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Lesson Plan
Kindergarten -C. Mertens, C. Pratt, T.
Date
Sharp, P. Franks, K. Taylor
Science – Unit 6.3a
2-10-14
Exploring Space: Lesson 3 – Exploring and Observing the Sun and Stars (15 days)
Students will learn about objects in the night sky including the sun and patterns of
the stars, called constellations.
Poems, descriptive word bank, student created books, class science journal, books,
notebooks, graphs, handouts, manipulatives, flashlights (or projector), PowerPoint:
‘The Sun is a Star’
K.8C
Scientific Process TEKS K.2D, K.3B, K.4B
Observe describe and illustrate, record and organize, make predictions, use senses.
Sky
moon
sun
star
constellation
describe
illustrate
observe
We Can Observe objects in the sky, such as the Moon, Sun, and stars.
The Sun is our nearest star.
Objects in the sky can be described and illustrated.
We can observe objects in the sky, such as the Moon, Sun, and stars.
— When is the best time to observe stars?
— When is the best time to observe the Sun?
The Sun is our nearest star.
— What is the Sun?
Objects in the sky can be described and illustrated.
— How would you describe a star?
— How would you describe the Sun?
Monday
Tuesday
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Friday
Engage – Stars in the Night Sky. Construct a KLEW Chart in the class
science notebook:
What do you see when you look up at the sky? Does the sky look the
same during the day as it does at night? Other than the Moon, what do
we see in the night sky? What do you know about stars?
Misconceptions: students may think that all of the stars in a
constellation are near each other. Students may think that all stars are
the same size.
Explore – Reading About Stars
After reading about stars, ask: How would you describe a star? What
new information did you learn from this story that we could add to our
KLEW chart?
Explore – Reading About Stars
After reading about stars, ask: How would you describe a star? What
new information did you learn from this story that we could add to our
KLEW chart?
Explore – view first five slides on the PowerPoint, ‘Stars and
Constellations’
Access the Hubble site to look at star pictures.
Ask: How would you describe a star? What new information did you
learn from this story that we could add to our KLEW chart?
Explore/Explain – What is a Constellation?
View slides 6-9 of the PowerPoint: Stars and Constellations.
Facilitate a discussion on the slides
Access the Hubble site to look at star pictures.