, Moon Cycles

Bundle 5 How can objects interact at a distance?

MS-ESS1-1 Evidence Statement
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.
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[Clarification Statement: Examples of models can be physical, graphical, or conceptual.]

Additionally, these ideas about forces that act at a distance can be connected to the concept that gravitational forces are always attractive; there is a gravitational force between any two masses, but it is very small except when one or both of the objects have large mass—e.g., Earth and the sun (PS2.B as in MS-PS2-4). Then, gravitational forces connect to the concepts that the solar system consists of the sun and a collection of objects, including planets, their moons, and asteroids that are held in orbit around the sun by its gravitational pull on them (ESS1.B as in MS-ESS1-3 and MS-ESS1-2) and this model of the solar system can explain eclipses of the sun and the moon. Earth’s spin axis is fixed in direction over the short-term but tilted relative to its orbit around the sun. The seasons are a result of that tilt and are caused by the differential intensity of sunlight on different areas of Earth across the year (ESS1.B as in MS-ESS1-1).

Quiz: Lunar Cycle, Seasons, & Eclipses (M)

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Vocabulary Review Activities

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BrainPop Animations and Practice Quizes *

PearsonPPT-Thumb Lunar Cycle Slideshow

Vocabulary - Glossary

Earth, Moon, and Sun Chapter 1 Section 1: Pages 12-23:

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Phases, Eclipses, and Tides: Chapter 1, Section 2 Pages 24-34

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Earth's Moon Chapter 1, Section 4 Pages 39-45

Textbook

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Summary

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Science Skills Handbook
Appendix: Pages 202-214:
Process Skills Packet

Labs & Videos

Gizmos Phases of the Moon	Gizmos Sun Earth Moon- Seasons	Gizmos Eclipses	Gizmos Tides
Calendar.com - Moon phases Moonconnection.com - Calendar informational pages Slideshow	NASA.Gov Starchild	Space Place at Nasa.Gov Home Oreo Moon Activity	NASA Moon Page informational page
Bill Nye Moon Espanol and quiz	PH Science Explorer Earth, Moon, Sun	Bill Nye Seasons Espanol and quiz	Bill Nye Outer Space Espanol and quiz
Bill Nye Sun Espanol and quiz	Tik Liem Home Activities Lunar Cycle Activity Seasons Activity	A day on Earth The Moon Inner Planets	YouTube- watch Naked Science Birth of the Earth 3/5 Moon

Engage

Discrepant Event

Explore

Research

Explain

Write-Up

Elaborate

New situations/applications

Evaluate

project to share

Reading & Math Work

Reading

Build-a-Book
Reading Activities
Graphic Organizers
Reading Strategies
Writing Reviser Tool

Math and Data

Data Games & Activities
Waves Math
Waves Graphing
Graphing with Smart PowerPoint / Excel Tools
Math Resources
Metric Steps

Projects by Learning Style and Media Type

Sensing-Thinking (Mastery) Facts Create a diagram that shows the rock cycle and label its parts.	Sensing-Feeling (Interpersonal) A time when you... Show how __________________are used by humans.
Intuitive-Thinking (Understanding) Playing with facts Create a diagram that compares or contrasts different parts of the rock cycle.	Intuitive-Feeling (Self-Expressive) Creating new possibiliteis Show how ___________.

Video/Animation Make a video or animation of atoms (see options above.) Narrate, subtitle, or text page to show this week's concepts.	Presentation Create a PowerPoint, ToonDoo, or other graphic that shows one of the projects above.
Podcast Audio Make a radio show, podcast, or song about the elements (see options above.) Narrate, subtitle, or text page to show this week's concepts.	Live Presentation Project Make a poster, play, song or cartoon showing your understanding of the elements in its many forms.

Essential Vocabulary & Concepts

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	Astronomy is the studyof the moon, stars, and other objects in space.
	Earth's motion rotates around its axis in 24 hours (1 day) revolves around the sun in an orbit in 365.25 days (1 year)
	Earth's seasons The longest daylight is the summer solstice (sun stops) The shortest daylight is the winter solstice. Equinox is when day and night are equal in length spring: vernal equinox fall: autumnal equinox 365 days at the equator the axis is tilted so that the North points away from the sun at winter solstice and towards the sun at summer solstice.
	Lunar (Moon) Phases: The angle of the moon viewed from Earth causes the moon to appear to change shape in the Lunar Cycle New Moon : no moon, in Earth's shadow Waxing: crescent (sliver), quarter (half a circle), gibbous (egg shaped) light on the right Full Moon : Complete circle Waning : gibbous (egg shaped), quarter (half a circle), crescent (sliver) light on the

Eclipse: When one object blocks the sun's light and creates a shadow on another object.

Penumbra: the lighter, larger part of the shadow caused beacause of the angles of light from different sides of the sun.
Umbra: darkest part of the shadow
Solar Eclipse is when the moon creates a shadow on Earth.
Lunar Eclipse is when a full moon passes into Earth's shadow.

Tides: Earth's oceans rise and fall as the moon's gravity pulls water around the globe.

High tides happen every 12 hours close and opposite of the moon.
Low tides happen 6 hours after high tide.

Earth's Moon: was likely formed from the debris thrown out when another planet collided with Earth long ago.

It is about 3,476 kilometers in diameter, has low gravity, no breathable atmosphere, and is covered in craters from being hit by asteroids, meteoroids, and other objects.

Sun: is the heart of the solar system and is 99.8% of its mass. Its burning atmosphere is in the millions of degrees Celsius.

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