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You in Outer Space Curriculum Map
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Theme
K-1
2
3
4
Objects in the Sky: The Sun
Explore how the sun warms the
land, air and water and makes
plants grow.
Examine the Sun as a star in a
solar system which has energy
potential (e.g., photosynthesis).
Manipulate/ simulate sunlight to
create shadows.
Explore how the Sun is an
average star within our solar
system and produces solar
energy.
Objects in the Sky: The
Earth, Changes in Earth's
Patterns
Discuss how we live on a planet
that rotates to create night and
day.
Explore how Earth is in a solar
system of other planets that
revolve around the sun causing
Earth to have seasons.
Objects in the Sky: The
Planets, Gravity
List the planets.
Compare and contrast the
Compare and contrast the
Identify and describe the planets
distance of the planets in relation distance of the planets in relation
in their order from the Sun.
to the Sun.
to each other.
Recall how our moon passes
through phases each month.
Explain how our moon causes
oceanic tides that shape Earth's
land surface.
Objects in the Sky: Moons
and other phenomena
Describe the phases of our
moon.
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Discriminate star patterns as they
Describe the seasons as the
appear to stay the same but
result of variations in the amount
actually move across the sky
of the Sun's energy hitting the
nightly. In addition to the different Earth's surface and the tilt of the
stars which can be seen in
Earth’s rotation on its axis and
different seasons.
the length of the day.
In addition to the Sun and the
planets, describe our solar
system in terms of other objects
(e.g., moons, meteors, asteroids
and comets).
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You in Outer Space Curriculum Map
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6
Justify the Sun as the major
Describe the Sun as the central
source of energy for phenomena
and largest body in our solar
Objects in the Sky: The Sun
on the Earth's surface (e. g.,
system and is comprised
growth of plants, winds, ocean
primarily of hydrogen and helium.
currents, and the water cycle).
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8+
Describe the threat to
ecosystems when major energy
sources are compromised.
Communicate that our Sun is one
of many stars in the Milky Way
Galaxy and stars differ in size,
temperature and color.
Objects in the Sky: The
Earth, Changes in Earth's
Patterns
Explore how the Earth's
atmosphere exerts a pressure
that decreases with distance
above the Earth's surface.
Explore how the Earth's
atmosphere exerts a pressure
Examine how solar energy
Describe astronomical units and
that decreases with distance
reaches Earth through radiation, light years as distances between
above Earth's surface and that at
mostly in the form of visible light.
Earth, Sun and other stars.
any point it exerts this pressure
equally in all directions.
Objects in the Sky: The
Planets, Gravity
Describe the path of a planet
around the Sun as due to the
gravitational attraction between
the Sun and the planets.
Explain gravity as the force that Explain gravity as the force that
keeps planets in orbit around the governs the rest of the motion in
sun.
the solar system.
Objects in the Sky: Moons
and other phenomena
Explore how space is comprised
of other solar systems, galaxies,
and experiences phenomena
(e.g., black hole, star stages).
Articulate the Big Bang Theory.
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Discuss the debate behind the
Big Bang Theory.
Describe the appearance, size,
position, motion, and general
composition of objects in the
solar system.
Galaxies are clusters of billions of
stars and may have different
shapes.