Curriculum Unit Topic: Our Solar System and its nine planets
 

Subjects: Language Arts,Science, Math
 

Grade Level: 6th-8th grades
 

System Wide Objectives: Writing, reading, physical planet characteristics, graphing, charting, calculations of distance and gravity and mapping.

Illinois Learning Standards: Math- 6A3, 6B3a, 6B3b, 7c3b, 10A3a. Science 11A3c, 11A3d, 12D3d, 12F3a,12F3b, 12F3c.  Language Arts-1A3b,1A3b,1B3a,1C3d
 
 

Objective Goals: The students will be able to write a newspaper story by interviewing a classmates after each student answers a number of question and researches their favorite planet. The student will read a book about their favorite planet and develop a presentation for the class.  The students will be able to list the nine planets in order and be able to list certain characteristics of each planet after watching a video. The students will be able to use gravity calculations in equations to find their real age on each planet and their weight on each planet. The students will make predictions about their weight and age and chart the results. The students will calculate with the given variable each planet and chart the results. The students will compare and contrast the results and write a summary of their finds.