Unit+Two+Planning+2011

=Unit 2: Exploration and Space=

//What relevant goals (e.g. content standards, course or program objectives, learning outcomes) will this design address?// b. Students know the solar system includes the planet Earth, the Moon, the Sun, eight other planets and their satellites, and smaller objects, such as asteroids and comets. c. Students know the path of a planet around the Sun is due to the gravitational attraction between the Sun and the planet. that supports those ideas. //Students will understand that. . .// • Our solar system is heliocentric, planets and other objects go around the Sun. • People have looked at stars throughout time, and have looked at them for knowledge and understanding. • Science is based on the idea of observation first, then answering questions based on what is seen, not the other way around. • There is a long history of exploration in human development, and going into space (man and un-manned) is part of that pattern. It's usually about getting stuff. Trade exploration is part of that. • Life and living creatures have certain attributes. • Not realizing that the solar system, and other groups of astronomical objects move around the a center of the Universe, and not around our Sun. • Not understanding the importance of Equinoxes and Solstices to farming cultures, thinking it's just religious, or not understanding it's not just a calendar, but their religion. || ===Essential Questions:=== //**•** What provocative questions will foster inquiry, understanding, and transfer of learning?// What makes people explore? Did Galileo have any ideas when he started looking at Jupiter? || • Planets, Sun, stars, trade, resources || • 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. . .//==== • A research report on a topic related to the solar system; • A unit assessment for Open Court and Social Studies with both short answer and a choice of essay topics to write on; • Chapter assessments for Science including both multiple choice; short answer, and demonstration of knowledge on a specific concept. || ===Other Evidence:=== • Periodic administration of the Open Court selection assessments. (Galileo, Heavenly Zoo, Mystery of Mars, The Book That Saved the Earth); • Weekly writing assignments from all three texts; • Students will do a culminating reflection survey at the end of the unit. || rss url="ttp://www.diigo.com/rss/user/Mizmercer/5unit2" link="true" number="20" ||
 * ==Stage 1 - Desired Results== ||
 * ===Establish Goals:===
 * Earth Science 5** The solar system consists of planets and other bodies that orbit the Sun in predictable paths. As a basis for understanding this concept: a. Students know the Sun, an average star, is the central and largest body in the solar system and is composed primarily of hydrogen and helium.
 * ELA Reading Comprehension** **2.3** Discern main ideas and concepts presented in texts, identifying and assessing evidence
 * History and Social Studies 5.2** Students trace the routes of early explorers and describe the early explorations of the Americas. ||
 * ===Understandings:===
 * Possible misunderstandings:**
 * ^  || ===Essential Background:===
 * ====//Students will know . . .//====
 * Think of these as secondary skills / content ||
 * ==Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence== ||
 * ===Performance Tasks:===
 * ==Stage 3 - Learning Plan== ||
 * ===**Links:**===

