Myrna+R.+Stage+1

=Stage 1 Identify Desired Results= C4 History and Nature of Science Grade 6-8 Students understand the history and nature of scientific knowledge and technology, the processes of inquiry and technological design, and the impacts science and technology have on society and the environment. ||
 * **Establish Goals:** **(G)** ||
 * //Maine Learning Results//: Science and Technology - //C The Scientific and Technological Enterprise,//

//What understandings are desired?//
•a system is interrelated and interdependent. •different models can be used to help explain the solar system. ||
 * //Students will understand that:// **(U)** ||
 * •man's knowledge of the universe had changed over time.

//What essential questions will be considered?//
•Why is a solar system a "system"? •Why are some models more effective than other in explaining the solar system? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * •How did advances in scientific knowledge affect society?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//

 * //Students will know:// **(K)** || //Students will be able to:// **(S)** ||
 * •Vocabulary - system, constancy, model, gravity, inertia, interrelated, interdependent.

Myths helped ancient people explain the universe.

Two scientists who influenced today's understanding of the universe.

Key Concept - Scale || Describe the impact of astronomical knowledge to a society.

Document various astronomer's findings.

Create a model of the solar system.

Infer the perspective of a scientist.

Imagine how various astronomers developed the theories they proposed.

Recognize that the solar system is interrelated and interdependent. ||


 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe**