Nova explaining the cause of earth rotates on its axis once every tides. twenty four hours. Using the sun and earth models, the students will be given time to explore why/how we This web site provides multimedia, experience day and night. At the end lesson plans, real world data, articles of this inquiry, teacher and students and background information on tides, will synthesize information. (Science as well as career profiles interviews Practice/Literacy RST) Performance task: Create a Video and information on the tides – classroom that will show the at the Bay of Fundy highest tides in – appearance of the moon on a daily the world basis using websites as references. Students should make observations interactive video on from Study – in their journals and can add jams graphics to their observational notes. (Science Practice/Literacy RST) Lessons: Performance task: Provide students Lesson Plan- The purpose of this with of the moon’ sheet. ‘phases lesson is to introduce students to our Students will work in pairs. Teacher local star, the sun, especially its will instruct students to write the structure and its features such as predicted date that the moon phase magnetic fields, and solar will appear in the bottom right hand flares. corner of each moon block. The students at this point will meet their science partner and will discuss their lesson that includes literacy and – predictions. Students will justify their hands on strategies predictions in their science notebooks. Sample questions Additional resources: include: Why is this happening? Show me how that relates to what - This activity allows you to "drag" we’re studying? How do you know pictures of different phases of the that? What do you see, notice, moon to their correct places in lunar about..? Where have you seen this cycles. There are calendars that pattern before? What does this include illustrations of the phases of remind you of? (Science the moon for most days, and the Practice/Literacy RST) challenge is for you to complete the calendars by filling them with the correct moon phases for all days.
Nova explaining the cause of tides. This web site provides multimedia, lesson plans, real world data, articles and background information on tides, as well as career profiles interviews – Video and information on the tides at the Bay of Fundy – highest tides in the world – interactive video on from Study jams Lessons: Lesson Plan- The purpose of this lesson is to introduce students to our local star, the sun, especially its structure and its features such as magnetic fields, and solar flares. – lesson that includes literacy and hands on strategies Additional resources: - This activity allows you to "drag" pictures of different phases of the moon to their correct places in lunar cycles. There are calendars that include illustrations of the phases of the moon for most days, and the challenge is for you to complete the calendars by filling them with the correct moon phases for all days. earth rotates on its axis once every twenty four hours. Using the sun and earth models, the students will be given time to explore why/how we experience day and night. At the end of this inquiry, teacher and students will synthesize information. (Science Practice/Literacy RST) Performance task: Create a classroom that will show the appearance of the moon on a daily basis using websites as references. Students should make observations in their journals and can add graphics to their observational notes. (Science Practice/Literacy RST) Performance task: Provide students with ‘phases of the moon’ sheet. Students will work in pairs. Teacher will instruct students to write the predicted date that the moon phase will appear in the bottom right hand corner of each moon block. The students at this point will meet their science partner and will discuss their predictions. Students will justify their predictions in their science notebooks. Sample questions include: Why is this happening? Show me how that relates to what we’re studying? How do you know that? What do you see, notice, about..? Where have you seen this pattern before? What does this remind you of? (Science Practice/Literacy RST)
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