5th Grade Astronomy Unit: Lesson 6

5^th Grade Astronomy Unit Blueprint

Light

Lesson 6: Reviewing the Behavior of Light

Pacing Suggestions: 1 day

Teacher Resources:
Tips	Lab Sketches Rubric Adobe® Reader® (PDF) Lab Sketches Rubric (Microsoft Word Format)

Essential & Unit Questions* ¹

Benchmarks ²

Formative and Summative Assessments ³

Using Assessments to Monitor Student Learning

In what direction does light travel? What causes the direction to change?

When light interacts (hits) an object, what are the different ways it behaves?

4F(3-5)#3: Light travels and tends to maintain its direction of motion until it interacts with an object or material. Light can be absorbed, redirected, bounced back, or allowed to pass through.

Student drawings of lab (See "Tips" for details on lab.)

Suggested Journal Entry: Summarize how light behaves when it interacts (hits) another material.

Did students accurately sketch the path of light through/hitting each material?
Are students able to independently articulate that when light hits an object it either passes through, is absorbed, is bent (redirected), or bounced back (reflected)?

12D(3-5)#2: Make sketches to aid in explaining procedures or ideas.

Formal Assessment:

Sketches of experiment setup/results

Student Sketches:

Use the rubric available under "Teacher Resources" on the electronic blueprint.

* Essential/Unit questions are major questions driving the unit. They are directly aligned with the benchmarks. No single lesson addresses each question in its entirety. By the end of the unit, students should be able to answer these core questions.

1. For conceptual benchmarks.
2. Bolded sections indicate portion of benchmark addressed
3. Unless noted as a Summative Assessment, the assessments are formative and should be used to guide teaching and learning.

5th Grade Astronomy Unit Blueprint

5^th Grade Astronomy Unit Blueprint