Space Systems: Patterns & Cycles

Students explore patterns and cycles seen in the day and night sky in relationship to the changing seasons.

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Standards

• 1-ESS1-1. Use observations of the Sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
• 1-ESS1-2. Make observations at different times of the year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.

Essential Questions and Big Ideas of the Unit

• What is Earth’s place in the universe?
• How is time (day, month, season) related to the sun, Earth, stars and moon?
  • Patterns of the motion of the sun, moon, and stars in the sky can be observed, described, and predicted. (1-ESS1-1)
  • Seasonal patterns of sunrise and sunset can be observed, described, and predicted. (1-ESS1-2)

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