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The Soccer Clinic Sky Journal

Use a soccer clinic field journal, light-distance data, and star-distance records to argue why the Sun looks brighter than other stars.

Grade 5ScienceInteractive · Printable

Aligned to5-ESS1-1

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 5
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 light-distance data to relate distance to apparent brightness.
Students use distance records to argue why the Sun looks brighter than other stars.
Students distinguish how bright an object looks from how much light it produces.

How to use

Read the field journal and data table together, then have students cite both model evidence and space-distance evidence in the final argument.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

5-ESS1-1

Argue that the sun looks brighter than other stars because it is much closer to Earth.

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The Soccer Clinic Sky Journal

Use field-test data and space records to explain why the Sun looks brighter than other stars.

1. Read the Soccer Clinic Field Journal

Read Amara's journal entries and the data table. Use the evidence to answer the questions.

Amara's Field Journal

Amara kept a field journal during a week of evening soccer practice. Her team wanted to learn how distance can affect the brightness of a light that reaches an observer. They used a small electric panel, a light meter, and a marked indoor practice lane. The panel stayed on one setting, and the meter stayed the same distance from the floor. No one stood between the panel and the meter.

On October 3, Amara placed the meter 1, 2, 4, and 8 meters from the panel. She repeated the measurements on October 4. The table shows the average meter reading for each distance. A larger reading means more light reached the meter. The reading does not tell how much total light the panel produces.

Amara then copied a space record into her journal. The record lists approximate distances from Earth to several objects. A light-year is a very large distance: it is the distance light travels in one year. A light-minute is the distance light travels in one minute.

What variable did Amara change as she collected the four panel readings?