2009Astronomy

=Fifth Grade Unit 2: Astronomy=

//What relevant goals (e.g. content standards, course or program objectives, learning outcomes) will this design address?// //Students will understand that. . .// • What are the big ideas? • What specific understandings about them are desired? When we see things in telescopes from far-away, it's also from LONG-AGO** • What misunderstandings are predictable? • What background knowledge and skills will students need to have or be brought up to speed on and how will this be done? • What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit? • What should they eventually be able to so as a result of such knowledge and skills? || ====//Students will be able to know. . .//==== • Through what authentic performance tasks will students demonstrate the desired understandings? • By what criteria will performances of understanding be judged? || ===Other Evidence:=== • Through what other evidence (e.g. quizzes, tests, academic prompts, observations, homework, journals) will students demonstrate achievement of the desired results? • How will students reflect upon and self-assess their learning? || learn about Galileo's discoveries and heliocentrism sharing what we know about astronomy, stars, space, and planets watch first half of Galileo moive answer question, share what we know about astronomy in a blog post learn about how our Sun and Earth work together learning about how the Sun along with the Earth's tilt, cause seasons solstice models and slideshows answer the question, how does tilt of the Earth create winter and summer? learn about our solar system picking a topic to research on astronomy show Hubble video write two possible topics to research on the subject of astronomy researching a topic and how to do it understand how to paraphrase and get the main idea, and NOT plagiarize model how to find the main idea write the main idea about a piece of expository text learn about radio telescopes, how they work, and what they can "see" working on our research projects contribute to VoiceThread and continue work on research project || ==Links:== rss url="http://www.diigo.com/user/mizmercer/5unit2" link="true" number="20" ||
 * ==Stage 1 - Desired Results== ||
 * ===Establish Goals:===
 * Science 5. The solar system consists of planets and other bodies that orbit the Sun in predictable paths.**
 * Language Arts 2.3 Write research reports about important ideas, issues, or events by using the following guidelines:**
 * 1) **Frame questions that direct the investigation.**
 * 2) **Establish a controlling idea or topic.**
 * 3) **Develop the topic with simple facts, details, examples, and explanations.** ||
 * ===Understandings:===
 * We live in a big universe that's been around for a long time**
 * Our place in the Universe
 * Mistakes of scale, thinking the Earth is at the center of things, not understanding we are part of larger systems (solar, galaxy, etc.)** || ===Essential Questions:===
 * •** What provocative questions will foster inquiry, understanding, and transfer of learning?
 * How old is old, how far is far?** ||
 * ^  || ===Essential Background:===
 * Concepts of night and day, and how things change with the seasons here on Earth** ||
 * ====//Students will know . . .//====
 * Heliocentrism; seasonality and the tilt of the earth; order of planets; stars and where the place of each is.**
 * Think of these as secondary skills / content ||
 * ==Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence== ||
 * ===Performance Tasks:===
 * Report on an aspect of astronomy**. **Research a planet or a constellation and possibly write some sort of report.**
 * ==Stage 3 - Learning Plan== ||
 * ===Learning Activities:===
 * Week One**
 * Week Two**
 * Week Three**
 * Week Four**
 * Week Five**