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Massachusetts Science Technology Learning Standards:
* Recognize that the earth is part of a system called the "solar system" that includes the sun (a star), planets, and many moons. The earth is the third planet from the sun in our solar system
* Recognize that the earth revolves around (orbits) the sun in a year's time and that the earth rotates on its axis once approximately every 24 hours. Make connections between the rotation of the earth and day/night, and the apparent movement of the sun, moon, and stars across the sky
* Describe the changes that occur in the observable shape of the moon over the course of a month
* Explain how the tilt of the earth and its revolution around the sun result in an uneven heating of the earth, which in turn causes the seasons
* Identify materials used to accomplish a design task based on a specific property
* Identify and explain the appropriate materials and tools to construct a given prototype safely
* Identify relevant design features for building a prototype of a solution to a given problem
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Books and Videos in Union #38 School Libraries:
Kingdom of the Sun Mitton, S.
Children take a wondrous tour of our solar system in this stunning new book that weaves mythology and astronomy in magical ways. Jacqueline Mitton’s poetic text explores each planet, comparing its features to those of the Roman god or goddess for whom it was named
Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon Schyffert, Bea Usma
This is the story of Michael Collins, the astronaut on the 1969 Apollo 11 moon mission who did not walk on the moon. His job was to maneuver the capsule and wait while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the lunar module and planted the first footprints into moon dust. For 14 lonely turns, Collins circled the moon:
Postcards from Pluto Leedy, Loreen
A quick tour of the solar system from the author of Blast Off to Earth! (Holiday, 1992). Six young, ethnically diverse tourists, led by a robot named Dr. Quasar, travel to each planet in succession, and send their impressions back home on postcards addressed to appropriate towns-Sun Valley, Idaho (from the sun), Cupid City, New York (from Venus), Sideways, Michigan (from Uranus)
Nightwatch Dickinson, Terence
A classic handbook for amateur astronomers combines a text both meaty and hard to put down with a great array of charts, boxes, tables, and dazzling full-color photos of the sky.
Meteor Polacco, Patricia
The story of a small town's excited reaction to the landing of a meteorite in a front yard.
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