Science Grade 8: Reason for the Seasons

Core Content Coaching

PurposeTo provide support for grade-level, unit content planning

Resources for planning• Teacher Yearly Resource Document (or Yearly Itinerary)

• CRM 6: Earth, Sun, and Moon

• Blank Pacing Calendar

• 8th Grade 4th Six Weeks Lessons: Reason for the Seasons Pacing Guide

• Computer with Internet Access

Teacher yearly resource document

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Jan. 5

Global Winds & Ocean Currents

6 7 8 9

12

Weather

13 14 15 16

19

Student/Staff Holiday

20

Reason for the Seasons

21 22 23

26

Moon Phases

27 28 29 30

Feb. 2

Tides

3 4 5 6

9

Origins of the Universe

10 11 12

Life Cycle of a Star

13

16

Student Holiday

17

Life Cycle of a Star

18 19 20

4th Six Weeks Planner (33 days)

8.2D-E, 8.3A & C8.7: Earth & space. The student knows the effects resulting from cyclical movements of the Sun,Earth, & Moon. The student is expected to:

•8.7A: model & illustrate how the tilted Earth rotates on its axis, causing day & night, & revolves around the Sun causing changes in seasons.

TEKS & Student expectations

Content TEKS Skills TEKS

1. What are the state standards for this unit?

2. Deconstruct the TEKS: Verb, Noun, and Context

Model: a usually miniature representation of somethingIllustrate: to provide with visual features intended to explain or decorate

1. What are the state standards for this unit?

2. Deconstruct the TEKS: Verb, Noun, and Context

Model: a usually miniature representation of somethingIllustrate: to provide with visual features intended to explain or decorate

CRM 6: TEKS & Acquisition section

Teacher Content support

Ted-Ed: Reason for the Seasons- http://ed.ted.com/lessons/reasons-for-the-seasons-rebecca-kaplan

MIT Video: The Reason for the Seasons- http://video.mit.edu/watch/earths-tilt-1-the-reason-for-the-seasons-13110/

Earth, Sun, & Moon Videos & Animationshttp://terry-eng35.blogspot.com/2012/05/day-night-orbit-rotation.html

NSTA Leaning Center- http://learningcenter.nsta.org/

Search Resources & Opportunities: seasons

ScienceFusion Grade 8 Teacher Edition: Content Refresher: p. 278

Vertical alignment

6TH GRADE

•understand that gravity is the force that governs the motion of our solar system

8TH GRADE

8.7A: model & illustrate how the tilted Earth rotates on its axis, causing day & night, & revolves around the Sun causing changes in seasons.

• Gravity is the force that governs the motion of our solar system.

PRIOR LEARNING

2014 STAAR-Released Question: 8.7A

F 18%

G 18%

H* 58%

J 5%

2014 STAAR-Released Question: 8.7A

F 22%

G 12%

H* 43%

J 22%

Based on the data and distractors, what key points should teachers emphasize during lessons?

• The side of the Earth FACING the Sun experiences day.

• The side of the Earth titled TOWARD the Sun experiences summer.

Activities to emphasize this

point included in the

curriculum:

1.YouTube Rotating Earth Day

& Night- Planet Observer

2.Day & Night Modeling &

Visualizing and Chunking Data

Collection Sheet

3.A Day on Earth Graphic

Representation Notes

4.Seasons Angle Of Light And

Heat Investigation

5.Balloon Light Diffusion

Demonstration

Activities to emphasize this

point included in the

curriculum:

1.YouTube Rotating Earth Day

& Night- Planet Observer

2.Day & Night Modeling &

Visualizing and Chunking Data

Collection Sheet

3.A Day on Earth Graphic

Representation Notes

4.Seasons Angle Of Light And

Heat Investigation

5.Balloon Light Diffusion

Demonstration

18%18%

18%18%

Based on the data and distractors, what key points should teachers emphasize during lessons?

