HS-ESS1-2 The Big bang

Earth & Space with Ms. Hallock

HS-ESS1-7 Construct an explanation using evidence to support the claim that the phases of the moon, eclipses, tides, and seasons change cyclically.

Disciplinary Core Ideas

ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System

Earth and celestial phenomena can be described by principles of relative motion and perspective.

Crosscutting Concepts

Patterns

Different patterns may be observed at each of the scales at which a system is studied and can provide evidence for causality in explanations of phenomena.

Science and Engineering Practices

Constructing Explanations

Construct an explanation based on valid and reliable evidence obtained from a variety of sources (including students’ own investigations, models, theories, simulations, peer review) and the assumption that theories and laws that describe the natural world operate today as they did in the past and will continue to do so in the future.

Clarification Statement:

Emphasis of the explanation should include how the relative positions of the moon in its orbit, Earth, and the Sun cause different phases, types of eclipses or strength of tides. Examples of evidence could include various representations of relative positions of the Sun, Earth and moon.

Assessment Boundary:

Assessment does not include mathematical computations to support explanations but rather relies on conceptual modeling using diagrams to show how celestial bodies interact to create these cyclical changes.

Performance Level Descriptors

Level 5: Apply scientific ideas, principles, and evidence to support the claim that the phases of the Moon, eclipses, tides, and seasons change cyclically and that celestial events are the result of the relative motion and perspective of an observer.

Level 4: Construct an explanation using evidence to support the claim that the phases of the Moon, eclipses, tides, and seasons change cyclically.

Level 3: Construct an explanation using evidence to support the claim that the phases of the Moon or eclipses or tides or seasons change cyclically or that celestial events are the result of the relative motion and/or perspective of an observer.

Level 2: Identify an evidence-based explanation, from those provided, that supports the claim that the phases of the Moon or eclipses or tides or seasons change cyclically or that celestial events are the result of the relative motion and/or perspective of an observer.

Level 1: Identify the evidence that supports the claim that the phases of the Moon or eclipses or tides or seasons change cyclically or that celestial events are the result of the relative motion and the perspective of an observer.

1.9 Lunar Cycles

1.11 - Revolution & Insolation

Aligned Lesson(s) and Lab(s)

1.6 The Sun and Sunspots + Slides (HS-ESS1-4, HS-ESS1-7, HS-ESS3-1)
1.9 Lunar Cycles + Slides (HS-ESS1-7)
1.10 Forming The Moon + Stimuli + Slides (HS-ESS1-7)
1.11 Revolution and Insolation + Slides (HS-ESS1-7, HS-ESS2-4)
1.Z Angular Size (HS-ESS1-4, HS-ESS1-7)

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