The Universe

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The Universe
Fourth Grade Science Created by Amy Thornton Dyer
School
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Conceptual Strand 6

• The cosmos is vast and explored well enough to
  know its basic structure and operational
  principles.

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Guiding Question 6

• What big ideas guide human understanding about
  the origin and structure of the universe, Earths
  place in the cosmos, and observable motions and
  patterns in the sky?

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Vocabulary Words

• Sun
• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune
• Pluto
• Moon
• Asteroid belt
• Inner planets
• Outer planets

• Rotation
• Revolution
• Solar eclipse
• Lunar eclipse
• Moon phases
• Waxing
• Waning
• New Moon
• Waxing Crescent
• First Quarter
• Waxing Gibbous
• Full Moon
• Waning Gibbous
• Last Quarter
• Waning Crescent

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GLE 0407.6.1 Analyze patterns, relative
movements, and relationships among the sun, moon,
and earth.

• Our SOLAR SYSTEM includes our sun, the 8 planets,
  the asteroid belt, and many moons.
• Some scientists believe the solar system was
  created by the big bang theory.

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Lets Watch a BrainPop

• Big Bang Theory
• Solar System

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The Solar System

• There are 8 planets in our solar system.
• Each of the 8 planets revolve around our sun as
  they rotate on their axis.
• Pluto was recently taken off the line-up of
  planets.

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The Solar System

• The inner planets (made of rock metal) include
  Mercury, Venus, Earth Mars.
• The outer planets (made of gases) include
  Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune Pluto.
• The asteroid belt separates the inner outer
  planets.
• All the planets have moons except Mercury Venus.

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The Sun
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Mercury
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Venus
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Earth
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Our Moon
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Mars
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Asteroid Belt
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Jupiter
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Saturn
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Uranus
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Neptune
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Pluto

• Pluto is officially no longer a planet

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8 Planets

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune

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8 Planets

• Mercury (My)
• Venus (Very)
• Earth (Excited)
• Mars (Mother)
• Jupiter (Just)
• Saturn (Served)
• Uranus (Us)
• Neptune (Noodles)

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Lets play a game

• See if you can arrange the planets in the correct
  order.
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/playspace/games
  /jigsaw/jigsaw.shtml

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Rotation

• To turn around around on an axis
• (Axis the imaginary line through the earth)
• It takes the earth ONE DAY (or 24 hours) to
  complete one complete rotation

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Revolution

• Movement of one object around another
• It takes the Earth ONE YEAR (365 days) to
  complete one revolution around the sun
• The planets travel in an ORBIT (path) as it
  travels around the sun

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Now lets take a closer look

• Look closely at the rotation revolution of the
  planets http//gunn.co.nz/AstroTour/?datatours/
  retrograde.xml

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How much do the planets weigh??

• Lets find out http//btc.montana.edu/ceres/MESSE
  NGER/Interactives/ANIMATIONS/Planet_Mass_Compariso
  n/PlanetMassComparison.html

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More about the planets

• Our Solar System
• http//player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?gui
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• The Magic School Bus Gets Lost in Space
• http//player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?gui
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0407.6.1 Chart the movements of the sun, moon,
and earth to develop an explanation for the
phases of the moon and solar and lunar eclipses.

• Solar eclipse the moon comes between the sun
  the earth so that all or part of the suns light
  is blocked out (video)
• Lunar eclipse the earth comes between the sun
  and the moon so that all or part of the moons
  light is blocked out (video)

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Moon Phases

• PHASES are the different shapes the moon appears
  to have.
• These phases change daily.
• The moon takes a month the orbit the earth and
  complete all the phases.
• WAXING means getting bigger.
• WANING means getting smaller.

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Moon Phases
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0407.6.2 Sequence the major phases of the moon
during a lunar cycle.

• Lets put our moon phase cards in correct order
• Now draw the phases of the moon in their correct
  order with their proper names
• BE CAREFUL!!!

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SPI 0407.6.1 Organize the phases of the moon in
the correct sequence.

• Lets watch a very short video about the moons
  phases
• http//player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?gui
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Phases of the Moon

• Phase 1 - New Moon - The side of the moon that is
  facing the Earth is not lit up by the sun. At
  this time the moon is not visible.

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Phases of the Moon

• Phase 2 - Waxing Crescent - A small part (less
  than 1/2) of the moon is lit up at this point.
  The part that is lit up is slowly getting bigger.

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Phases of the Moon

• Phase 3 - First Quarter - One half of the moon is
  lit up by the sun at this point. The part that is
  lit up is slowly getting bigger.

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Phases of the Moon

• Phase 4 - Waxing Gibbous - At this time half of
  the moon is lit up. The part that is lit is
  slowly getting bigger. Waxing means to slowly get
  bigger.

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Phases of the Moon

• Phase 5 - Full Moon - The side of the moon that
  is lit up by the sun is facing the Earth. The
  entire moon is lit up at this point.

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Phases of the Moon

• Phase 6 - Waning Gibbous - The moon is not quite
  lit up all the way by sunlight. The part of the
  moon this is lit is slowly getting smaller.
  Waning means to slowly get smaller.

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Phases of the Moon

• Phase 7 - Last Quarter - Half of the moon is lit
  up but the sun. The part that we can see lit up
  is slowly getting smaller.

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Phases of the Moon

• Phase 8 - Waning Crescent - A small part of the
  moon is lit up at this point. It is getting
  smaller by the minute.

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Phases of the Moon

• Phase 1 - New Moon
• Phase 2 - Waxing Crescent
• Phase 3 - First Quarter
• Phase 4 - Waxing Gibbous
• Phase 5 - Full Moon
• Phase 6 - Waning Gibbous
• Phase 7 - Last Quarter
• Phase 8 - Waning Crescent

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• Whos hungry?

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What will the moon look like tonight?

• Lets take a look
• http//stardate.org/nightsky/moon/

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The Phases of the Moon Song -- by Myra LingleTo
the tune The Wheels on the Bus

• The phases of the moon go round, round, round,
  Round, round, round, round, round, round,The
  phases of the moon go round, round, round,All
  through the month.
• The new moon is the phase where you cant
  seeAny light, any light,The new moon is the
  phase where you cant see Any light at all.

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• The waxing crescent has a sliver of
  light,Sliver of light, sliver of light,The
  waxing crescent has a sliver of lightA sliver of
  light on the right.
• The first quarter phase is half lit up,Half
  lit up, Half lit up,The first quarter phase is
  half lit upThe right half has the light.

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• The waxing gibbous is more than a half
• But not quite full, not quite full.
• The waxing gibbous is more than half
• The full moon will be next.
• The full moon is a circle of light,
• Circle of light, circle of light,
• The full moon is a circle of light,
• That lights up the night sky.

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• The waning gibbous is less than full,
• Less than full, less than full,
• The waning gibbous is less than full,
• Coming after a full moon.
• The third quarter phase is half lit up,
• Half lit up, half lit up,
• The third quarter phase is half lit up,
• The left half has the light.

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• The waning crescent has a sliver of light,
• Sliver of light, sliver of light,
• The waning crescent has a sliver of light,
• The light is on the left.
• Thats our song about the phases of the moon,
• Phases of the moon, phases of the moon,
• Thats our song about the phases of the moon,
• A natural cycle of Earth.

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SPI 0407.6.2 Infer that the moons phases are
caused by the revolution of the moon and earth
around the sun.
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• To infinity
• beyond