10th Grade Earth Sciences Unit Plans

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This product includes vocabulary, notes, and review for students that are learning about the Solar System.

This product on the Solar System covers the following: energy from the sun and how it is received, how the sun warms up the land and water, how plants use energy to make food, how the uneven heating of the Earth causes wind, the water cycle and how the sun, water evaporating, water vapor, and rain make up the water cycle, photosynthesis, how plants store energy, how stored energy is passed onto animals, the Sun is a star, how the Sun makes its own light, what planets are, the path that Earth takes to travel around the Sun is called an orbit, where the Sun is located in the Solar System, students will be provided with a mnemonic device to help remember the names of the planets, the Sun, Moon and Earth - their diameter, mass, and information about the surface, inner planets - Earth, Mercury, Venus, and Mars and how they are similar and different from one another, outer planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune - their diameter, mass, rings and moons, and how they are called the gas giants, dwarf planet - Pluto and facts about Pluto, when it was discovered and became the 9th planet and when it was reclassified, a fact chart about each of the 8 planets are included and information regarding each of the 5 categories are reviewed about each planet - composition of atmosphere, average temperature, how many pounds a 65lb. person would weight on each planet, how many Earth days each planet speeds around the Sun, and an interesting fact about each planet, and students will use a key to label the planets that were learned.

Throughout the product, students will answer comprehension questions, fill in the blank questions when provided with a key, review of the 8 planets where students will fill in the blanks using the notes that are included in this product, multiple choice questions, and will label diagrams to ensure comprehension as they are learning about the Solar System.

At the end of this product, students will choose a planet to research and will answer questions included in the product such as if the planet is hot or cold, when the planet was discovered, what color the planet is, the composition of the atmosphere, the average temperature, interesting facts that were learned, etc.

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