Kentucky Standards:
Core Content:
SC-05-2.3.5
Students will compare components of our solar system, including using
models/representations that illustrate the system.
Earth is the third planet from the Sun in a system that includes the moon,
the Sun, eight other planets and their moons, and smaller objects. The Sun,
an average star, is the central and largest body in the solar system.
Models/diagrams provide understanding of scale within the solar system.
DOK 2
Program of Studies:
Grade 5 Enduring Knowledge � Understandings
Students will understand that the Earth, sun and moon within the larger
system of planets and other celestial bodies. Even though they are all parts
of the same system, a comparison of their properties reveals great
differences among celestial bodies.
National Standards:
EARTH IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
The earth is the third planet from the sun in a system that includes the
moon, the sun, eight other planets and their moons, and smaller objects,
such as asteroids and comets. The sun, an average star, is the central and
largest body in the solar system.[See Unifying Concepts and Processes]
Most objects in the solar system are in regular and predictable motion.
