Oz-e-science
In Lessons 1 to 9, students learn about:
- what solar systems are
- the four rocky planets in our solar system
- the four gas planets in our solar system
- five dwarf planets in our solar system
- the moons in our solar system
- how telescopes work
- spacecraft and explain their purpose
- satellites and plan to build your own model satellite
- building your satellite and prepare a presentation.
- Explain what a solar system is.
- Describe three objects in our solar system.
- Represent our own solar system as a rap song.
- Describe the four rocky planets in our Solar System.
- Explain where these rocky planets are found.
- Represent the rocky planets in a booklet.
- Describe the four gas planets in our Solar System.
- Explain where these gas planets are found.
- Represent the gas planets in a booklet.
- Describe the five dwarf planets.
- Compare dwarf planets and planets.
- Represent all the planets and dwarf planets to scale.
- Explain what moons are.
- Describe at least two moons in our solar system.
- Compare the moons of Neptune.
- Explain how a telescope works.
- Describe at least one space telescope.
- Classify different types of spacecrafts.
- Describe at least three different spacecraft.
- Explain the purpose and mission of these spacecraft.
- Identify the parts of a satellite.
- Explain what the parts of a satellite are for.
- Research your chosen satellite. Build your satellite and label its parts.
- Evaluate your investigation.
- Explain your satellite and its parts.
- Plan your presentation.
- Communicate your investigation.
Progress Tests
Progress tests are conducted after every second lesson, allowing teachers to monitor student understanding of the concepts taught over the past two lessons and to identify where reteaching is needed. The Teaching Guide contains the testing questions, and the Student Workbook has a section where students write their answers and score themselves.
Progress tests are conducted after every second lesson, allowing teachers to monitor student understanding of the concepts taught over the past two lessons and to identify where reteaching is needed. The Teaching Guide contains the testing questions, and the Student Workbook has a section where students write their answers and score themselves.
Structured Research Activity
The Structured Research Activity (SRA) for this unit is: Students to build a satellite and prepare a presentation. The SRA takes place over two lessons so students can apply the Science Understanding and Science Inquiry Skills covered in the unit. Teachers use the Guide to Making Judgements, which is included in the Teaching Guide, to mark the SRA.
End-of-Unit Assessment
The last lesson is the end-of-unit assessment which has a variety of question formats (e.g., label the diagram, circle the correct answer) to assess student mastery of content from the unit. The end-of-unit assessment is in the Teaching Guide. Teachers copy the assessment and distribute to students at testing time.
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