Our Research is Out of This World!!!! Joy Rogers Intel 2012

Unit Summary Students will conduct research projects based around the sun, moon, shadows and day/night. The students will have opportunities to conduct research in a variety of different formats including online and book research. The students will produce a large class frayer to display their finding and help other classes in completing their frayers. Students will conduct research projects based around the sun, moon, shadows and day/night. The students will have opportunities to conduct research in a variety of different formats including online and book research. The students will produce a large class frayer to display their finding and help other classes in completing their frayers.

Curriculum-Framing Questions Essential Question: How do the Sun, Moon, and Earth affect each other and me? Unit Questions: How do the Sun and Moon affect the Earth? How do the Sun and Moon affect the Earth? How do I conduct research on a specific topic? How do I conduct research on a specific topic? How do the Sun, Moon, and Earth affect me? How do the Sun, Moon, and Earth affect me? Content Questions: What are the phases of the Moon? Why does my shadow change? How do I find valid and relative information in books and online? How is the Sun like a light bulb? How does the Moon change? How do I choose online sources that are good to use in research? Should I use non-fiction or fictional books for research?

Targeted Standards The students will understand: There are different features that can be found in the day and night sky. The Sun is a star in the sky that provides heat and light for the Earth. The Sun and Moon appear to rise and set because the Earth rotates. The Moon does not make its own light. As the Moon moves around the Earth, it appears to change shape. The students will be able to: Compare day and night sky features. Infer from a picture or drawing the time of day based on the location of the Sun or the Moon in the sky. Sequence the pattern of the Moon’s appearance. Identify unit vocabulary

Assesment Timeline Assesment Timeline Before project work begins Students work on projects and complete tasks After project work is completed Formal Pre- Assessment (Quiz) Park Your Post-it Graph Answers to Park Your Post-Its and discuss Brainstorming Create a COW chart and use it to help them create an “I Wonder” Journal entry Create “Map” of what they think a Day/Night sky looks like Frayers on the four specific topics. Answer research questions on the four topics. Consesograms Help create research questions for class frayer. Journaling Teacher questioning rubric Create WOW facts for hallway display. Help answer other classroom frayer questions. Rubric on how to pick the best non-fiction source. Make a class and individual Venn Diagram comparing Sun and Moon Formal Post- Assessment Students will conduct a data analysis on questions missed. Completed frayer (class and individual) Teacher questioning rubric Rubric on the ability to identify and use non- fictional elements for research.Plus/DeltaConsensogram Final Journal Entry

21 st Century Skills This unit will help my student expand and use the following 21 st Century Skills: Communication and Collaboration Creativity and Innovation Technology Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Information Literacy ICT Literacy Flexibility and Adaptability Initiative and Self-Direction Productivity and Accountability Leadership and Responsibility