Movement of the Earth Sun and Moon

Objectives

• To sort the Sun, Earth and Moon by size

• To observe the Sun, Earth and Moon in the orbits they move

• To define rotational and revolutionary movements

• To deduce how 1 year, 1 month and 1 day occurred

• To notice  that nothing in the Universe is static

• To observe that the Sun has rotational movement, the Earth and Moon have both rotational and revolutionary movements

• To observe the phases of the Moon

Curriculum Alignments

• NGSS

MS-ESS1-1 Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons.

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