<p> Decision One: Concept Map and Learning Unit</p><p>Unit Essential Question</p><p>How does the Earth, moon and planets in our Solar System move and how does Vocabulary this cause day and night?</p><p> axis Earth east west</p><p> night revolve Unit Topic/Concept rotate sun</p><p> sunrise sunset Earth Space Science day equator Space: Astronomy</p><p> orbit shadow moon</p><p>Major Concept/Skills</p><p>The sun, moon,and stars all appear to move slowly across Planets move around the the sky, even though their sun in regular orbits & true motion is more moons move around complicated. 2.19 planets in a like manner. 2.20 Unit Planning Guide Teacher/Team: Second Grade School/Grade/Subjects: JPES/2nd/Science</p><p>Unit Topic: Space ( Solar Systems)</p><p>Decision 2: What are the Essential Questions of the Unit? Make sure most important/critical questions also have extending/refining questions. 1. Describe the movements of the sun, moon and stars across the sky.</p><p>2. Explain how the Earth, other planets and moons revolve and or rotate. Decision 3: What is the performance or product project that is the culminating activity of the unit?</p><p>Students’ Assignment Page for the Culminating Activity</p><p>Essential Question of the Culminating Activity: How does the Earth, moon and planets in our solar system move and how does this cause day and night?</p><p>Paragraph Description of Culminating Activity: Working with partners students will make clay models of the sun and Earth, & moon. They will demonstrate how the Earth spins and how it rotates around the sun and also how the moon rotates and revolves. They will also tell how long it takes for the Earth to revolve and rotate. The teacher will point to a place on the earth and ask if it is day or night? Rubric will be used to score. </p><p>Steps or Task Analysis of Culminating Activity:</p><p>1. Discuss rubric with students.</p><p>2. Pass out clay – students will make models.</p><p>3. Paint models to resemble earth, sun, moon.</p><p>4. With partners demonstrate how the earth and moon rotate and revolve. 5. The teacher will point to an area and the student will tell whether it is day or night.</p>