Lesson Overview

View From the Earth

4th Grade
Less Overview Time Other Things to Know: Advance
on Preparation
1 • Pre Assessment 30 * Copy - Weather Observation Log (8
• Weather Observations min weeks)
50 * Prepare outside space for weather
min instruments
50 * Find weather internet site
min
2 • Observation of the 45 * Copy – Moon Observation Log (4 -8
Moon min weeks)
45 * Find schoolyard site for moon
min observations
* Start observations: moon is in the sky
during school
* Make chart: What We Think About the
Moon
* Book: I Took the Moon for a Walk
3 • Day & Night 55 *Make/Laminate: Word Sort Card Set
min *Prepare Styrofoam balls
55 *Make chart: Think About Daytime and
min Nighttime
*Book: What Makes Day and Night
4 • Moon Phases 55 *Need: Space to role-play motion of moon
min *Need: Source of current moon phase
(web/paper)
*Book: The Moon Seems to Change
5 • Size in Relation to 45 *Copy Calvin & Hobbes Handout
Distance min *Cut 16 Circles (18 cm diameter) (yellow)
45
min
6 • Relative Size 60 *Need: Large open space
-Moon/Earth min *Prepare: 40 cm diameter circle
(Clay Balls)
7 • Compare Sun, Moon, 45 * Collect resource materials
Earth min *Copy: The Sun, Moon, and Earth Product
Research Project 45 Descriptor
min
45
min
8 • Motion of Earth, Moon, 55 * Prepare: Clay
Sun min *Need: Space to roll-play motion
9 • Time: Day/Week/Year 30 * Make: Time Booklet
min
10 • Title of Earth/ Seasons 60 * Need: Space, lamp
 min * Make/Laminate: Word Sort Card Set
* Make chart: Think about the Motion of
the Earth…
11 • Evidence of Earth’s 60 * Need: Reference materials about fossils,
Past min Water
(making rock 60 * Book: Fossils Tell of Long Ago
layers) min
12 • Fossil Layers 55 * Collect plant/animal remains from
min schoolyard
13 • Moon Log 50 * Need: Large area to review phases of
min moon (lamp)
50 * Make: Copies of completed Moon
min Observation Log
* Books: two moon books to review
14 • Weather Log 55 * Make: Copies of completed Weather Log
min * Consider: changes and patterns in data
55 * Need: Space to look at data
min
55
min
15 • Performance 45 * Copy: Newspaper Model
Assessment min * Make chart: Weather, Earth/Moon/Sun,
• Post Assessment 45 Fossils
min
45
min