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Lesson Plan Constellations and their myths

April Phipps LTEC 4100 The University of North Texas 04/20/2010. Lesson Plan Constellations and their myths. TEKS for Science. TEKS Objectives for Fifth grade: Chapter 112. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Science Subchapter A. Elementary §112.7. Science, Grade 5.

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Lesson Plan Constellations and their myths

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  1. April Phipps LTEC 4100 The University of North Texas 04/20/2010 Lesson PlanConstellations and their myths

  2. TEKS for Science • TEKS Objectives for Fifth grade: • Chapter 112. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Science Subchapter A. Elementary §112.7. Science, Grade 5. • (7)  Science concepts. The student knows that many types of change occur. The student is expected to: (D)  observe, measure, and record changes in weather, the night sky, and seasons. • (8)  Earth and space. The student knows that there are recognizable patterns in the natural world and among the Sun, Earth, and Moon system. The student is expected to: (D)  identify and compare the physical characteristics of the Sun, Earth, and Moon.

  3. Characteristics of 5th grade students: • Good listeners, actively receptive • Voracious readers • Expressive, talkative, like to explain • Cooperative and competitive • Friendly, generally happy • Memorization productive • Increased ability to abstract • Likes rules and logic • Classification and collections of interest; likes to organize • Able to concentrate, read for extended periods • Good problem solvers • Proud of academic products • Prefers new tasks and experiences to reflection or revision of previous work • Deductive reasoning advances • Can establish and modify rules, develop hypotheses • Increased ability to de-center and see world from various perspectives • Loves to argue

  4. Blooms Taxonomy • Remembering: Can the students define what a myth and a constellation is? • Understanding: Can the students describe and explain constellations and myths? • Applying: Can the students illustrate or sketch a constellation? • Analyzing: Can the students differentiate between a constellation and random stars? • Evaluating: Can the student support their reasoning of their constellation and their myth? • Creating: Can the student construct and design their own constellation?

  5. Learning Activities • Specific Objectives: • 1. Students will become familiar with 1 constellation and the myth attached to it. • 2. Students will create their own constellation and write a myth about their creation! • Materials needed: • Computers with an internet connection and document software • Black construction paper • Silver star stickers • White chalk • Paper • Pencil • List of constellations • Stellarium software

  6. Learning Activities Cont…. • Procedures: • By using the website http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/ show your students what the night sky in their area looks like and the constellations that make up what they see. • Establish that a myth is a story that tries to explain something or a belief. It usually deals with a hero or heroine. A constellation myth tries to explain why that particular constellation is in the sky, and usually contains a moral. • Present the list of constellations and have each student pick one. • Using the internet have the students research their constellation and the myth that is associated with it.

  7. Learning Activities Cont… • Procedures Cont… • The day after researching a constellation and presenting it to the class pass out the construction paper, chalk, and silver star stickers. • Students then need to create their own constellations • Students are required to name the constellation, the stars that make the constellation up, and a myth telling how the constellation came to be a part of the night sky. • One of the stars that make up their constellation must be one that is found in the constellation they researched previously. • At the end of the unit the students are to present their constellation and that of the one they have researched to the class showing their shapes and tell the story behind their myths. • Once all constellations have been presented then have the student create a digital version of their star on the Stellarium software. • The class created construction paper constellations can be and should be displayed throughout the classroom.

  8. Reference/Credit • http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/ - Interactive planetarium allows you to view the night sky in your area. • http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=6584 – Texas Education Agency website. • www.lessonplans.com – Lesson plans for teachers. • http://files.uberdownloads.com/apps/Stellarium/index.php - Free download site for Stellarium software.

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