Eye on the Sky

Cathy Burgess
Waller Elementary School (Bay District Schools)

Questions

What is in the sky?
What surrounds the earth?

Unit Matrix and Standards

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Lesson Plans

Up in the Sky
In this lesson, students brainstorm what is in the day and night sky, as well as discover interesting facts about the sun.

Sunny Delight
Students are introduced to the scientific method to complete experiments on the sun and find out how heat from the sun has varying effects depending on the surface it strikes.

Phase In, Phase Out, the Magnificent Moon
Students know very little about the moon, so investigate whats in the night sky and find out why the moon looks different every 28 days.

Starlight, Star Bright
In this lesson, students learn about stars and make star pictures that are constellations. They take the information they have learned and write a simple report.

The Sky Jeopardy
Students play the Sky Jeopardy game to reinforce concepts learned about sun, moon, day and night and sky. Then as a reward, they nibble on round crackers to show the different phases of the moon.

As The Earth Turns
Students learn that day and night are caused by the rotation of the Earth.