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FOSS AND NATIONAL STANDARDS
The Sun, Moon, and Stars Module emphasizes the development of
observation and description skills and building explanations based
on experience. This module supports the following National Science
Education Standards.*
SCIENCE AS INQUIRY
Develop students’ abilities to do scientific inquiry.
• Ask and answer questions about objects and events in the
environment.
• Use data to construct reasonable explanations.
• Communicate investigations and explanations.
CONTENT: EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
Develop students’ understanding of objects in the sky.
• The sun, moon, stars, clouds, birds, and airplanes all have
properties, locations, and movements that can be observed
and described.
Develop students’ understanding of changes in the earth and sky.
• Objects in the sky have patterns of movement. The sun, for
example, appears to move across the sky in the same way
every day, but its path changes slowly over the seasons. The
moon moves across the sky on a daily basis much like the
sun. The observable shape of the moon changes from day to
day in a cycle that lasts about a month.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Develop students’ understanding about science and technology.
• People have always had questions about their world.
Science is one way of answering questions and explaining
the natural world.
• Women and men of all ages, backgrounds, and groups
engage in a variety of scientific and technological work.
• Tools help scientists make better observations,
measurements, and equipment for investigations. They help
scientists see, measure, and do things that they could not
otherwise see, measure, and do.
HISTORY OF SCIENCE
Develop students’ understanding of science as a human endeavor.
• Science and technology have been practiced by people for a
long time.
• Many people choose science as a career and devote their
entire lives to studying it. Many people derive great pleasure from doing science.
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