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SCIENCE
GRADE SEVEN – ASTRONOMY
Day/Night Cycles
Gravity
Motion
Phases of the Moon
Space Exploration
Seasons
Study of Space
Astronomy
The Sun
Flight
Solar System
History
Vocabulary:
Essential Understandings:
•The orientation, direction and duration of the movement of the Earth around its axis and around the Sun
result in day/night cycles and the seasons
•Gravity is the force that governs the motions of the solar system, attracts objects to the Earth and influences
tides
•The solar system is composed of planets and other objects that orbit the Sun in regular and predictable
motion
•Space explorations provide information about the solar system, the universe and the possibility of life beyond
Earth
•Many advances have been made in the study of space
All 6-8 Process
Vocabulary plus:
•Cycle
•Fall Equinox
•Gravity
•Lunar Eclipse
•Moon Phases
•Flight is possible because of principles of physics (lift) and because of a variety of technological innovations
•Satellite
•The skies have been studied for many years (Ptolemy, Copernicus, Drake, Galileo)
•Solar Eclipse
•The solar system consists of one star, nine planets and lesser members, different in size, composition and
surface feature. The universe has other components
•Solar System
•The Sun is the major source of energy for phenomenon on the Earth’s surface
•Spring Equinox
•Changes in the relative position of the Sun, Moon and Earth affect the phases of the Moon, eclipses and
ocean tides.
•Summer Solstice
•Winter Solstice