Content Standard: G. The Universe:
Students will gain knowledge about the universe and how humans have learned about it, and about the principles upon which it operates.  
Common Assessment(s): 

Performance Indicators Students will be able to	Essential Elements (Specific grade level learning objectives)			Suggested Performance Activities (Relating to Assessments)	Suggested Classroom Assessments	Vocabulary * Indicates a word the teacher uses to help students start to understand
1. Explain the cycles of day/night and of seasons.	Describe the cycles: day/night seasons			Shadow experiment <http://www.bathpublic schools.com/fms/ grade2/shadow.html> Map Task Shadow Changes My Shadow by Robert Lewis Stevenson illustrated by Ted Rand See ELA B Literature and Culture	Students will describe / illustrate / perform the cycle of day / night as demonstrated by the movement of the sun.	*Angle Compare Direction *Dusk East *Equinox Evening Evidence Experiment Fall/Autumn Length Light Measuring Morning Noon North Observation Shadow *Silhouette *Solstice South Spring Star Summer Sunrise Sunset Twilight West Winter
2. Demonstrate that shadows of objects change based on where light is coming from.	identify causes of shadows or no shadow at all			Shadow experiment	Students will go outdoors and stand in 3 different spots and explain the light source is for their shadow or why they have no shadow.
3. Demonstrate an understanding that the sun is one of many stars in the universe and is the closest star to earth.	understand the sun hot gas ball star closest star to the earth			Model / role play the earth going around the sun.	Students will explain what is happening in the role playing. Maine LAD Task In the Sky