Position 1: Fall

Position 2: Winter

Position 3: Spring

Position 4: Summer

22%22%

Activities to emphasize this

point included in the

curriculum:

1.Seasons Reading &

Questions

2.Bill Nye Seasons Part 1 Video

3.The Cycle of the Seasons

Pictorial Input

Activities to emphasize this

point included in the

curriculum:

1.Seasons Reading &

Questions

2.Bill Nye Seasons Part 1 Video

3.The Cycle of the Seasons

Pictorial Input

22%22%

Components of a good lesson plan1. Engage Student Interest

2. Review/Scaffold to TEKS

3. Student-Centered Activities directly relating to the depth and complexity of the TEKS

• Labs, Activities, Videos

4. Organize and Practice Vocabulary

5. Reading & Comprehension Strategies

6. Writing Opportunities & Scaffolds

7. Daily Listening & Speaking Opportunities

8. Differentiation

9. Formative Assessment & Reteach

Embedded in lessons: Engage Student Interest• Why is it Warmer in Summer

Assessment Probe

• Pre-Assessment: If the sun were the size of a paper plate, how big would the earth be?

• Sun-Earth Scale & Distance Demonstration

• YouTube Rotating Earth Day & Night- Planet Observer

• K-W-L Chart: Seasons

Recommended in lessons:Review / Scaffold to TEKS• Earth Seasons and Day & Night Unit

Overview

• ScienceSaurus Reading: Rotation p. 233, Revolution & Seasons p. 234

• Earth, Sun, & Moon Videos & Animationshttp://terry-eng35.blogspot.com/2012/05/day-night-orbit-rotation.html

• A Reason for the Seasons Accommodated Reading & Questions

• Heating Things Up Graph

• Seasons Angle Of Light And Heat Investigation

Embedded in lessons: Student-Centered Activities directly relating to the depth and complexity of the TEKS (Investigations, Activities, Videos)

Investigations

• YouTube Rotating Earth Day & Night- Planet Observer

• Scholastic Study Jams- A Day On Earth

• Bill Nye Seasons Part 1

• BrainPop Video: Seasons

Embedded in lessons: Student-Centered Activities directly relating to the depth and complexity of the TEKS (investigations, Activities, Videos)

Videos

• Sun-Earth Scale & Distance Demonstration

• Day & Night Modeling & Visualizing and Chunking Data Collection Sheet

• The Cycle Of The Seasons Pictorial Input

• Balloon Light Diffusion Model

Embedded in lessons: Student-Centered Activities directly relating to the depth and complexity of the TEKS (investigations, Activities, Videos)

Activities

Embedded in lessons:Organize and Practice Vocabulary• Earth Seasons & Day and Night Unit Overview

• Rotate & Revolve Anchor of Support

• Total Physical Response: Rotate and Revolve

• Scholastic Study Jams- A Day On Earth Graphic Representation Notes

Embedded in lessons:Reading & Comprehension Strategies• ScienceFusion: Earth’s Days, Years, & Seasons

p. 224-232

• ScienceSaurus Reading: Rotation p. 233, Revolution & Seasons p. 234

• Seasons Reading & Questions

• Comprehension Strategies

• Shared Reading Recommendation: Have each student in a pair read a paragraph at a time and then have the non-reader summarize the section.

• Active Reading Strategies embedded in ScienceFusion Reading

Embedded in lessons:Writing Opportunities & Scaffolds• Why is it Warmer in Summer Assessment Probe

• Journal Entries/Exit Tickets

• What would the line look like for a graph of the United States? Explain.

• If the sun were the size of a paper plate, how big would the earth be?

• What region of the earth has very little change in temperature for the different seasons? (the equator), Is there more daylight hours in the summer or the winter? Why?

• In which hemisphere is the North American continent located? Name two continents located in the southern hemisphere.

• What would happen if the earth didn’t rotate? How would life be different on earth if earth were not tilted?

