Download Week of: October 8, 2011

Week of: October 8, 2011 – October 12, 2012
Aim & Objectives:
Monday: Review for Chapter 5
Test
Performance Objectives:
Students will be able to:
 Recall information learned in
Chapter 5.
Instructional Strategies,
Activities, Labs and Process
Skills
The students will be placed in teams
to go over the different topics that
are going to be on the test
tomorrow.
Homework: Study for the test
tomorrow.
Applicable CPI
5.2.6.C.1 Predict the path of
reflected or refracted light using
reflecting and refracting telescopes
as examples.
5.2.6.C.2 Describe how prisms can
be used to demonstrate that visible
light from the sun is made of
different colors.
5.4.6.A.1 Generate and analyze
evidence (through simulations) that
the Sun’s apparent motion across
the sky changes over the course of
a year.
5.4.6.A.2 Construct and evaluate
models demonstrating the rotation
of Earth on its axis and the orbit of
Earth around the Sun.
Resources, Materials, Web Sites:
Text pages C4-C27
Tuesday: Chapter 5 Test
Performance Objectives:
Students will be able to:
 Recall information learned in
Chapter 5.
Chapter 5 test
5.2.6.C.1 Predict the path of
reflected or refracted light using
reflecting and refracting telescopes
as examples.
5.2.6.C.2 Describe how prisms can
be used to demonstrate that visible
light from the sun is made of
different colors.
5.4.6.A.1 Generate and analyze
evidence (through simulations) that
the Sun’s apparent motion across
the sky changes over the course of
a year.
5.4.6.A.2 Construct and evaluate
models demonstrating the rotation
of Earth on its axis and the orbit of
Earth around the Sun.
Text pages C4-C27
Wednesday: What are the other
objects in the solar system?
Warm Up: What is the difference
between an asteroid and
meteoroid?
Performance Objectives:
Students will be able to:
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Define asteroid, meteoroid,
meteorite, meteor, and
comet
Compare and contrast
asteroids and meteoroids
Compare and contrast
meteoroids, meteors, and
meteorites
Explore the theory of the
origin of the asteroid belt.
Label where the asteroid
belt is in the solar system.
Compare and contrast
comets from other space
objects
Explore the different comets
that have passed Earth and
continue to pass Earth
Discuss the orbit of a comet
Label the parts of a comet
and what they are made of
Explore the origin of the
comets.
PowerPoint and notes defining,
explaining, and showing illustrations
of asteroids, meteoroids, meteors,
meteorites, and comets.
Theories on the origin of the
asteroid belt and what asteroids
have done to Earth in the past.
Google map of where craters from
past asteroids are found on Earth.
Examples of famous comets and
how they were discovered.
Draw and label a comet for the
students’ notebooks.
Draw and label a comet for the
students’ notebooks.
Homework: Think and Write
question sheet:
Questions: What is an asteroid?
C55
How do Meteoroids, meteors, and
meteorites differ? C65
What is a Comet? Worksheet
(reading in Science resources page
150)
5.4.6.A.4. Compare and contrast the
major physical characteristics
(including size and scale) of solar
system objects using evidence in
the form of data tables and
photographs.
5.4.6.A.3. predict what would
happen to an orbiting object if
gravity were increased, decreased,
or taken away.
Text pages C54 and C64-C66
Meteor craters on Earth found at
google map:
http://geology.com/meteor-impactcraters.shtml
Thursday: How did the planets
form?
Warm Up: What are the 8 planets
of our solar system?
Performance Objectives:
Students will be able to:
 Explore the beginning of
planets.
 Discuss why the planets
have different
characteristics based on
where they are located in
the solar system
 Explore the possibility of
other planets like Earth
existing.
United streaming video on extreme
planets. In this episode of How the
Universe Works scientists discuss
how planets are created. Then
astronomers explore the planets of
our solar system by grouping the
planets into two categories: rocky
planets and gas giants.
Astronomers and scientists also
explore the possibility of other
planets like Earth existing in the
universe
Homework: No homework
5.4.6.A.4. Compare and contrast the
major physical characteristics
(including size and scale) of solar
system objects using evidence in
the form of data tables and
photographs.
Text pages C48-C55
United streaming video:
How the Universe Works: Extreme
Planets
http://player.discoveryeducation.co
m/index.cfm?guidAssetId=644EFF0
9-EBB9-410C-B74AFC2B24E84A52&blnFromSearch=1
&productcode=US
Friday: How did the planets form?
Warm Up: What are the 8 planets
of our solar system?
Performance Objectives:
Students will be able to:
 Explore the beginning of
planets.
 Discuss why the planets
have different
characteristics based on
where they are located in
the solar system
 Explore the possibility of
other planets like Earth
existing.
Continued:
United streaming video on extreme
planets. In this episode of How the
Universe Works scientists discuss
how planets are created. Then
astronomers explore the planets of
our solar system by grouping the
planets into two categories: rocky
planets and gas giants.
Astronomers and scientists also
explore the possibility of other
planets like Earth existing in the
universe
Homework: No homework
5.4.6.A.4. Compare and contrast the
major physical characteristics
(including size and scale) of solar
system objects using evidence in
the form of data tables and
photographs.
Text pages C48-C55
United streaming video:
How the Universe Works: Extreme
Planets
http://player.discoveryeducation.co
m/index.cfm?guidAssetId=644EFF0
9-EBB9-410C-B74AFC2B24E84A52&blnFromSearch=1
&productcode=US
After completion of the video:
Friday: How can we tell the planets
apart?
Performance Objectives:
Students will be able to:
 Research information on a
planet using reference
books and websites.
 Put the researched
information into a brochure
project to be presented to
class.
The students will each be given a
planet to research and find facts
and pictures on. They will find
information including:
Size, mass, volume, weather,
surface features, length of rotation
and revolution, and average
temperatures.
While finding information, the
students will fill out their research
page. Once all of the information is
found, they will put it all together in
a brochure to present to the class.
Homework: Continue to work on
finding information for your planet.
5.4.6.A.4. Compare and contrast the
major physical characteristics
(including size and scale) of solar
system objects using evidence in
the form of data tables and
photographs.
5.4.6.A.3. predict what would
happen to an orbiting object if
gravity were increased, decreased,
or taken away.
Text pages C46-CC66
Various reference books and
websites:
Kids Astronomy
Nasa's Space Place
Nasa Kids' Club
Astronomy for Kids
Planet Brochure Websites:
http://nineplanets.org/
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/
subjects/astronomy/planets/
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets
/index.cfm/
http://frontiernet.net/~kidpower/pla
nets.html
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/
http://airandspace.si.edu/research/c
eps/etp/ss/
http://windows2universe.org/
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetar
y/planetfact.html
http://fourmilab.ch/solar/solar.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh
/weight/index.html