Download Washington State Standards Substantiated By STC Gems Kit: Space

Washington State Standards Substantiated By STC Gems Kit:
Space Science
4-5 ES1A Earth is approximately spherical in shape. Things on or near the Earth are
pulled toward Earth’s center by the force of gravity.
Space Science
Unit 2: Earth’s Shape and Gravity
2.1: About Earth’s Shape and Gravity
2.2: What Shape Is the Earth?
2.3: Gravity
2.4: Weightlessness
2.5: Gravity and Air
2.6: Gravity Beyond Earth
4-5 ES1B Earth’s daily spin relative to the Sun causes night and day.
Space Science
Unit 4: Why Do We Have Moon Phases and Eclipses?
4.1: Observing the Moon
4.2: Finding Patterns in Moon Observations
4.3; Understanding Moon Phases
4.4: Understanding Eclipses of the Moon and Sun
4.5: Impossible Missions
4-5 ES1C Earth’s nearly circular yearly orbit around the Sun causes us to see different
constellations at different times of year.
Space Science
Unit 3: How Does the Earth Move?
3.1: Ideas About the Earth and Sun
3.2: Mount Nose
3.3: Spinning Earth
3.4: Earth in Orbit
4-5 ES1D The Sun is a star. It is the central and largest body in our Solar System. The
Sun appears much brighter and larger in the sky than other stars because it is many
thousands of times closer to Earth.
Space Science Unit 1: How Big and How Far?
1.1: Thinking About Space
1.2: What’s in the Sky?
1.3: Measuring Sizes of Objects.
1.4: How Big are the Earth, Moon, and Sun?
1.5: Sizes Near and Far
1.6: Ranking Space Objects by Size
1.7: How Far Away are They?
1.8: Comparing Distances
1.9: How Our Scale Ideas Have Changed