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Live Space Excursions
Grade 3 - 8 for school programs.
Do you want to experience a live tour of our universe? Using our SciDome system, we’ll send you on a journey appropriate for your students based on two topics that you choose. Our staff astronomers present each program with plenty of time for student guided learning and interaction.
- The Earth and Moon – rotation, revolution, the tilt of the Earth’s axis, Moon phases, and eclipses.
- Seasonal constellations – finding the North Star, bright seasonal stars, and constellations throughout the year.
- Constellations and Greek Mythology – fewer constellations, but with stories of the stars from Greek mythology.
- Planets – and small bodies – the planets of our Solar System, plus Pluto, comets, asteroids, and the Sun; their motion, size and cycles.
CT - Grades 3-5 Core Scientific Inquiry, Literacy and Numeracy
SCIENTIFIC LITERACY: Scientific literacy includes speaking, listening, presenting, interpreting, reading and writing about science.
B INQ. 2 - Seek relevant information in books, magazines and electronic media.
3.1 - Materials have properties that can be identified and described through the use of simple tests.
B2. Describe the effect of heating on the melting, evaporation, condensation and freezing of water.
4.1 - The position and motion of objects can be changed by pushing or pulling.
B8. Describe the effects of the strengths of pushes and pulls on the motion of objects.
4.3 - Water has a major role in shaping the Earth’s surface.
B13. Describe the role of water in erosion and river formation.
5.2 - Perceiving and responding to information about the environment is critical to the survival of organisms.
B20. Describe how light absorption and reflection allow one to see the shapes and colors of objects.
5.3 - Most objects in the solar system are in a regular and predictable motion.
B22. Explain the cause of day and night based on the rotation of Earth on its axis.
B23. Describe the monthly changes in the appearance of the moon, based on the moon’s orbit around the Earth.
MA – Earth and Space Science, Grades 3 – 5
The Earth in the Solar System
13. Recognize that the earth is part of a system called the “solar system” that includes the sun (a star), planets, and many moons. The earth is the third planet from the sun in our solar system.
14. Recognize that the earth revolves around (orbits) the sun in a year’s time and that the earth rotates on its axis once approximately every 24 hours. Make connections between the rotation of the earth and day/night, and the apparent movement of the sun, moon, and stars across the sky.
15. Describe the changes that occur in the observable shape of the moon over the course of a month.
NY – Standard 4 – Science (Elementary)
Physical Setting
1. The Earth and celestial phenomena can be described by principles of relative motion and perspective.
Students:
• describe patterns of daily, monthly, and seasonal changes in their environment.
The Living Environment
6. Plants and animals depend on each other and their physical environment.
Students:
• describe the relationship of the sun as an energy source for living and nonliving cycles.
CT - Grades 6-8 Core Scientific Inquiry, Literacy and Numeracy
SCIENTIFIC LITERACY: Scientific literacy includes speaking, listening, presenting, interpreting, reading and writing about science.
C INQ. 10 - Communicate about science in different formats, using relevant science vocabulary, supporting evidence and clear logic
8.3 - The solar system is composed of planets and other objects that orbit the sun.
C28. Explain the effect of gravity on the orbital movement of planets in the solar system.
C29. Explain how the regular motion and relative position of the sun, Earth and moon affect the seasons, phases of the moon and eclipses.
MA – Earth and Space Science, Grades 6 – 8
The Earth in the Solar System
8. Recognize that gravity is a force that pulls all things on and near the earth toward the center of the earth. Gravity plays a major role in the formation of the planets, stars, and solar system and in determining their motions.
9. Describe lunar and solar eclipses, the observed moon phases, and tides. Relate them to the relative positions of the earth, moon, and sun.
10. Compare and contrast properties and conditions of objects in the solar system (i.e., sun, planets, and moons) to those on Earth (i.e., gravitational force, distance from the sun, speed, movement, temperature, and atmospheric conditions).
11. Explain how the tilt of the earth and its revolution around the sun result in an uneven heating of the earth, which in turn causes the seasons.
12. Recognize that the universe contains many billions of galaxies, and that each galaxy contains many billions of stars.
NY – Standard 4 – Science (Intermediate)
Physical Setting
1. The Earth and celestial phenomena can be described by principles of relative motion and perspective.
Students:
• describe patterns of daily, monthly, and seasonal changes on Earth.
5. Energy and matter interact through forces that result in changes in motion.
Students:
• observe, describe, and compare effects of forces (gravity, electric current, and magnetism) on the motion of objects.
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