Out+of+This+World+Outline

“**Out of the World**” Objectives Gr.6 Science 1) **What Is It Like in Space?** - To list what you know, what you want to know about space, and how will you find out.  - To begin recording observations about the sun, moon, and night sky.  NOTE: Journal #1 - “Know? Want to know? How to find out?”  Fun Outdoor Lab à “Tracking Shadows”  Sheet 1A - Lunar Log

2) **How Big Is the Solar System?** - to explore the size and scale of the solar system  - to select and use tools to **BUILD A MODEL OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM (optional)**  NOTE: Start Vocabulary Section  Sheet 2B - Travel Time and Sheet 2C – Fly Me To..

3) **What Is in the Solar System?** - to choose and **research** an object in the solar system (planet, moon, asteroid or comet).  NOTE: More Vocabulary Terms


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4) **How Does Gravity Affect the Solar System?** - to explore “GRAVITY” and how it keeps planets in orbit around the sun..  NOTE: Sheet 4 – How Much Does it Weigh?

5) **How Does the Sun Affect the Earth?** - to demonstrate how Earth’s rotation causes the day and night cycle AND how Earth’s revolution causes the yearly cycle of seasons..  NOTE: See model of “Earth revolving around the Sun” – Sheet 5 “Which Season?”
 * LAB: ** Flashlight Lab and review of “Tracking Shadows”

6) **What is the Moon Like?** - to explore the formation and characteristics of Moon craters and other features on the moon’s surface.  NOTE: **LAB:** Making Moon Craters --- Sheet 6A “Moon Craters Data Chart”  AND More Vocabulary Terms

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7) **How Does the Moon Move?** - to use models to explore the moon’s motion and see how it results in the phases of the Moon we see on earth  NOTE: Sheet 7 – Phases of the Moon

8) **How Does the Moon Affect the Earth?** - to explore “**eclipses**” and learn about “**tides**”, two events resulting from the Moon’s motion.  NOTE: **LAB:** Model Eclipses (solar and lunar)

9) **OPTIONAL** ** à **** What are Constellations? Use “STELLARIUM” software ** (Night time assignment!) = = =Test on Lessons 1-8=

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