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Sky Stations in the Coral Reef Classroom

Compare sun, moon, and star observations from two coral reef aquarium stations to find repeating patterns and make predictions.

Grade 1ScienceInteractive · Printable

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15 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 1
Subject: Science
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students use observations to describe repeating patterns of the sun, moon, and stars.
Students compare sky observations from two places and make predictions from those patterns.
Students use evidence from clear-sky records to explain a prediction.

How to use

Read the aquarium records aloud. Ask students to point to the record that supports each answer, and accept dictated sentences for the written responses.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

1-ESS1-1

Use observations of the sun, moon and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

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Sky Stations in the Coral Reef Classroom

Use sky observations from two aquarium stations to find patterns and make predictions.

Read the station records

Listen to the observations from two places in the coral reef classroom aquarium. Use the records to answer the questions.

Two Aquarium Sky Stations

In Ms. Nia's coral reef classroom, students watched the sky from two stations. The glass-wall station was beside the sunlit reef tank. The roof-window station was above the dim evening tank.

For two clear school days, the class checked the glass-wall station at 8 a.m., noon, and 4 p.m. At 8 a.m., the sun was low in the east. At noon, it was high. At 4 p.m., it was low in the west. The same three observations happened on both days.

After dark, the class checked the roof-window station. On both nights, the moon was above the blue-coral sign at the early check. The class also saw stars on both clear nights.

Which station did the class use for the after-dark checks?