Lessons and Assessments

Click on the part below for some lesson ideas as well as assessments and inquiry projects!

For the Unit plan, scroll down.

Unit Plan:

1. Introduction: Here on Earth

   • Constellations

   • Different cultures views of space

   • Observations through the ages Flipped Classroom activity.

   • Assessment: Create a Constellation Story, Create a Sundial, Moon Observation Journal

2. Our Solar System

   • The Sun

   • The planets and their natural satellites

   • Other objects (comets, meteoroids, dwarf planets)

     • Activities: Sundial, Seasons flashlight, Guess the planet game, Your age on another planet, Moon Phase lamp activity, tides, model solar system to scale

   • Assessment: Planet inquiry, Music and the Planets

3. Humans in Space

   • Artificial Satellites and their impact on our lives

   • Space Exploration

   • Canadian Contributions

   • Costs and Benefits of Space Exploration

     • Activities: Create a Satellite game, how are satellites useful in everyday live?, Space Patch Activity, Drama Spacewalk, Health and Fitness in space inquiry. Make space food

   • Assessment: Space Mission Creative writing. Socratic Seminar on space benefits/costs

4. Stars and Deep Space Objects

   • Components: Stars, black holes and interstellar gasses

   • Deep Space objects: Nebula, Galaxies and Star Clusters

   • Assessment: Create an Infographic