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5E Template- Science Name: Bethany Meier Date: 4/22/11 Content Area: Science Grade Level(s): 6 Topic(s): Astronomy (Meteors, Comets, Asteroids) – Day 5 Standards (NSES or Benchmarks) TABLE 6.4. EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE STANDARDS LEVELS K-4 LEVELS 5-8** LEVELS 9-12 Properties of earth materials Structure of the earth system Energy in the earth system Objects in the sky Earth's history Geochemical cycles Changes in earth and sky Earth in the solar system Origin and evolution of the earth system Origin and evolution of the universe Standards (SOL) 6.8 The student will investigate and understand the organization of the solar system and the relationships among the various bodies that comprise it. Key concepts include a) the sun, moon, Earth, other planets and their moons, meteors, asteroids, and comets; Objectives (UKD’s) At the end of the lesson, the students will understand: o How research is a key component in new discoveries of new information. o How and when graphs can be used to represent data Know: o The definition of an asteroid. o The definition of a comet o The definition and difference between a meteor and meteorite. o Number of moons that each planet has Do: o Use given websites to work through a webquest worksheet on asteroids, comets meteors & meteorites. o Create a graphical representation of the number of moons of each planet Topic/Essential Question Title: Asteroids, Comets, Meteors and Moons! Oh My!! Major Concepts: Research, Observations, Graphical Representation Materials & Resources Smart Board Computers with Internet Access Asteroid/Comet Webquest Worksheet Graph Paper Safety Considerations The internet should have a safeguard on it so the students don’t go to any unacceptable sites o The teacher should be walking around at all times for the very same reason Engage – Time Estimate __7-10 min____ The engage portion of this lesson will a real quick group activity. The students will be placed into group with the people at their tables and given 5 different pictures. These pictures are of a planet, an asteroid, a comet, a meteor and a meteoroid. I will ask the students to work together with each other to come up with a connection between the pictures. We will then have a quick group discussion about what they think is the connection (The pictures are all of space bodies). The kids will be told that they will be able to answer this connection (IF they haven’t already) Explore – Time Estimate ___20 min___ The students will each be given a computer and a partner to work through the attached worksheet on comets, meteors and asteroids. They have to answer each question thoroughly using the following website: http://sites.google.com/site/jlwtrc/spaceobjectactivity Once they’ve completed the worksheet, they are allowed to continue working on their solar system packet until the rest of the students are finished. Explain -- Time Estimate _15 min____ Steps to relate learning in the exploration phase to the content being taught. What steps are you going to take to insure that no misconceptions are being perpetuated? Extend -- Time Estimate __10-15 min___ The next portion of the lesson will involve creating a bar graph on the smart board. Have the students go to the following website regarding the planets and each of their moons (they should have already investigated the planets in previous days and gotten this information for their packet). Draw the axis of the graph onto the board with the planets across the bottom and the number of moons increments of 5 along the Y axis. Mercury-0 Venus-0 Earth-1 Mars-2 Jupiter-63 (Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto) Saturn-61 Uranus-27 Neptune-13 http://www.spacetoday.org/SolSys/Moons/MoonsSolSys.html (Note that Pluto is no longer considered a planet) The students will copy the chart onto graph paper provided and the teacher will pick students to come up to the board and fill in the bar graph as we go through the exercise together. Evaluate -- Time Estimate __5 min____ The evaluation of this lesson will take place after it is over with because the students will turn in their worksheets and the bar graphs that were created to me for me to check for accuracy. 3-2-1 exit cards will also be filled out with the following questions:: 1. Name 3 different celestial bodies that float in outer space. 2. Name 2 planets that have the most number of moons. 3. Name 1 moon of the four well-known moons of Jupiter. Plans for Diversity ELL: This lesson is pretty well accommodating for ELL and low-level readers because of a couple reasons. First, the websites that are provided are on a lower reading level (and the moon site involves reading numbers). The second part is that in the groups they can work with the students that have higher reading levels to help understand what the main difference is between comets, meteors, and asteroids. If necessary, a vocabulary sheet can be provided for the student with key words and definitions from the websites to help them better understand. ADD/ADHD: For students with ADD/ADHD, there are a couple things that can be done to make this lesson more accommodating to their needs. The lesson flows pretty quickly and the students get to work with two different forms of technology, which will grab their attention pretty quickly. The lesson also involves moving around the room to be in groups and students going up to the smart board and writing on it. (Of course if there was anything specific in the student’s IEP, the lesson could be altered) Connections The reason I put this research based lesson into the course is because I want the students to understand the importance of looking up facts and being able to pull the big picture concepts out of the websites. Sometimes they’re so bombarded with information in science they don’t know what to focus on and my worksheet will help focus their attention. Also, I want them to understand that information can be portrayed in many different ways. The past couple days have been working on a gathering data about the planets through words, the moon activity is being used to show them how useful graphical representations can be in portraying the same information. This lesson will lead into investigations on gravity/rotation and revolution next.