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Also, when time allows the students will have the opportunity to ask the staff astronomers their own astronomy questions. Our new SciDome technology enables us to illustrate the answers with realistic photos and facts about celestial objects including planets and constellations.
A production of Spitz Creative Media
Show length: 30 minutes
Content Standards:
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.
4.3 - Water has a major role in shaping the Earth’s surface.
B12. Describe how the sun’s energy impacts the water cycle.
B13. Describe the role of water in erosion and river formation.
MA – Earth and Space Science, Grades 3 – 5
Earth’s History
12. Give examples of how the surface of the earth changes due to slow processes such as erosion and weathering, and rapid processes such as landslides, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes.
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.
MA – Physical Sciences (Chemistry & Physics), Grades 3 – 5
States of Matter
3. Describe how water can be changed from one state to another by adding or taking away heat.
NY – Standard 4 – Science (Elementary)
Physical Setting
2. Many of the phenomena that we observe on Earth involve interactions among components of air, water, and land.
Students:
- describe the relationships among air, water, and land on Earth.
3. Matter is made up of particles whose properties determine the observable characteristics of matter and its reactivity.
Students:
- describe chemical and physical changes, including changes in states of matter.
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
7.3 - Landforms are the result of the interaction of constructive and destructive forces over time.
C19. Explain how glaciation, weathering and erosion create and shape valleys and floodplains.
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.
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.
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).
12. Recognize that the universe contains many billions of galaxies, and that each galaxy contains many billions of stars.
MA – Life Science (Biology), Grades 6 – 8
Changes in Ecosystems Over Time
17. Identify ways in which ecosystems have changed throughout geologic time in response to physical conditions, interactions among organisms, and the actions of humans. Describe how changes may be catastrophes such as volcanic eruptions or ice storms.
NY – Standard 4 – Science (Intermediate)
Physical Setting
2. Many of the phenomena that we observe on Earth involve interactions among components of air, water, and land.
Students:
- explain how the atmosphere (air), hydrosphere (water), and lithosphere (land) interact, evolve, and change.
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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