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Sara Hess What would life be like if we didn’t have the sun or the moon? Tutee Grade Level 4th
VA SOLs: List the specific SOLs you will cover here. 6 Lessons
Science 4.8
Earth Patterns, The student will investigate and understand the relationships among Earth,
Cycles and Change the moon, and the sun. Key concepts include
b) the causes for Earth’s seasons;
c) the causes for the phases of the moon;
d) the relative size, position, age, and makeup of Earth, the moon, and the
sun;

Phases of the moon are related to

Earth’s seasons are its position in relation to the sun
affected due to and moon
relationship to the
distance and position of What would life be like If
the sun. we didn’t have the sun or
the moon?

The position of the sun, moon

and the Earth play specific
roles in relation to us and
each other

Note that all 6 lessons are tied to this overarching essential question. Likewise, the student learning outcomes should be directly
aligned with the learning objectives.
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Essential Question: What would life be like if we didn’t have the sun or the moon?
Key Sub-Questions: Word Study Sorts:
Lesson 1 How would animal behavior change? Lesson 1 Long a patterns (ai, a_e, ay
Lesson 2 How would farms be influenced? Lesson 2 Long o patterns (oa, ow, o_e)
Lesson 3 What would happen to our oceans and the tides? Lesson 3 Doubling when adding -ing
Lesson 4 Would the Earth’s seasons change? Lesson 4 Plurals with y
Lesson 5 Would we have day and night change? Lesson 5 Unaccented syllables (le and
el)
Lesson 6 How would we keep track of time? Lesson 6 Unaccented syllables (er, ar,
or)
UNIT STUDENT
OUTCOMES: At the end of each lesson the student will complete a graphic organizer with the cause (the sun or the moon
being gone in each different facet) and the affect (how life would be altered) to then write a summary of the
effects on life.

At the end of the unit, the student used the unit graphic organizer and weekly paragraphs to create a poster
or video about the importance of the sun and the moon for life on Earth.