BigQuestion:Whatcanseasonalchangesinsunlightrevealaboutalocation'slatitude?

GuidingQuestions:
Whatmakesdayandnight?
Whatcausesseasons?
Whatcanseasonalchangesindaylightrevealaboutalocation'slatitudeonEarth?
HowcanUniversalTimerevealalocation'slongitudeonEarth?
Website:https://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/mclass/indexCurrent.html

Studentswillbeableto:
Recordandanalyzelocalsunriseandsunsettimes
Calculate,graph,andanalyzechangingphotoperiods
Record,graph,andanalyzesunrise/sunsettimesfromlocationsaroundtheglobe
UseUniversalTimetoestimatelongitudeoflocations
Interpretandcomparedatatomakepredictions
Utilizetechnologyandreferencematerialstoresearchanddeciphercontinent-country-citycluesto
pinpointlocations
UnderstandthattheEarth'sorbitandrotationandtheorbitofthemoonaroundtheEarthcause
observablepatterns.

Standards:
SCIENCE
3-ESS2-1.Representdataintablesandgraphicaldisplaystodescribetypicalweatherconditionsexpected
duringaparticularseason.[ClarificationStatement:Examplesofdatacouldincludeaveragetemperature,
precipitation,andwinddirection.][AssessmentBoundary:Assessmentofgraphicaldisplaysislimitedto
pictographsandbargraphs.Assessmentdoesnotincludeclimatechange.]
3-ESS2-2.Obtainandcombineinformationtodescribeclimatesindifferentregionsoftheworld.
 READING/WRITING
RI.3.1Askandanswerquestionstodemonstrateunderstandingofatext,referringexplicitlytothetextasthe
basisfortheanswers.(3-ESS2-2)
RI.3.9Compareandcontrastthemostimportantpointsandkeydetailspresentedintwotextsonthesame
topic.(3-ESS2-2)
W.3.9Recallinformationfromexperiencesorgatherinformationfromprintanddigitalsources;takebrief
notesonsourcesandsortevidenceintoprovidedcategories.
W.3.7
Conductshortresearchprojectsthatbuildknowledgeaboutatopic.
RI.3.4
Determinethemeaningofgeneralacademicanddomain-specificwordsandphrasesinatextrelevant
toagrade3topicorsubjectarea.
MATH
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.A.1
Tellandwritetimetothenearestminuteandmeasuretimeintervalsinminutes.Solvewordproblems
involvingadditionandsubtractionoftimeintervalsinminutes,e.g.,byrepresentingtheproblemona
numberlinediagram.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.NBT.A.2
Fluentlyaddandsubtractwithin1000usingstrategiesandalgorithmsbasedonplacevalue,propertiesof
operations,and/ortherelationshipbetweenadditionandsubtraction.

VOCABULARY:
Photoperiod,hemisphere,longitude,latitude,rotation,tilt,climate,region


ACTIVITIES/CORECONCEPTS LITERATURETIEINS SOCIALEMOTIONALTIES
/MULTIPLE
MODALITIES

August-December Activitiesthatorientstudents Meonthemap Understandingour

geographically Unit1Week2and3 roleinour
October/November community-
-Unit2Week2 shirker/worker/showb
Immigration oater
MysterySkype
(Rachelcansetup
Skype)

December Startmakingobservations Empathyand

aboutsunlight,finding Celebrations understandingfor
photoperiodasaAMwarm TheRunawayRice other
up. Cake cultures/traditions
Noticethatdaysgetshorter- TheLegendofthe Compassion-
Mathmodule2andWeather Poinsettia centering
andClimate(Investigation4, LightsofWinter:Winter conversationsaround
CelebrationsAround
Part1and2) thevaluesthatare
theWorld
Holidaysaroundtheworld- Whatevertraditions
associatedwitheach
RI.3.9 stuffwecanshoreup holiday
RoshHashanah,Yom fromWonders? Singingholidaysongs
Kippur fromdifferentcultures
ChineseMoon (musical)
Festival
Diwali(IndianNew
Year,Festivalof
Lights)
Halloween/ElDiade
losMuertos(TheDay
 oftheDead)
AllSaints'Day
Ramadan,Eid-ul-Fitr
Hannukah
Christmas
Groundhog
Day/Candlemas
ChineseNewYear
Passover
Easter
NouRuz(PersianNew
Year)

January MysteryClass Unit3Week3Earth Actingout

Weekly begins-3-ESS2-2 ExpositoryText movements(bodily
photoperio Weeklycalculationof TheReasonsforthe kinethetic)
dclues30 photoperiodformystery Seasons-RI.3.1 Brainpop
minsoncea class(about30minsoncea MorningSunshine- Videoconference
week week) Readworks
Building CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.A.1 Cantieinwithnew
understandi InvestigationofLatitude ideas/discoveriesin
ngof Actingoutthesunsrotation wonders?
seasons+ aroundtheEarth
sunlight LatitudeShoes
closereads PORTS-lessonplansand
+activities videoconferencewitha
approximat rangeratBaldwinHills
ely6hours

March-April Groupsreadthroughtheirnew OntheSameDayin Topresentfinal

Clues90 clues,findunfamiliarwordsin March solutions(thelocation
minsoncea thedictionaryandwriteabrief oftheclass)students
week actionplan.Forexample:I canpresentwhat
needtolookintheWorldAtlas
Final theyhavelearnedby
 presentatio forthis;Ineedtofindan selectinganoption
nsof informationalbook;Ithinkwe (createacomic,
learning5-6 needtolookinthe writeasongetc.)to
encyclopedia,etc.)(10-15
hours demonstrate
minutes)W.3.9,RI.3.4
understanding
Timetoresearchcluesusing
Expositorywriting
chromebooks.CanuseSCOE
digitallibraryifsubscriptionis
renewed.(50minutes)-W .3.7
Debriefthestudents,asking
themwhattheydiscovered,
andwhattheystillneedtodo.
(5-10minutes)
Candosomethinglikea24
hourclock