Standards

• 6.1.1 Develop and use a model of the Sun-Earth-Moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the Sun and Moon, and seasons.

• 6.1.2 Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity and inertia in orbital motions of objects in our solar system.

• 6.1.3 Use computational thinking to analyze data and determine the scale and properties of objects in the solar system.

Assignments:

Web-links

• History of the Universe; PBS movie clip

• Moon Phases Movie quick clip

• Current moon phase

• Moon Phases descriptions

• Nasa Space Place

• Astronomy for kids

• Star Child

• NASA Planets

• Weight on other planets

• Nine Planets

• Roman Gods and planet names

• Nine Planets and Roman God symbols

• windows to the universe

• Sic-ber text Seasons

• Sic-ber text Moon

• Galileo Biogoraphy

• Living on other Planets

• NOVA life on other planet video

• NASA space missions

• How far to planets: for kids

• scale zoom of universe

• zoom in universe

• NASA space place

• Solar Eclipses

• Current Moon Phases

• seasons and eliptical simulator

• seasons illumination

• Hubble site (current postings and pictures)

• Zodiac for Kids

• Zodiac student!

• Kiddle Zodiac

• Youtube Why Pluto isn't a Planet

• Youtube about Pluto and discovery of other planets

• Solar System Model in Desert

• Youtube Star Vs. Planet

• Youtube Planet Size and Scale comparisons

• Youtube Solar Eclipses

• Youtube Lunar Eclipses

• Youtube Newton's Laws

• Youtube Gravity and Inertia

• SpaceFlight Now (live Nasa content)

• Generation Genius Website/videos

• Youtube: Secret History of the Moon