Learning Activities:
What learning experiences and instruction will enable students to achiever the desired results? How will the design 10/24 - 10/28 || **Read: //Chapter 6//** 10/31 - 11/4 || **Read: //Chapter 6//** (do not do before as there is a new moon), Explore, distance of planets activity and Moon crater activity. || **Read: //The Heavenly Zoo//** Draw a diagram of your constellation || **Genre Elements: Myth** Plan for your Myth; first next last, organizer; 11/7 - 11/10 || **Read: //Chapter 6 Lesson3 Gravity and Orbit//** Write a Main Idea Summary || **Summary Paragraphs** 11/14 - 11/19 Minimum Days || **Science text** 11/28 - 12/2 || **Read: //Chapter 1 Structure of Living Things Introduction and//** Re-enact movement of planets with lamp for Sun. Seasons with lamp and globe || **Research Skills** //**Review Factors/Multiples in Mathematics, Science Chapter 6 assessment and start work on research paper**// || 12/5 - 12/9 || **Read: //Chapter 1 Lesson 2 From Cells to Organisms//** Scale of Solar System model in classroom || **Organizing Multi-paragraph writing** 12/12 - 12/16 || **Read: //Chapter 1 Lesson 3 Diversity of Organisms//**
 * **Week** || **Science** || **Open Court** || **Writing and Research Report** || **Social Studies** ||
 * **One**
 * //Lesson 1//**
 * //The Sun//**
 * Think/Ideas:** What is the Sun; How does the Sun work; Heliocentrism;
 * Create/Do:** Playdough model of Sun. || **Read: //Galileo//**
 * Think/Ideas:** Scientific Method; Drawing Conclusions;
 * Create/Do:** Summary of what Galileo observed, and conclusions he drew || **Writing a Paragraph**
 * M -** The stand-alone paragraph
 * T -** T-charts; taking notes with them;
 * W** - Topic sentences and organizing with T-charts;
 * Th** - Concluding Sentences; write a paragraph; || **Read: //Chapter 3 Lesson 2 - Trade in Africa and Asia//**
 * Think/Ideas:** What is trade?
 * Create/Do:** Trade economy re-enactment. ||
 * **Two**
 * //Lesson 2//**
 * //The Solar System//**
 * Think/Ideas:** Understand that our Solar System is made up of Sun, eight planets (including our Earth, and numerous satellites), comets, asteroids, meteors and other objects.
 * Create/Do:** Start observation of the moon report (homework)
 * Think/Ideas:** The role of myths to explain; Predicting and Inference;
 * Create/Do:** Write a myth about stars
 * M**- Elements of myths;
 * T -** Review of T-Chart notes; notes on science lesson;
 * W** - Write myth
 * Th** - Revise myth || **Read: //Chapter 4 Lesson 1 - The Spaniards Reach America//**
 * Think/Ideas:** What is "Discovery"?
 * Create/Do:** Map of trade routes. ||
 * **Three**
 * Think/Ideas:** Gravity causes objects to orbit around larger objects, including the orbit of planets in our Solar System. || **Read: //Telescopes//**
 * Think/Ideas:** Reading and understanding diagrams; Main Idea and Details
 * Create/Do:** Draw a diagram
 * M** - Topic and concluding sentences, complex/ compound sentences;
 * T -** What is a summary? T-Chart notes on selection;
 * W -** Write a summary on Telescopes;
 * Th -** Revise your summary; || **Read: //Chapter 4 Lesson 2 - Spanish Exploration and Conquest//**
 * Think/Ideas:** Invasion as a part of exploration
 * Create/Do:** Conquest Re-enactment ||
 * **Four**
 * Chapter 6 Assessment** || **Read: //Circles, Squares, and Daggers//**
 * Think/Ideas:** Perspective-taking (life as ancient farmers); Main Idea and details;
 * Create/Do:** Focus on research skills ||  || **Skip** ||
 * **Five**
 * //Lesson 1 Cells//**
 * Think/Ideas:** The basics functions and structures of life.
 * Create/Do:** Diagram of plant and animal cells. || **Read: //The Mystery of Mars//**
 * Think/Ideas:** Space exploration -- why?; Compare and Contrast;
 * Create/Do:** Work on research paper
 * //Create/Do://**
 * and**
 * Preparing to work on our Astronomy/Planet report**
 * M** - Re-write of last week's test writing
 * T** - Jot dots on science lesson
 * W** - Review: Detail Sentences
 * Th** - Evaluating online resources;
 * Afternoon -** Hand out planners for reports, and bibliography sheets. || **Skip**
 * **Six**
 * Think/Ideas:** Multicellular organisms and their functions
 * Create/Do:** Diagram of cells from single to multicellular form || **Read: //Stars//**
 * Think/Ideas:** What we see from far away is also from long-ago; Compare and Contrast;
 * Create/Do:** Work on research papers
 * //Create/Do://**
 * M** - a
 * T** - b
 * W** - c
 * Th** - d || **Read: //Chapter 4 Lesson 3 - Spain's Overseas Empire//**
 * Think/Ideas:** a
 * Create/Do:** a ||
 * **Seven**
 * Think/Ideas:** Classify organisms, and specialization in multi-cellular organisms.
 * Create/Do:** Living Kingdom diagrams || **Read//: The Book That Saved the Earth//**
 * Think/Ideas:** Genre: Plays; Main Idea and Details;
 * Create/Do:** Re-enact radio play

Oil Pastel Solar System art work || **Working on our Astronomy/Planet report** 12/19 -12/23 |||||||| Finalize research papers, and present to class ||
 * //Create/Do://**
 * M** - a
 * T** - b
 * W** - c
 * Th** - d || **Read: //Chapter 4 Lesson 4 - The Spanish Frontier//**
 * Think/Ideas:** a
 * Create/Do:** C ||
 * **Eight**

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