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The Moon StudyJam

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Title:

The Moon StudyJam

URL:

https://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/solar-system/moon.htm

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Type:

Interactive/Game

Overview:

Earth’s moon reflects the sun, and so it is visible at night. It also rotates at the same rate that it orbits, 27 days, which means that we only see one side of it. The moon has one-sixth of the gravity of Earth and no atmosphere at all!

The classroom resource provides a slide show that will explain the characteristics of Earth's moon. There is also a short test that can be used to assess students' understanding.

Content Standard(s):

Science SC2015 (2015) Grade: 1	2 ) Construct explanations from observations that objects can be seen only when light is available to illuminate them (e.g., moon being illuminated by the sun, colors and patterns in a kaleidoscope being illuminated when held toward a light). Unpacked Content Scientific And Engineering Practices: Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect Disciplinary Core Idea: Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer Evidence Of Student Attainment: Students: Explain based on observations that objects can be seen only when there is a light source. Teacher Vocabulary: light illuminate construct explanation observation available objects Knowledge: Students know: Light comes from different sources (natural/man-made). Objects can be seen only when there is a light source. Objects can be seen if they give off their own light. Skills: Students are able to: Gather evidence from observations to support the explanation that objects can only be seen when illuminated. Understanding: Students understand that: Objects can be seen only when a light source causes it to be illuminated. AMSTI Resources: AMSTI Module: Sound, Light, and Sky Sound and Light, FOSS Sundial, GLOBE Sky, Delta Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards AAS Standard: SCI.AAS.1.2- Recognize that light illuminates objects so they can be seen.
Science SC2015 (2015) Grade: 1	8 ) Observe, describe, and predict patterns of the sun, moon, and stars as they appear in the sky (e.g., sun and moon appearing to rise in one part of the sky, move across the sky, and set; stars other than our sun being visible at night, but not during the day). NAEP Framework NAEP Statement:: E4.1: Objects in the sky have patterns of movement. The Sun, for example, appears to move across the sky in the same way every day, but its path changes slowly over the seasons. The Moon appears to move across the sky on a daily basis much like the Sun. NAEP Statement:: E4.2: The observable shape of the Moon changes from day to day in a cycle that lasts about a month. Unpacked Content Scientific And Engineering Practices: Analyzing and Interpreting Data Crosscutting Concepts: Patterns Disciplinary Core Idea: Earth's Place in the Universe Evidence Of Student Attainment: Students: Observe, describe, and predict patterns of objects visible in the day and night sky. Observe, describe, and predict the position of the sun and moon in the day or night sky. Teacher Vocabulary: observe describe predict pattern sun moon star sky day night sunset sunrise motion appear Knowledge: Students know: Stars are not seen in the sky during the day, but are seen in the sky at night. The sun is at different positions in the sky at different times of the day, appearing to rise in one part of the sky in the morning and appearing to set in another part of the sky in the evening. The moon can be seen during the day and at night, but the sun can only be seen during the day. The moon is at different positions in the sky at different times of the day or night, appearing to rise in one part of the sky and appearing to set in another part of the sky. Skills: Students are able to: Organize data from observations in order to describe objects in the day/night sky Use patterns found in data from observations to describe and predict the position of objects in the day/night sky. Understanding: Students understand that: Patterns related to the appearance of objects in the sky can be observed and used to provide evidence that future appearances of those objects can be predicted. AMSTI Resources: AMSTI Module: Organisms, STC Wild Feet, ETA/hand2mind Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards AAS Standard: SCI.AAS.1.8- Identify major celestial objects (e.g., moon, sun, other stars) and when they can be seen in the sky.
Science SC2015 (2015) Grade: 6 Earth and Space Science	2 ) Construct models and use simulations (e.g., diagrams of the relationship between Earth and man-made satellites, rocket launch, International Space Station, elliptical orbits, black holes, life cycles of stars, orbital periods of objects within the solar system, astronomical units and light years) to explain the role of gravity in affecting the motions of celestial bodies bodies (e.g., planets, moons, comets, asteroids, meteors) within galaxies and the solar system. NAEP Framework NAEP Statement:: E12.2: Early in the history of the universe, matter (primarily the light atoms hydrogen and helium) clumped together by gravitational attraction to form countless trillions of stars and billions of galaxies. NAEP Statement:: E8.1a: In contrast to an earlier theory that Earth is the center of the universe, it is now known that the Sun, an average star, is the central and largest body in the solar system. NAEP Statement:: E8.1b: Earth is the third planet from the Sun in a system that includes seven other planets and their moons, as well as smaller objects such as asteroids and comets. NAEP Statement:: E8.2: Gravity is the force that keeps most objects in the solar system in regular and predictable motion. These motions explain such phenomena as the day, the year, phases of the Moon, and eclipses. Unpacked Content Scientific And Engineering Practices: Developing and Using Models Crosscutting Concepts: Systems and System Models Disciplinary Core Idea: Earth's Place in the Universe Evidence Of Student Attainment: Students: Construct models to explain the role of gravity in affecting the motions of celestial bodies within galaxies and the solar system. Use simulations to explain the role of gravity in affecting the motions of celestial bodies within galaxies and the solar system. Teacher Vocabulary: Model Simulation Gravity Gravitational force Solar system Galaxy Milky Way galaxy Sun Planets Moons Asteroids Asteroid belt Stars Celestial bodies Elliptical orbit Knowledge: Students know: The solar system is a collection of bodies, including the sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and meteors. A galaxy is any of the very large groups of stars and associated matter that are found throughout the universe. The Earth's solar system is one of many systems orbiting the center of the larger system of the Milky Way galaxy. Gravity is an attractive force between solar system and galaxy objects. Gravity increases as the mass of the interacting objects increases. Gravity decreases as the distances between objects increases. Gravity affects the orbital motion of objects in our solar system (e.g., moons orbit around planets, all objects within the solar system orbit the sun). Gravity is a predominantly inward-pulling force that can keep smaller/less massive objects in orbit around larger/more massive objects. Gravity causes a pattern of smaller/less massive objects orbiting around larger/more massive objects at all system scales in the universe. Gravitational forces from planets cause smaller objects (e.g., moons) to orbit around planets. The gravitational force of the sun causes the planets and other bodies to orbit around it, holding the solar system together. The gravitational forces from the center of the Milky Way cause stars and stellar systems to orbit around the center of the galaxy. The hierarchy pattern of orbiting systems in the solar system was established early in its history as the disk of dust and gas was driven by gravitational forces to form moon-planet and planet-sun orbiting systems. Objects too far away from the sun do not orbit it because the sun's gravitational force on those objects is too weak to pull them into orbit. Without gravity smaller planets would move in straight paths through space, rather than orbiting a more massive body. Skills: Students are able to: Develop a model and identify the relevant components including gravity and celestial bodies. Describe the relationships and interactions between the components of the solar and galaxy systems. Use the model to describe gravity and its effects. Understanding: Students understand that: Gravity is an attractive force between solar system and galaxy objects. Gravity causes a pattern of smaller/less massive objects orbiting around larger/more massive objects at all systems scales in the universe. AMSTI Resources: AMSTI Module: Exploring Planetary Systems Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards AAS Standard: SCI.AAS.6.2- Recognize that gravity is responsible for the moon's orbit around Earth, and Earth's orbit around the sun.

Tags:

atmosphere, axis, gravity, moon, orbit, revolve, rotate, solar system

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The test may be completed as a whole group or independently on student devices.

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Author:

Hannah Bradley

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The Moon StudyJam