Standards


 * TN State Standards**
 * Science:Bailey**
 * G****LE 0507.6.1** Compare planets based on their known characteristics.
 * GLE 0507.6.2** Recognize that charts can be used to locate and identify star patterns.
 * SPI 0507.6.1** Distinguish among the planets according to their known characteristics such as appearance, location, composition, and apparent motion.
 * SPI 0507.6.2** Select information from a complex data representation to draw conclusions about the planets.
 * SPI 0507.6.3** Identify methods and tools for identifying star patterns.
 * GLE 0507.T/E.1** Describe how tools,technology, and inventions help to answer questions and solve problems.
 * SPI 0507.T/E.2** Recognize the connection between a scientific advance and the development of a new tool or technology.

Include a description of how you will use these standards within your unit.
 * Math:Jaime**
 * SPI 0506.4.6** Record measurements in context to reasonable degree of accuracy using decimals and/or fractions.
 * GLE 0506.5.1** Make, record, display and interpret data and graphs that include whole numbers, decimals, and fractions.
 * SPI 0506.5.1** Depict data using various representations, including decimal and/or fractional data.

GLE 6.02 Understand how groups can impact change at the local, state, and national level. 5.6 SPI 2 Use tools of social science inquiry such as surveys, statistics, maps, and documents. I will incorporate Social Studies into my activities throught discussion about many inventions such as the telescope and space shuttle to discuss how inventions contribute to the U.S discoveries and success. I will also use Social Studies to teach of the history of the first space flight and discoveries.
 * Social Studies: Kelsey**
 * GLE 3.01** Understand how to use maps, globes, and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process and report information from a spatial perspective.

I will incorporate language arts into my activities through creative writing. I will have students draw their own constellations, and then, write a short story about what their constellation is and what it means.I can have them use appropriate vocabulary for science, and make sure they use appropriate spelling, mechanics, and English usage in their writings.
 * Language Arts: Bailey**
 * GLE 0501.3.2** Write in various modes and genres, including narration, literary response, personal expression, description, and imaginative.
 * SPI 0501.3.2** Identify the purpose for writing (i.e., to entertain, to inform, to share experiences, to persuade, to report).
 * GLE 0501.1.1** Demonstrate knowledge of Standard English usage, mechanics, and spelling.
 * SPI 0501.1.15** Recognize and use grade appropriate vocabulary within context.