SPACE
6.E.1: Understand the Earth / Moon / Sun system, and the properties, structures and predictable motions of celestial bodies in the Universe.
SPACE Essential Questions
How does the relative motion and position of the sun, Earth, and moon affect the seasons, tides, moon phases, and eclipses?
Why is Earth able to sustain life when other planets do not?
Why is space exploration important
What are we able to gain from the exploration of space?
How does the relative motion and position of the sun, Earth, and moon affect the seasons, tides, moon phases, and eclipses?
Why is Earth able to sustain life when other planets do not?
Why is space exploration important
What are we able to gain from the exploration of space?
Students, by the end of the unit, will know and understand:
* There is a difference between rotations and revolutions of planets and that those motions cause various outcomes on earth (day/night, moon phases, tides, and seasons).
* Earth is the only planet that has the correct ingredients for life (liquid water, breathable atmosphere, and a suitable amount of sunshine to sustain life) that make it habitable.
* Space exploration has allowed humans to increase scientific knowledge and technological advancements.
* How the sun, moon, and earth are related: why we have seasons; why we have tides; why we have eclipses; why the moon doesn’t always appear the same in the sky.
* Basic properties of the other planets in our solar system.
* Significant space missions in history and the impact that they have had on life today.
* Technology necessary for space exploration.
* Key vocabulary associated with space.
* There is a difference between rotations and revolutions of planets and that those motions cause various outcomes on earth (day/night, moon phases, tides, and seasons).
* Earth is the only planet that has the correct ingredients for life (liquid water, breathable atmosphere, and a suitable amount of sunshine to sustain life) that make it habitable.
* Space exploration has allowed humans to increase scientific knowledge and technological advancements.
* How the sun, moon, and earth are related: why we have seasons; why we have tides; why we have eclipses; why the moon doesn’t always appear the same in the sky.
* Basic properties of the other planets in our solar system.
* Significant space missions in history and the impact that they have had on life today.
* Technology necessary for space exploration.
* Key vocabulary associated with space.