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Earth, Moon, and Sun Amplify Offline Resources Overview DSST Science 7 "Earth, Moon, and Sun" Included in this packet are the investigation notebook pages with questions and articles associated with the Amplify Unit "Earth, Moon, and Sun." Please note that not all activities can be done offline, and some will require materials that are not readily available at home. The articles at the end of this PDF are the best resource to overview the content. Information About the NGSS for Parents and Guardians What Are the Next Generation Science Standards? The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are a new set of science standards for kindergarten through high school. The NGSS were designed with the idea that students should have a science education that they can use in their lives. It should empower students to be able to make sense of the world around them. And it should give students the critical thinking, problem solving, and data analysis and interpretation skills they can use in any career, and that will help them make decisions that affect themselves, their families, and their communities. Many states have adopted the NGSS or very similar standards. In order to accomplish this, the NGSS call for science learning in which students do not just memorize a set of science facts, but rather engage in figuring out how and why things happen. Core ideas in life science, Earth science, physical science, and engineering are intentionally arranged from kindergarten through twelfth grade so that students can build their understanding over time, and can see the connections between different ideas and across disciplines. To figure out these core ideas, while building the skills that will help them make sense of the world around them, students engage in the same practices that real scientists and engineers do. For example, students will develop and use models, analyze data, and make evidence-based arguments. They also learn to make sense of core ideas using crosscutting concepts that are useful ways of thinking about and making connections across different areas of science and engineering, for example thinking in terms of systems or cause and effect. The NGSS website provides additional information and resources for families. The NGSS call for these three dimensions—core ideas, practices, and crosscutting concepts—to work together in science classes. For example, students could plan and conduct investigations (a science practice) to find cause-and-effect relationships (a crosscutting concept) of potential energy, distance between magnets, and strengths of magnetic forces (a core science idea). Each Amplify Science unit has students engage as scientists or engineers in making explanations or designing solutions as they figure out a real-world problem. Students will use the three dimensions of the NGSS together as they build their understanding of the concepts and skills they can use in their lives. Información sobre los NGSS para padres y guardianes ¿Qué son los Estándares de Ciencias para la Próxima Generación? Los Estándares de Ciencias para la Próxima Generación (en inglés, Next Generation Science Standards—NGSS) son un nuevo conjunto de estándares de ciencia desde kinder al grado 12. Los NGSS fueron diseñados pensando en que los/as estudiantes deberían tener una educación de ciencia que puedan utilizar en sus vidas. Esto debería empoderar a los/as estudiantes para que puedan comprender el mundo a su alrededor. Y debería proporcionarles las aptitudes de pensamiento crítico, solución de problemas y análisis e interpretación de datos que podrán usar en cualquier carrera y que les ayudarán a tomar decisiones que les afectan como individuos, y que afectan también a sus familias y comunidades. Muchos estados han adoptado los NGSS u otros estándares muy similares. Para poder lograrlo, los NGSS exigen un aprendizaje de ciencia en el cual los/as estudiantes no solo memorizan un conjunto de datos de ciencia, sino que se involucran en el descubrimiento de cómo y por qué suceden las cosas. Ideas fundamentales en ciencias biológicas, geociencias, ciencias físicas e ingeniería son distribuidos de manera intencional desde kinder al grado 12 para que los/as estudiantes puedan desarrollar su comprensión a través del tiempo y ver las conexiones entre las diferentes ideas y entre una disciplina y otra. Para descubrir estas ideas fundamentales, mientras desarrollan las aptitudes que les ayudarán a comprender el mundo que les rodea, los/as estudiantes llevan a cabo las mismas prácticas de científicos/as e ingenieros/as reales. Por ejemplo, los/as estudiantes desarrollan y utilizan modelos, analizan datos y crean argumentos basados en evidencia. También aprenden a darle sentido a las ideas fundamentales utilizando conceptos multidisciplinarios que representan útiles maneras de pensar sobre diferentes áreas de ciencia