GSE Alignment – Grade 8
Planetary Science
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ESS2 (5-6)-6 Students demonstrate an understanding of characteristics of the solar system by …
6a identifying and comparing the size, location, distances, and movement (e.g. orbit of planets, path of meteors) of the objects in our solar system.
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. Investigation 10: Explore the Planets (FOSS) Investigation 9- Phases of the Moon (FOSS) Lesson 5-Investigating Lunar Phases (STCMS) Lesson 6-Solar and Lunar Eclipses (STCMS) Investigation 7: Landing on the Moon Lesson 11 The Solar System: Designing a Scale Model
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ESS2 (5-6)-6 Students demonstrate an understanding of characteristics of the solar system by …
6b comparing the composition, atmosphere, and surface features of objects in our solar system.
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Investigation 10: Explore the Planets (FOSS) Lesson 10 Anchor Activity: Space Exploration (STCMS)
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ESS2 (7-8) -7 Students demonstrate an understanding of how technological advances have allowed scientists to re-evaluate or extend existing ideas about the solar system by…
7a identifying major discoveries from different scientists and cultures and describing how these discoveries have contributed to our understanding of the solar system (e.g. timeline, research project, picture book).
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Investigation 10: Explore the Planets (FOSS) Lesson 10 Anchor Activity: Space Exploration (STCMS) Timeline activity was done with brief discussion of country, date, and type of mission. |
The timeline does not get into contributions from different cultures or specifically into the technology advancements. |
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ESS2 (7-8) -8 Students demonstrate an understanding of temporal or positional relationships between or among the Earth, sun, and moon by…
8a using or creating a model of the Earth, sun and moon system to show rotation and revolution.
8b explaining night/day, seasons, year, and tides as a result of the regular and predictable motion of the Earth, sun, and moon. 8c using a model of the Earth, sun and moon to recreate the phases of the moon.
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Investigation 3: Day and Night (FOSS) Lesson 4: Seasons on Earth (STCMS) Investigation 9- Phases of the Moon (FOSS) Moon Journal Activity Lesson 5-Investigating Lunar Phases (STCMS) Lesson 6-Solar and Lunar Eclipses (STCMS)
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ESS2 (7-8) -8 Students demonstrate an understanding of gravitational relationships between or among objects of the solar system by…
8d describing the relationship between mass and the gravitational force between objects.
8e describing the relationship between distance and the gravitational force between objects.
8f explaining that the sun’s gravitational pull holds the Earth and other planets in their orbits, just as the planet’s gravitational pull keeps their moons in orbit
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Lesson 14 Surface Gravity (STCMS) Lesson 15: Gravity and Orbital Motion (STCMS)
Investigation 16: Gravity and Tides (STCMS) – used but not in binder!!
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ESS3 (7-8)-9Students demonstrate an understanding of the structure of the universe by…9a describing the universe as containing many billions of galaxies, and each galaxy contains many billions of stars.
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9a Not addressed in binder |
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ESS3 (5-6)–9 Students demonstrate an understanding of the structure of the universe by
9a describing the apparent motion/position of the objects in the sky. (e.g. constellations, planets).
9b identifying the sun as a medium-sized star located near the edge of a disk-shaped galaxy of stars.
ESS3 (7-8)-9 Students demonstrate an understanding of the structure of the universe by…
9a describing the universe as containing many billions of galaxies, and each galaxy contains many billions of stars.
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9a Not addressed in binder |
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