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Unit PlannerScience 1

OS/MAISA / Grade 1 / Science / Science 1 / Week 21 - Week 28

Common Core Initiative

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Overarching Questions and Enduring Understandings

How do scientists investigate and explain the Sun’s affect on the Earth?

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Graphic Organizer
Graphic Organizer
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Unit Abstract

In the first cycle of this Earth Science unit, students explore the relationship between the Sun’s warmth and the seasonal weather patterns investigation in Grade 1 Unit 2: Weather and Seasons. They investigate how sunlight affects the temperature of soil and water. Students use their knowledge of the Sun’s heat and the engineering process to build a solar oven.

 

The second cycle focuses on the apparent movement of the sun across the sky, creating night and day. Students build a solar clock to demonstrate how the shadows caused by the Sun move as the day progresses. They produce a poster designed to explain to others how the Sun warms the Earth and moves across the sky.

Unit 3 as a Word Document
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Expectations/Standards
MI: ELA & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects K-5
MI: Grade 1
Writing
2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
W.1.2. Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
W.1.7. Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of “how-to” books on a given topic and use them to write a sequence of instructions).
8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.
W.1.8. With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
MI: Science (2015)
1st Grade
Space Systems: Patterns and Cycles
Space Systems: Patterns and Cycles
1-ESS1-1 Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
MI: Science (2009)
1st Grade
Discipline 4: Earth Science
Earth Systems
K-7 Standard E.ES: Develop an understanding of the warming of the Earth by the sun as the major source of energy for phenomenon on Earth and how the sun’s warming relates to weather, climate, seasons, and the water cycle. Understand how human interaction and use of natural resources affects the environment.
E.ES.E.1 Solar Energy- The sun warms the land, air and water and helps plants grow.
E.ES.01.11 Identify the sun as the most important source of heat which warms the land, air, and water of the Earth.
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Unit Level Standards
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Essential Questions
Essential/Focus Questions
  1. How does the Sun affect the Earth’s temperature?
  2. How does the Sun appear to move in predictable patterns across the sky?
  3. What causes day and night?
  4. How can the Sun’s heat be used to solve problems?
Content (Key Concepts)

axis

east

heat

light

noon

rotation

sun

sunrise

sunset

west

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Unit Assessment Tasks
 
Skills (Intellectual Processes)
  • Analyzing and interpreting data
  • Asking questions and defining problems
  • Constructing explanations and designing solutions
  • Developing and using models
  • Engaging in argument from evidence
  • Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
  • Planning and carrying out investigations
  • Using mathematics and computational thinking
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Lesson Plan Sequence
Lesson Plans (Sequence)
 
Resources
 
Exploring the Sun's Warmth
Solar Oven Design Report
Where is the Sun
Exploring the Sun's Warmth Report
Letter Home for Engineering Projects Sun Warms the Earth Solar Oven Project 3-2-15.docx
Sunrise Times Chart.docx
ELA Teaching Point and Focus Questions - Unit 3 Cycle 1.docx
Hours of Sunlight and Temperature.docx
Hours of Sunlight Chart 2014.docx
Sunrise Sunset 2014.xlsx
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