SCI-MS.ESS1.01

Earth Space Science Logo8th Grade (SCI) Earth Space Science Standards
[ESS1] Earth’s Place in the Universe

SCI-MS.ESS1.01 Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons.

Clarification Statement: Examples of models can be physical, graphical, or conceptual.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
ESS1.A: The Universe and Its Stars Patterns of the apparent motion of the sun, the moon, and stars in the sky can be observed, described, predicted, and explained with models.
ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System This model of the solar system can explain eclipses of the sun and the moon. Earth’s spin axis is fixed in direction over the short-term but tilted relative to its orbit around the sun. The seasons are a result of that tilt and are caused by the differential intensity of sunlight on different areas of Earth across the year.


Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

  • I can define a day, month, and year according to the movements of the sun, moon, and earth.
  • I can identify the phases of the moon.
  • I can label a solar eclipse and lunar eclipse.
  • I can identify the two primary causes for Earth’s seasons.
  • I can define rotation and revolution.

Reasoning Targets

  • I can predict the phase of the moon based on its location relative to the sun and the earth.
  • I can explain why a solar eclipse does not occur every new moon.

Skills (Performance) Targets

  • I can

Product Targets

  • I can

Proficiency Scale

The Student ...
1 Beginning
... with help, demonstrates a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and some of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
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2 Developing
... demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
  • predict the phase of the moon based on its location relative to the sun and the earth.
  • explain why a solar eclipse does not occur every new moon
3 Proficient
“The Standard.”
... demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
  • define a day, month, and year according to the movements of the sun, moon, and earth.
  • identify the phases of the moon.
  • label a solar eclipse and lunar eclipse.
  • identify the two primary causes for Earth’s seasons.
  • define rotation and revolution.
4 Advanced
... demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
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