Transcript Starlab Curriculum at a Glance - Baltimore County Public Schools

Starlab Curriculum at a
Glance
Baltimore County Public Schools
Office of Science, PreK-12
Starlab Portable Planetarium
Starlab is a highly effective way to
integrate Maryland Voluntary State
curriculum science skills and process
indicators into the BCPS curriculum.
Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Science, PreK-12
Starlab Portable Planetarium
Starlab can also be used to teach specific
Maryland Voluntary State Curriculum
science and earth/space science
indicators.
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Students will:
• Identify and describe the stars.
• Make use of models to interpret data.
• Explain that a model suggests how the thing
modeled works.
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• Describe patterns and cycles in the
environment.
• Learn information from models.
• Learn how tools such as telescopes can be
utilized to collect data.
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• Realize that people from ancient times also
investigated the world around them.
• Discover the repeating pattern of celestial
events such as the moon phases, day/night,
and the seasons.
• Explore the sun and its properties, location, and
movements.
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• Analyze the relationship between the sun and
other celestial objects such as planets,
asteroids, comets, and meteors.
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Starlab also compares and contrasts the
different mythologies about the
constellations.
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Starlab can be used to teach:
the 88 basic constellations
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Greek and Roman mythology
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African mythology
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Native American mythology
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The following astronomy concepts will be
addressed during each grade level
Starlab presentation:
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Pre-Kindergarten/Kindergarten
Starlab Presentations
Searching the Daytime
and Nighttime Sky
•Introduction to planetariums
•Introduction to Celestial Objects
•Constellations
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1st grade Starlab Presentations
Our Star, the Sun
•The Sun’ properties compared to other stars
•Constellations
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2nd Grade Starlab Presentations
Mission to the Moon
•Phases of the Moon
•Apollo missions to the Moon
•Stars
•Constellations
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Intermediate students also investigate the
night sky by collecting data like real
astronomers with clipboards and lightup pens.
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3rd Grade Starlab Presentations
“STAR SEARCH”
Exploring the Properties of Stars
•The color/temperature of stars
•The magnitude/brightness of stars
•Constellations
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4th Grade Starlab Presentations
Solar System Creature
Feature Detectives
•Comparison of planets, stars, constellations
or
Follow the Drinking Gourd
•How the slaves used the Little Dipper for
navigation during the Civil War
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5th Grade Starlab Presentations
Our Galactic Place in Space
•Milky Way galaxy, other galaxies, nebulas,
classification of galaxies, constellations
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Starlab creates a unique learning environment
for all elementary students from PreK-5th
grade.
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