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6th Grade Competency Goal #5:
The learner will build understanding of the Solar System.
What do we teach?
How do we teach it?
What resources do we need?
Interdisciplinary Reading
Pender County Schools Science Curriculum Mapping
6th Grade Competency Goal #5:
The learner will build understanding of the Solar System.
5.01 Analyze the components and
cycles of the solar system including:
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Sun.
Planets and moons.
Asteroids and meteors.
Comets.
Phases.
Seasons.
Day/year.
Eclipses.
United Streaming Videos
http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com
“Solar System”
Total Time 20:00 minutes
(Contains 5 segments)
United Streaming Account
Computer/Projection Station
Internet Access
Chapter Book
The Wonderful Flight to
the Mushroom Plant
NASA websites
Reading materials
contained within FOSS kit
NASA’s search for habitable planet
activity
FOSS Planetary Science Kit
Student Activities
Solar System Scale Lab-Activity 3
Book-Project Earth Science: Astronomy
http://www.nsta.org/store
*Teach with 5.02 and 5.05
Human Modeling of Relationship of
Earth, Moon & Sun
Book-Project Earth Science:
Astronomy
http://www.nsta.org/store
Teacher created booklet
about the Solar System for
students to complete by
using research techniques
Make Impact Craters
Make A Comet Model
More Activities in FOSS Planetary
Science Kit
Solar System Booklets
Students are given pages about the Solar
System that need to be completed using
research techniques using
www.astronomy.com
Students can access information by
clicking on Astro for Kids and then
clicking on The Solar System. Students
need to also create a cover , table of
contents and bibliography to make the
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6th Grade Competency Goal #5:
The learner will build understanding of the Solar System.
booklet complete.
Independent Study of Solar System
Give students a list of topics and
research expectations including types of
references acceptable and citation
expectations.
Direct Instruction
Power Point Presentations on the web
for The Solar System/Planets & Eclipses
www.pppst.com/science.html
Glencoe Text if kits are not available
What do we teach?
How do we teach it?
Vocabulary
Planets
Inner Planets
Outer Planets
Revolution
Rotation
Lunar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse
Axis
Meteorite
Meteoroid
Meteor
Moon Phases
Full Moon
Equinox
Waning
Penumbra
Crater
Moon Mission
Galileo
Copernicus
Asteroids
Satellites (Natural, Man made)
Composition
Sun
Sun spots
Spin-offs
Solstice
Seasons
Comets
What resources do we need?
Interdisciplinary Math
Measurement/Formulas
How much do you weigh?
How old are you?
Math applications in kits
Scale and Distance
Interdisciplinary Reading
Pender County Schools Science Curriculum Mapping
6th Grade Competency Goal #5:
The learner will build understanding of the Solar System.
5.02 Compare and contrast the Earth
to other planets in terms of:
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Size.
Composition.
Relative distance from the
sun.
Ability to support life.
Student Activities
Construct scale models of the Solar
System using
- clay
- toilet paper solar system
- playground model
- bead solar system
Internet Access
Reading materials
contained within FOSS kit
NASA websites
FOSS Planetary Science Kit
Research materials
-textbook
-library books
-websites
NASA – Modeling Planet Interiors
*Teach with 5.01 and 5.05
NASA – Lunar Surface Activity
Vocabulary
Rock
Gas Giants
Light-year
Lunar Surface
Environments
Interdisciplinary Math
Measurement using the
temperature scale
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6th Grade Competency Goal #5:
The learner will build understanding of the Solar System.
What do we teach?
How do we teach it?
5.03 Relate the influence of the sun
and the moon's orbit to the
gravitational effects produced on
Earth.
United Streaming Videos
United Streaming Account
http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com Computer/Projection Station
Internet Access
Student Activities
Ping Pong Phases-Activity 11
FOSS Planetary Science Kit
Book-Project Earth Science: Astronomy
http://www.nsta.org/store
Book-Project Earth Science:
Astronomy
Use FOSS Planetary Science Kit
http://www.nsta.org/store
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Solar storms.
Tides.
What resources do we need?
Interdisciplinary Reading
Reading materials
contained within FOSS kit
Direct Instruction
Power Point Presentation on the web for
The Moon www.pppst.com/science.html
Vocabulary
Tides
Spring Tide
High and Low Tide
Solar Storms
Gravity
Gravitational Pull
Nuclear Fission
Solar Wind
Interdisciplinary Math
Tide Tables
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6th Grade Competency Goal #5:
The learner will build understanding of the Solar System.
What do we teach?
How do we teach it?
What resources do we need?
Interdisciplinary Reading
5.04 Describe space explorations and
the understandings gained from them
including:
DVD set “25 Years of NASA”
DVD Player
DVD set “25 Years of
NASA”
Use primary sources of
news reports
Vocabulary
Thrust
Propulsion
ISS
Ares Rocket
Boost
Missions
Exploration
Interdisciplinary Math
Concept of time
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N.A.S.A.
Technologies used to
explore space.
Historic timeline.
Apollo mission to the moon.
Space Shuttle.
International Space Station.
Future goals.
United Streaming Videos
http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com
“Understanding The American Space
United Streaming Account
Program”
Computer/Projection Station
Internet Access
“Great Discoveries with Bill Nye:
Astronomy”
Student Worksheets
Total Time 41:41 minutes
(Contains 16 segments)
FOSS Planetary Science Kit
“Destination Space”
Direct Instruction
Power Point Presentations on the web
for Space and Astronauts
www.pppst.com/science.html
History of Rocketry
Missions up through Space Shuttle and
International Space Station (ISS)
Future Goals
Ares Rocket to Moon and Mars
Student Activities using
FOSS Planetary Science Kit
Film Canister Rockets
Rocket
NASA
Space Shuttle
Astronomical Units
Do experiments from ISS missions
Pender County Schools Science Curriculum Mapping
6th Grade Competency Goal #5:
The learner will build understanding of the Solar System.
What do we teach?
How do we teach it?
What resources do we need?
Interdisciplinary Reading
5.05 Describe the setting of the solar
system in the universe including:
Student Activities
(NASA) What Makes A World
Habitable?
FOSS Planetary Science Kit
Reading materials
contained within FOSS kit
Vocabulary
Interdisciplinary Math
Circumference
Diameter
Distance
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Galaxy.
Size.
The uniqueness of Earth.
(NASA) What Can Life Tolerate?
FOSS Planetary Science Kit
*Teach with 5.01 and 5.02
Galaxy
Milky Way
Universe
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6th Grade Competency Goal #5:
The learner will build understanding of the Solar System.
What do we teach?
5.06 Analyze the spin-off benefits
generated by space exploration
technology including:
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Medical.
Materials.
Transportation.
Processes.
Future research.
How do we teach it?
What resources do we need?
United Streaming Videos
http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com United Streaming Account
“Satellites-Our Eyes in the Sky”
Computer/Projection Station
Internet Access
DVD set “25 Years of NASA”
DVD Player
FOSS Planetary Science Kit
DVD set “25 Years of
NASA”
Interdisciplinary Reading
Reading materials
contained within FOSS kit
FOSS Planetary Science Kit
Vocabulary
Interdisciplinary Math
Pender County Schools Science Curriculum Mapping
6th Grade Competency Goal #5:
The learner will build understanding of the Solar System.
Laboratory
Measuring in metric units
Pender County Schools Science Curriculum Mapping