Main Objectives
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Systems/solar system |
Changes in Cycles |
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Past and Future affects
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| Erosion | Gravity |
Websites that are all encompassing
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Ciencia
@ NASA
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http://ciencia.nasa.gov/ |
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Science
@ NASA
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http://science.nasa.gov/ |
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Star
Child
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http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/ |
Separated by Grade Level
Pre-K,
K focus
| Differences in day and night | Sun |
| Characteristics of weather | Raindrops, Storms Charting Weather, Dressing for Weather |
| Symbols of weather | (sun,
rain, cloud, wind, fog) |
| Characteristics (attributes) of weather | Weather Changes |
| Features of Earth's surface |
Windows to the Universe Has 3 levels of understanding |
1st
focus
| Properties
and patterns |
Light and shadows, Shadow Play Activity |
| Parts of systems | Definition |
| Changes in
temperature |
Weather and seasonal changes |
| Earth's resources | Earth Resources |
| Properties
of the natural world |
Rocks, soil, and water |
2nd
focus
| Properties
and patterns |
Phases
of the moon |
| Parts of systems |
The Water Cycle |
| Layers of the earth | Inside the Earth |
| Weather and seasonal changes |
NISD Weather List |
| Phases of the moon | |
| Earth's forces | All About Earth |
| The water
cycle |
Sprinkle to Ocean |
| Natural resources | Planet Pals |
3rd
focus
| Forces cause
change |
Earth's
surface and layers; Inside
the Earth Pangaea Earthquakes and glaciers |
| Resources |
Renewable, nonrenewable, and inexhaustible Recycle Webquest Brother Eagle Sister Sky lesson about water pollution |
| Local natural resources |
"Rocks"
limestone, granite, |
| Solar System |
Sun |
4th focus
| Systems |
Sun,
as a major part of a variety of systems on the earth |
| International space station | NASA , Slideshow |
| Some changes occur in
cycles |
Position of constellations
in the night sky. Constellations Weather, Weather Webquest |
| Knowledge of past events
that have had an effect on current and future events |
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| Change over time: |
growth, Erosion, |
| Properties of soil |
Effects of the oceans on land |
| Solar energy | NISD Solar Energy List |
5th
focus
| Systems |
Rotation and revolution of the earth and the moon in relation to the sun |
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| Some changes occur in
cycles |
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| Knowledge of past events
that have had an effect on current and future events |
Growth, erosion, dissolving,
weathering,
and |
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| Landforms | ||
| Formation of fossil fuels
and minerals |
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| Physical characteristics | earth
Seasons
Earthquakes |
moon |
| Gravity as a force |
BrainPop movie through Yahooligans |
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