• Scaffolds: Sentence Frames, Word Bank, Talk then Write, Write/Share/Revise, Think/Share/Write

Embedded in lessons:Daily Listening & Speaking Opportunities

North America is located in the…

____ and ____ are located in the Southern Hemisphere.

• Special Education:

1. Mixed-Ability Partners2. Science Glossary3. Word Bank4. Sentence Frames5. Unit Overview6. Pre-Teach Vocabulary7. Anchor of Support8. Total Physical Response9. Realia10. Modeling11. Visualizing & Chunking Data 12. Stopping Points During Video13. Closure Activity14. Chunked Reading15. Class List16. Pictorial Input17. Paired Visuals18. World Maps/Globes19. Modified Investigation

• English Language Learners:

1. Mixed-Ability Partners2. Dual Language Science Glossary3. Word Bank4. Sentence Frames5. Pre-Teach Vocabulary6. Anchor of Support7. Total Physical Response8. Realia9. Modeling10. Visualizing & Chunking Data 11. Closure Activity12. Beginner & Intermediate Sentence Frames13. Class List14. Pictorial Input15. Paired Visuals16. World Maps/Globes

Embedded in lessons:Differentiation

• Journal Entries

• K-W-L Chart

• Sun-Earth Scale & Distance Class Discussion

• Day & Night Closure Activity & Class Discussion

• Seasons & Day and Night Quiz

Embedded in lessons:Formative AssessmentFormative Assessment

Reteach Options

• Earth Seasons & Day and Night Unit Overview

• ScienceSaurus Reading: Rotation p. 233, Revolution & Seasons p. 234

• Earth, Sun, & Moon Videos & Animationshttp://terry-eng35.blogspot.com/2012/05/day-night-orbit-rotation.html

• A Reason for the Seasons Accommodated Reading & Questions

• ScienceFusion Unit 5, Lesson 1: Digital Lesson, Virtual Lab

• Determining the Seasons Activity• 8.7A Seasons Presentation for Cornell

Notes • Optional Activities

Higher level questions• “Research shows there’s a link between critical thinking skills and increased student achievement in the

classroom.” (Moore & Stanley, 2010)

• Higher level questions must be planned in order to be implemented effectively in the classroom.

• Levels of Questions

• Knowledge

• Comprehension

• Application

• Analysis

• Synthesis

• Evaluation

• Plan and provide a variety of questions at each level and build student knowledge and critical thinking by providing Higher Level Questions.

Lower Levels of questions

Higher Levels of questions

Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluate

In which month does winter begin in the northern hemisphere?

What is Earth’s tilt?

Define rotate.

Define revolve.

Define orbit.

How does the Earth’s rotation cause day and night?

What does the tilt of the Earth’s axis have to do with the seasons?

How does the tilt of the Earth’s axis and the Earth’s revolution around the Sun cause seasons?

Which location on the illustration of Earth below receives the most direct rays from the Sun?A.AB.BC.They receive equal amounts.

How does the motion of the Sun, Earth, and Moon affect the environment?

How does gravity effect the organization and motion of the solar system?

How does the motion of the Sun, Earth, and Moon cause natural, observable phenomena?

Why isn’t the Arctic very warm even though half the year the Sun is up all night long?

How would conditions on Earth change if Earth stopped rotating on its axis?

How would conditions on Earth change if the Earth was not titled?

How would you prove to a friend that Earth’s seasons are not caused by the Northern Hemisphere being closer to the Sun during the summer?

Recommended Anchors of Support• Earth Seasons & Day and Night Overview

• Rotate & Revolve Anchor of Support

• Rotate & Revolve Journal Entry

• Day & Night Visualizing and Chunking Data Collection Sheet

• A Day on Earth Graphic Representation Notes

• K-W-L Chart: Seasons

• The Cycle Of The Seasons Pictorial Input

• Balloon Light Diffusion Journal Entry

• ScienceFusion: Visual Summary p. 232

• ScienceFusion: Visualize It! p. 227, 230-231

Anchors of SupportOther Resources•Interactive Word Wall- Current, working models with student contributions

• Interactive Word Walls Article: http://learningcenter.nsta.org/files/ss1103_45.pdf

• “Word walls can be arranged on cupboard doors or classroom walls, or hung from the ceiling with wire and string.”

• “Maximum instructional potential and efficiency are achieved when interactive word-wall construction is aligned with lessons and students are allowed to participate in the process. As a result, walls are usually built over many days and are finished as a unit nears completion. Word walls support units and are changed or replaced as units change.”

• Interactive Word Walls Rubric: Next Slide• ScienceFusion Textbook, Science Glossaries, Dual Language Science

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