Bundle 1 - Humble Independent School District



|Sun, Earth and Moon |

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|Unit Connections |Concept & Processes & Skills |

|The Sun, Earth, and Moon create predictable patterns in the solar system. |The Sun is a star that releases huge amounts of light and heat energy. |

|What patterns does the Earth and moon help create? |The Sun is a gigantic ball of extremely hot gases that move and swirl. |

|What patterns does the Sun and Earth help create? |The gases at the center, or core, of the Sun are the hottest. |

|What patterns do the Sun, Earth, and moon help create? |The Sun’s surface has small dark sunspots that are slightly cooler. |

| |The Sun’s heat and light provides energy for the water cycle, warms the Earth, and provides sunlight for |

| |plants to grow and produce food. |

| |Earth and moon are rocky and are made up of the same materials, such as iron, aluminum, calcium, and silicon. |

| |Earth’s atmosphere of gases can generate winds from uneven heating, while the moon has no atmosphere or winds.|

| |Earth has water needed for living things, but the moon has no liquid water and no visible forms of life. |

| |The Earth and the moon revolve as a system around the Sun which is kept in orbit by the pull of the Sun’s |

| |gravity. |

| |Both the Earth and moon rotate on their axis as they revolve. |

| |Earth rotates daily, while the moon revolves around the Earth and rotates on its axis in 27.3 days. |

|Misconceptions | |

|The moon gives off light. | |

|Fact: The moon is a non-luminous body. It can be seen because it reflects the light from the Sun. | |

|Phases of the moon are caused by the Earth’s shadow covering the Moon, clouds, or the Earth’s or Moon’s | |

|rotation. | |

|Fact: Phases of the moon are caused by the regular movement of the Moon around the Earth. | |

|Different countries see different phases of the moon on the same day. | |

|Fact: Everyone sees the same phases of the moon. | |

|The moon goes around the Earth in a single day. | |

|Fact: It takes about a month for the Moon to orbit the Earth. | |

|The same half of the moon is in darkness all the time. | |

|Fact: The moon has no side that is constantly dark; the front and back are alternately lit as the moon | |

|rotates. | |

|The moon is only visible at night. | |

|Fact: We frequently see the moon in the day; the only phases of the moon that cannot be seen in the day are | |

|the full moon and the new moon. | |

|If there is no air there is no gravity. So there is no gravity in space. | |

|Fact: Gravity is a force pulling together all matter, the more matter, the more gravity. | |

|Graphic Cues |

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|Student Outcomes |

|Describe the characteristics of the Sun. |

|What is the sun made from? |

|Why does the sun seem brighter and hotter compared to other stars? |

|Why does the sun seem larger than other stars? |

|What does the sun provide for the earth? |

|Describe the characteristics of the Moon. |

|What kinds of landforms are on the moon? |

|Where does the moon receive its light? |

|How long does it take weathering or erosion to occur on the moon? Why? |

|What is weather like on the moon….? |

|Why does the moon revolve around the Earth? |

|Describe explain how the Earth, Sun, and Moon are responsible for the pattern of the tides. |

|What causes tides? |

|How many high tides occur each day? Low tides? |

|What does the Sun, Earth, and Moon look like during a high tide? |

|What happened during a high tide? |

|What happens during a low tide? |

|Compare the similarities and differences of the Sun, Moon, and Earth. |

|How does the Sun, Moon, and Earth compare in size? |

|Physical features? |

|Orbits? |

|Gravity? |

|Atmosphere? |

|Composition? |

|What landforms are or are not present of each? |

|Identify the four major moon phases and predict patterns of change. |

|What causes the moon to look different in the night sky? |

|What is the origination of moon light? |

|What is the length of the moon cycle? Why? |

|If I was to go outside and look at the full moon how long would it take for me to be bale to see the full moon again? |

|Vocabulary Focus |

|Key Vocabulary for the Week |

|Gravity |3rd/last quarter moon |

|Gravitational pull |Sun spot |

|New moon |Star |

|Full moon |Crater |

|1st quarter Moon |Moon phase |

|Technology Resources |

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