Earth-Sun-Moon

MS-ESS1-1. Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons.

MS-ESS1-2. Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.

MS-ESS1-3. Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.

Google Doc worksheet Put all answers to the questions below on the Google Doc. Make a copy, in the File menu, and share it with your teacher. (or use the doc in your teacher's Google Classroom) 

1. Open the presentation and answer the following questions.

    a. Slide 2: How many degrees is the Earth's axis tilted? 

    b. Watch the movie on slide 4: How does the Foucault Pendulum show the Earth's rotation? 

    c. Watch the movie on slide 5: Explain the Coriolis Effect. 

    d. Slide 14: What does the length of a day depend on? What is the length of a day at the equator? 

    e. Slide 17: What does the waxing and waning of the moon mean? 

    f. Slide 18: Watch the movie, why don't we have a solar and lunar eclipse every month?  

2. Watch the Edpuzzle and answer the following questions.

3. Watch the Edpuzzle and answer questions. 

4. Interactive: The Solar System 

        a. Click the screen to run the model. Describe what you see.

        b. Click Mercury Explore (on the right), and click Structure, what does it say?

        c. Go back to the Solar System, click Jupiter, Jupiter explore, and on the right, click encyclopedia.  What is the Mass of Jupiter? 

5. Gallery: The Solar System

        a. Click on Jupiter & its moon Ganymede. What do you notice about Jupiter?

        b. What other planets did you explore? 

    Game: Stars

6. How does gravity affect the moon's rotation? 

7. Watch the Edpuzzle and answer the questions.

      Map of the Moon 

8. Explain how Earth’s tilt on its axis accounts for seasons on Earth. More information 

9. Watch the Edpuzzle Video and answer the questions.

10. Interactive: How big is the Sun? 

        a. How big is the Sun?

        b. How far is the Sun?

11. Interactive: The Sun

        a. In the "Solar Cycle" activity, is the Sun's activity increasing, decreasing, or staying the same? 

        b. What did the Storm Prediction activity teach you about solar storms?

        c. Can you identify a region on the Sun today that might produce a solar storm in the near future?  

        d. What did you discover as you explore the Sun Lab? 

12. Watch the movie and answer the following questions.

        a. Was a spiral galaxy always a spiral?

        b. What is in a galaxy?

        c. What was the Milky Way once comprised of?

        d. What pulls the Milky Way together?

13. Gravity & the Solar System: Do the activity and answer the following questions.

        a. How many planets did you add?

        b. What happens if the planet falls out of orbit?

        c. Click on some of the activities on the bottom right, which activity did you choose?

14. Watch the Interactions in the Sun-Earth-Moon System video and answer the following questions.

    a. How often does the moon orbit the Earth?

    b. All bodies with mass in the universe ________ ______ _________.

    c. Explain why we see different phases of the moon.

    d. What is a solar eclipse?

    e. How does the moon affect the tides?

15. Use Google Draw to create a picture that shows how the Earth, Moon, and Sun are lined up during the new moon phase.

Game: Tic-Tac-Toe

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