| Big Ideas: | To investigate the solar system and the celestial bodies within | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Essential Questions: | What are the differences between terrestrial and jovian planets? How would one compare and contrast both the inner and outer planets, What other componets make up the solar system besides the planets? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vocabulary: | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto (dwarf planet), moons, asteroids, cometes, meteors, meteorids, meeroties, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Month | Content | Skills | Asessment | Standards | Instructional Activities, Strategies, and Differentiation |
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| January | Solar System | Formative: | HS-ESS1-4; HS-ESS1-6 | Provide Topic Reading Assignments and Vocabulary List | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Deliver Information via Lecture, Discussion and Handouts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Terrestrial vs Jovian | Build a model of the solar to give a perceptive of distance between the planets. | Student Partipiation and Dialog | Use Technology (ie Simulations/Illustrations/Videos), Various Manipulatives and Word Play | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inner Planets | Study Guide Assignments | Offer Review Opportunities (Study Guides and Study Sessions) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Outer Planets | Lab Practicles and/or Projects | Supplement Topic Discussion with Labs/Projects/Demonstrations | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asteroids, Comets, Meteors | Chapter Quizzes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reading / Vocabulary Exam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chapter Exam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Visit (www.rm118.com) for Further Details and Information with Regards to the Curriculum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Visit (https://www.in.gov/doe/students/indiana-academic-standards/science-and-computer-science/) for Further Details and Information on Indiana Standards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||