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.