e ingeniería y de hacer conexiones entre estas, por ejemplo pensar en términos de sistemas o causa y efecto. El sitio web de NGSS proporciona información y recursos adicionales para familias. Los NGSS exigen que tres dimensiones (ideas fundamentales, prácticas y conceptos multidisciplinarios) sean trabajadas en conjunto en las clases de ciencia. Por ejemplo, los/as estudiantes podrían planificar y realizar investigaciones (una práctica de ciencia) para encontrar relaciones de causa y efecto (un concepto multidisciplinario) de la energía potencial, la distancia entre imanes y la intensidad de fuerzas magnéticas (una idea fundamental de ciencia). Cada unidad de Amplify Science hace que los/as estudiantes se involucren como científicos/as o ingenieros/as al formular explicaciones o diseñar soluciones al ir resolviendo un problema del mundo real. Los/as estudiantes utilizarán conjuntamente las tres dimensiones de los NGSS mientras desarrollan su comprensión de conceptos y aptitudes que pueden usar en sus vidas. Earth, Moon, and Sun Glossary crescent moon: a moon phase that looks like less than half a circle from Earth luna creciente: una fase lunar que se ve como menos de la mitad de un círculo desde la Tierra exomoon: a moon outside our solar system exoluna: una luna que se encuentra fuera de nuestro sistema solar exoplanet: a planet outside our solar system exoplaneta: un planeta que se encuentra fuera de nuestro sistema solar full moon: a moon phase that looks like a full circle from Earth luna llena: una fase lunar que se ve como un círculo completo desde la Tierra gibbous moon: a moon phase that looks like more than half a circle from Earth luna gibosa: una fase lunar que se ve como más de la mitad de un círculo desde la Tierra illuminate: to shine light on an object and make it visible iluminar: arrojar luz sobre un objeto y hacerlo visible lunar eclipse: when the Moon is completely dark eclipse lunar: cuando la Luna está completamente oscura model: an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see modelo: un objeto, diagrama o programa de computadora que nos ayuda a entender algo haciéndolo más simple o fácil de ver moon: a rocky sphere that travels around a planet luna: una esfera rocosa que viaja alrededor de un planeta moon phase: the shape of the illuminated part of the Moon as it appears from Earth fase lunar: la forma de la parte iluminada de la Luna tal como se ve desde la Tierra new moon: a moon phase in which the Moon is not visible from Earth luna nueva: una fase lunar en la que la Luna no es visible desde la Tierra Earth, Moon, and Sun—Glossary 119 © 2018 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Permission granted to photocopy for classroom use. Earth, Moon, and Sun Glossary (continued) orbit: the nearly circular path a smaller object (like the Moon) travels around a larger object (like Earth) órbita: la ruta casi circular por la que un objeto más pequeño (como la Luna) viaja alrededor de un objeto más grande (como la Tierra) pattern: something we observe to be similar over and over again patrón: algo que observamos que sea similar una y otra vez quarter moon: a moon phase that looks like a half-circle from Earth cuarto de luna: una fase lunar que se ve como la mitad de un círculo desde la Tierra scale: the relative size of things escala: el tamaño relativo de las cosas solar system: the sun, the planets that orbit the sun, and other objects that orbit the sun sistema solar: el sol, los planetas que orbitan el sol y otros objetos que orbitan el sol sun: the star that is the main source of light at the center of our solar system sol: la estrella que es la fuente principal de luz en el centro de nuestro sistema solar terminator: the border between light and dark on the Moon terminador: la frontera entre la luz y la oscuridad sobre la Luna year: the amount of time it takes for a planet to complete one orbit around a star or stars año: la cantidad de tiempo que tarda un planeta en completar una órbita alrededor de una estrella o estrellas 120 Earth, Moon, and Sun—Glossary © 2018 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Permission granted to photocopy for classroom use. Name: _________________________________________________ Date: ___________________________ Earth, Moon, and Sun: An Astrophotographer’s Challenge Unit Overview Have you ever looked at the Moon and wondered why it looks different from night to night? In this unit, you will explore why the Moon’s appearance looks the way it does and why it changes. In the role of student astronomer, you will advise Eric Wu, an astrophotographer capturing surface features of the Moon for About Space magazine. Through hands-on investigations, Sim missions, and by reading and talking to your peers, you will come to an understanding of the way the Moon moves and why it appears the way it does from Earth.
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