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ESS1: Earth’s Place in the Universe

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ESS1: Earth’s Place in the Universe
Core Idea

ESS1: Earth’s Place in the Universe
ESS1.A: The Universe and Its Stars
ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System
ESS1.C: The History of Planet Earth

 

 In ESS1: Earth’s Place in the Universe, performance expectations are designed for students to create an understanding of the earth’s place in the universe and of how the motion of the earth in the solar system effects Earth’s systems. Students should consider systems at different scales and understand how cyclical patterns cause tides, seasons, and eclipses. It is also important for students to understand how data supports a scientific understanding of the universe and how technology has contributed to data collection.

 

5-ESS1-1 Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.

4-ESS1-1 Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.

5-ESS1-2 Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.

Exploring Our Fluid Earth, a product of the Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG), College of Education. University of Hawai?i, 2011. This document may be freely reproduced and distributed for non-profit educational purposes.