10 - explain the effects of the relative position of the sun, Earth and moon (GPS, ITBS)
10a - explain how Earth’s movement in space produces the day/night cycle
10b - relate the tilt of Earth to the distribution of sunlight throughout the year and its effect on climate (seasons) (GPS)
10c - demonstrate the phases of the moon by showing the alignment of the earth, moon and sun (GPS)
10d - explain the alignment of the earth, moon and sun during solar and lunar eclipses (GPS)
11 - analyze the composition of our solar system (GPS, ITBS)
11a - compare and contrast the planets in terms of composition; size relative to the Earth; surface and atmospheric features; relative distance from the Sun; and ability to support life. (GPS)
11b - explain how gravity and inertia govern motion in the solar system (GPS)
11c - describe the characteristics of comets, asteroids and meteors (GPS)
11d - locate the solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy and our galaxy within the universe (GPS)
12 - analyze current scientific views about the formation of the universe and how those views evolved (GPS, ITBS)
12a - relate the Nature of Science to the progression of basic historical scientific models (geocentric, heliocentric) as they describe the formation of our solar system and the Big Bang theory as it describes the formation of the universe with the sun at its center (GPS)
12a1 - describe how Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo contributed to the knowledge of our solar system
12b - relate the use of probes, satellites, telescopes, and spectroscopes to about the study of space
10a - explain how Earth’s movement in space produces the day/night cycle
10b - relate the tilt of Earth to the distribution of sunlight throughout the year and its effect on climate (seasons) (GPS)
10c - demonstrate the phases of the moon by showing the alignment of the earth, moon and sun (GPS)
10d - explain the alignment of the earth, moon and sun during solar and lunar eclipses (GPS)
11 - analyze the composition of our solar system (GPS, ITBS)
11a - compare and contrast the planets in terms of composition; size relative to the Earth; surface and atmospheric features; relative distance from the Sun; and ability to support life. (GPS)
11b - explain how gravity and inertia govern motion in the solar system (GPS)
11c - describe the characteristics of comets, asteroids and meteors (GPS)
11d - locate the solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy and our galaxy within the universe (GPS)
12 - analyze current scientific views about the formation of the universe and how those views evolved (GPS, ITBS)
12a - relate the Nature of Science to the progression of basic historical scientific models (geocentric, heliocentric) as they describe the formation of our solar system and the Big Bang theory as it describes the formation of the universe with the sun at its center (GPS)
12a1 - describe how Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo contributed to the knowledge of our solar system
12b - relate the use of probes, satellites, telescopes, and spectroscopes to about the study of space