Objects in the Sky: the earth, moon, & stars
Learning Objectives:
3.E.1 Recognize the major components and patterns observed in the earth/moon/sun system.
3.E.1.1 Recognize that the earth is part of a system called the solar system that includes the sun (a star), planets, and many moons and the Earth is the third planet from the sun in our solar system.
E.1 Explain the causes of day and night and phases of the moon.
E.1.2 Explain the monthly changes in the appearance of the moon, based on the moon's orbit around the Earth.
Essential Concepts & Vocabulary:
solar system, planet, asteroid, comet, orbit, axis, rotate, revolution, inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars), outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune), dwarf planet-Pluto, phases of the moon, waxing, waning, lunar eclipse, solar eclipse, star, constellation, telescope, astronomer, NASA,
3.E.1 Recognize the major components and patterns observed in the earth/moon/sun system.
3.E.1.1 Recognize that the earth is part of a system called the solar system that includes the sun (a star), planets, and many moons and the Earth is the third planet from the sun in our solar system.
E.1 Explain the causes of day and night and phases of the moon.
E.1.2 Explain the monthly changes in the appearance of the moon, based on the moon's orbit around the Earth.
Essential Concepts & Vocabulary:
solar system, planet, asteroid, comet, orbit, axis, rotate, revolution, inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars), outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune), dwarf planet-Pluto, phases of the moon, waxing, waning, lunar eclipse, solar eclipse, star, constellation, telescope, astronomer, NASA,
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