CP+Stoutamyer,+Bianca

=Unit Cover Page=


 * Unit Title:** //The Physical Setting// **Grade Level(s):** //6-8//
 * Subject/Topic Area(s):** //The Universe and Solar System//
 * Key Words:** //Universe, Solar System, Planets, Stars, Earth, Moon and Galaxies//
 * Designed by:** //Bianca Stoutamyer// **Time Frame:**
 * School District:** //RSU 9// **School:** //Mt. Blue Middle School//


 * =Brief Summary of Unit= ||
 * //The students will investigate the world around them beyond our own atmosphere through projects, investigation, and teacher taught lessons. Not only will the students be learning about the individual objects of our Universe but will also be learning about how they interact with each other and how they can affect each other. In order to teach the students the complexity and vastness of the universe we will start the lesson with the Earth, Moon, Sun and Solar System because it is the closest to us and the most well known to the students. After learning about our own Sun the students will then begin to learn about all the different types of stars and how stars live and die like humans and mammals. Because all of the different types of stars make up galaxies I would then have my students study the different galaxies and location of the galaxies. Common themes that will spread throughout the unit are size, complexity and the spread of the universe. Throughout the unit I will have the students do six different smaller projects and then at the end of the unit they will do a sketchup project where they create their own planet that can support life and include all of the life sustaining materials.// ||