NAME
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BIGGER PICTURE
DATE
How scientific data allows us to explore the cycles and patterns
of the universe?
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LAST UNIT /Experience
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Characteristics of the Universe
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UNIT SCHEDULE
Day 1 – Launch UO
Day 2 – Comparison Table
Day 3 – Guest Teach LINCs
Day 4 - LAB Angle of Light
Day 5 – Anchoring Table
Reasons for the Seasons
Day 6 – ORDER Lunar Cycle
Day 7 - Kernel Essay
Day 8 – Comparison Table
Tides
Day 9 - QEG
Day10 – Unit Assessment
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CURRENT
CURRENT
UNIT UNIT
Earth, Sun, & Moon
NEXT UNIT /Experience
Weather Systems
UNIT MAP
understanding the effects
resulting from cyclical
movements
causing
by
Relating & modeling
Modeling
Reasons for
Day &
Night
predicting
Tides
(8.7C)
Illustrating &
analyzing
Reasons
for the
Seasons
Lunar
Cycle
(8.7B)
1. How does the tilt of the Earth’s axis and the Earth’s revolution around the Sun cause seasons?
2. How does the Earth’s rotation cause day and night?
3. What is the sequence of events in the lunar cycle in relationship to the cyclical movements of the Moon’s
revolution around the Earth compared to the position of the Sun?
4. What causes changes in water levels in the Earth’s bodies of water?
5. Why would people be interested in knowing the time of tides and the phases of the Moon?
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8.3A)
Model (8.7A & 8.3B)
Demonstrate &
Predict (8.7B)
Relate (8.7C)
UNIT
7
Analyze Data (8.2E &
RELATIONSHIPS
UNIT SELF-TEST
QUESTIONS
(8.7A)
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Expanded Unit Map
THE
Earth, Sun, & Moon
NAME
DATE
are studied by geologists.
Reasons for Day
Cycles &
Patterns
causing
& Night
Causing
Defined as
Tides
Causing
Earth rotates on it’s
axis every 24hr
Causing
The vertical movement of
water going up and down.
The Lunar
Cycle
Reasons for
the Seasons
Caused by
Gravity from
the Moon making the
oceans bulge out.
AKA (also known as)
The Phases of the Moon
Which is
The tilt of the Earth
on its Axis
Which Impacts
the angle of light (heat)
from the sun
2 types of tides
Which include
High Tide
New
MOON
1st quarter
MOON
Full
MOON
3rd quarter
MOON
Start
After
1 Week
After
2 Weeks
After
3 Weeks
To be
DIRECT
(more photons)
SUMMER
NEW
UNIT
SELF-TEST
QUESTIONS
Motion of Water
described 3 ways
Flow (rising)
Ebb (falling)
Slack Water
(no change)
INDIRECT
OR
(less photons)
WINTER
Am I able to ___?
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Low Tide
The phases of the moon are caused by the moon’s position
relative to Earth and the Sun.
8.7 (A) model and illustrate how the tilted Earth rotates on its axis, causing day and night, and revolves around the Sun causing changes in seasons;
8.7 (B) demonstrate and predict the sequence of events in the lunar cycle;
8.7 (C) relate the position of the Moon and Sun to their effect on ocean tides.