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=Stage 1 Identify Desired Results= D. Physical Setting D1. Universe and Solar System Grades 6-8 Students explain the movements and describe the location, composition, and characteristics of our solar system and universe, including planets, the sun, and galaxies. a. Describe the different kinds of objects in the solar system including planets, sun, moons, asteroids, and comets. ||
 * **Establish Goals:** **(G)** ||
 * Maine Learning Results: Science and Technology

//What understandings are desired?//
•earth days, years and seasons are related to orbits. •there are many theories about the origin of the solar system. ||
 * //Students will understand that:// **(U)** ||
 * •there are many different kinds of objects in the solar system including planets, the sun, moons, asteroids, and comets.

//What essential questions will be considered?//
•Why do orbits play an important role on Earth? •How do the major theories of the origin of the solar system compare and contrast? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * •How do the many objects in the solar system interact with each other?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
•Vocabulary: orbit, planet, gravity, dwarf planet, meteor, meteorite, meteoroid, comet, axis, solar and lunar eclipse. •Important Events and People: Galileo Galilei, Giovanni Cassini, the origin of the solar system, solar eclipse and lunar eclipse. || •a. Describe the different kinds of objects in the solar system including planets, sun, moons, asteroids, and comets. •Document the nightly phases of the moon in a journal for a month. •Create a model of the solar system which includes all of the planets in their correct order. •Argue which theory of the solar system's origin is the most likely to be true due to the evidence. •Consider the many theories about the origin of the solar system. •Recognize that the Earth's orbit around the sun results in Earth's years. ||
 * //Students will know:// **(K)** || //Students will be able to:// **(S)** ||
 * •Key Factual Information: the order of the planets and their composition due to their location.

2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe