TABLE OF CONTENTS - Lindbergh School District

Strand 6: Composition and Structure of the Universe and the Motion of the Objects within It
2. Regular and predictable motions of objects in the universe can be described and explained
as the result of gravitational forces
Major Objectives IS Suggested Activities
These samples activities offer ideas and are
not meant to limit teacher or student
Concept A: The positions of the Sun and other
stars, as seen from Earth, appear to change in
observable patterns
Scope and Sequence – Objects and their Motion
in the Solar System
resourcefulness.
Suggested Assessments
These samples assessments offer ideas and are
not meant to limit teacher or student
resourcefulness
a. Relate the apparent east-to-west changes in
the positions of the Sun, other stars, and
planets in the sky over the course of a day to
Earth’s counterclockwise rotation about its
axis
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a. Students will use a planetarium program
to demonstrate the apparent movement of
the stars across the night sky. They will
compare this movement with the apparent
movement of the sun across the day sky.
(1.4; 1.6)
a. Students will predict the motion of the
Sun/stars and planets from their current
positions in the might sky to what they
might expect to see in the next few hours
or days.
b. Describe the pattern that can be observed in
the changes in number of hours of visible
sunlight, and the time and location of sunrise
and sunset, throughout the year
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b. Students will use technology (Internet,
software such as GeoClock) to
demonstrate the apparent movement of the
sun from northern hemisphere to southern
hemisphere and back. (1.4; 1.6)
b. Students will track the sun across the sky
for several weeks and plot the sun’s
position at the same time each day.
c. Recognize that in the Northern Hemisphere,
the Sun appears lower in the sky during the
winter and higher in the sky during the
summer
c. Students will model the position of the sun
relative to points on the globe using a
classroom globe and flashlight. (1.5; 1;8;
3.5)
c. Students will explain why the sun is never
directly overhead at any time of the year
in Missouri.
d. Recognize that in winter, the Sun appears to
rise in the Southeast and set in the Southwest,
accounting for a relatively short day length,
and that in summer, the Sun appears to rise in
the Northeast and set in the Northwest,
accounting for a relatively long day length
d. Students will model the position of the sun
relative to points on the globe using a
classroom globe and flashlight. (1.5; 1;8;
3.5)
d. Students will describe the meaning of the
Arctic/Antarctic circles and the tropics of
Cancer/Capricorn on a globe.
e. Recognize that the Sun is never directly
overhead when observed from North America
e. Students will model the position of the sun
relative to points on the globe using a
classroom globe and flashlight. (1.5; 1;8;
e. Students will explain the significance of
the Solstice and the Equinox. Relate these
to the apparent motion of the Sun.
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