1. Happy Peculiar People Day!
What you need:
Me Card
Science notebook
Pencil
Agenda
Seating Chart
Review class rules & room setup
Me Card presentation
Rotation pre-test
Learning Goals and Scale overview

2. What do you already know…
Astronomy Pretest #1
What do you already know…

3. 1.
What causes the pattern of day and night on Earth?

4. 2.
How many major time zones are there on Earth?

5. 3.
What two things cause tides?

6. 4.
When is the Earth closest to the sun?

7. 5.
Why do we have a leap year?

8. 6.
What season is it in Australia right now?

9. 7.
How many main phases of the moon are there?

10. SCALE
6-7/7 = 1
Anything else = 0 (not yet)

11. 1 2 3 4
How does Earth’s rotation cause day and night, the time zones, and tides?
I can explain how Earth’s rotation causes day and night, but I cannot explain how rotation causes time zones or tides
I can explain how Earth’s rotation causes day and night and time zones, but I cannot explain how rotation causes tides.
I will be able to explain how Earth’s rotation causes day and night, the time zones, and tides.
I will be able to explain how Earth’s rotation causes day and night, the time zones, and tides. I can also research which time zone astronauts follow and why.