Data
Learners explore the concept of a pattern and practice interpreting data.
Learning Objectives
- I can interpret data.
- I can represent data to reveal patterns of daily changes in day and night (NGSS 5-ESS1-2 ).
Essential Questions
- What patterns does the movement of the Earth create?
- How can we represent this data? How else?
- Why do scientists use data?
- Why do you think there are different ways to represent the same data?
Lesson Plan
Recall previous learning.
Fill in the gaps, making sure to mention what the rotation of the Earth is and what pattern it creates.
This could be a good opportunity for a call and response, where learners are prompted to repeat a statement with corresponding hand gestures to help understanding and retention. For example, whenever you say “astronomy,” learners respond by making binoculars with their hands and holding them up to their eyes and chanting “the study of stars, planets and space.”
Make sure the word ‘astronomy’ is already on the wall or include it in your slides for students to be able to have a point of reference for this new scientific word.
Materials
- Science notebooks
- Flashlights (3–5, depending on number of groups)
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