ES: Origin of the Universe and Our Solar System

16 Components
Unit Overview
Origin of the Universe & Solar System Unit Plan Earth is an Ideal Place for Life Anchor Phenomenon Hunting for Earth 2.0 Performance Task Unit 1 Regents-Based Item Bank
5E Instructional Model Plans
Origin of the Universe 5E Instructional Model Plan Life Cycle of a Star 5E Instructional Model Plan Structure of the Solar System 5E Instructional Plan Orbital Motion of Celestial Objects 5E Instructional Model Plan
Laboratory Experience
What is Density? Lab
Highlighted Resources
Waves, Redshift, and Blueshift (Doppler Effect) Forces Within A Star - Fe [26] Game Gravity Investigation Star in a Box What Types of Stars are in Our Universe? - Creating and Analyzing a Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram Planet Data Cards Modeling Scale & Structure of the Universe
ES Unit 1: ES: Origin of the Universe and Our Solar System
Browse Components
Unit Overview
Origin of the Universe & Solar System Unit Plan Earth is an Ideal Place for Life Anchor Phenomenon Hunting for Earth 2.0 Performance Task Unit 1 Regents-Based Item Bank
5E Instructional Model Plans
Origin of the Universe 5E Instructional Model Plan Life Cycle of a Star 5E Instructional Model Plan Structure of the Solar System 5E Instructional Plan Orbital Motion of Celestial Objects 5E Instructional Model Plan
Laboratory Experience
What is Density? Lab
Highlighted Resources
Waves, Redshift, and Blueshift (Doppler Effect) Forces Within A Star - Fe [26] Game Gravity Investigation Star in a Box What Types of Stars are in Our Universe? - Creating and Analyzing a Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram Planet Data Cards Modeling Scale & Structure of the Universe
Unit Overview:

Hunting for Earth 2.0 Performance Task

Problem-based task that can be used to drive the teaching and learning in this unit

2-3 days
See Standards
Earth Science (NY State Core Curriculum, 2005) - Standard 4:
ES 1.2c.i
  • The characteristics of the planets of the solar system are affected by each planet's location in relationship to the Sun.

This performance task is meant to build upon students' prior ideas and what they learn about the universe and celestial bodies. We have designed the unit so students have opportunities to explore and revise/add to the performance task at multiple points, allowing them to apply and evaluate their own understandings about the concepts covered in Unit 1.

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