Lesson 2 : Lab

Time Required: 145 minutes

Conduct three investigations about light dispersion and seasons, then demonstrate understanding of light distribution and heat intensity by creating a travel brochure for a destination in the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere to explain how Earth’s tilt and the angle of the sun’s rays relate to seasons in each travel destination.

MS-ESS1-1

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.]

MS-ESS1-2

Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis for the model is on gravity as the force that holds together the solar system and Milky Way galaxy and controls orbital motions within them. Examples of models can be physical (such as the analogy of distance along a football field or computer visualizations of elliptical orbits) or conceptual (such as mathematical proportions relative to the size of familiar objects such as students' school or state).] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include Kepler’s Laws of orbital motion or the apparent retrograde motion of the planets as viewed from Earth.]