Solar+System

Engage-**slide show-relate to systems (day 1) After completing meter stick activity show this animation-[]
 * TAKScopes-Planets
 * Explore-**Order of Planets model using meter sticks, copies provided for you (day 2-3)
 * Explain-**ask questions (students use their models to answer) and vocabulary development (day 3-6)


 * Inner/Outer Planets-venn diagram (great laptop activity) [|2.1_Resource_Planet_Venn_Diagram[1.ppt]] (textbook D58-D64 has info. for this)
 * Solar System PowerPoint [|2.1_Resource_Solar_System_Lesson[1.ppt]]

atmosphere axis change crust day || Earth gases (of atmosphere) gravity hemispheres moon names of planets || night orbit ocean planet revolve || revolution rock rotation seasons star Sun telescope ||
 * words to know:
 * air

Act out (maybe outside) the movement of planets around the sun. Have nametags for sun and planets and have students play those roles rotating and revolving. · Orbit as the path planets take as they move around the Sun. · Revolution (orbit) as one trip around the Sun, which equals one year. · Rotation (spin) as the movement of a planet on its axis; one rotation equals a day.

Videos: (in closet) Bill Nye-The Planets will be played on Thursday at 1:00 and 1:30 through broadcast Space Science for Children-All about the planets Mr. Hinds coming on November 20 at 1:30. He will have handouts and talk about Nasa.
 * Elaborate**-Reading/Writing research project, non-fiction article w/ questions from TAKScopes, united streaming videos (incorporate w/ reading and writing)

Websites: [] [] [] [] (not for research-ordering game)

Enrichment-Planet Hunter worksheet

[|Solar System Matching Quiz.doc] Give by Nov. 20
 * Evaluate-**Solar System Matching Quiz (sent to quick copy)-emphasize sun as center of solar system, common assessment including planets and sun at the end of the nine weeks