S+Kemp,Taylor+Marie

**Office: Ed 128** **Office Phone: (207) 788-7012** **Office Hours: 3:00 - 5:00 Tuesdays and Thursdays** ** E-mail: taylor.kemp@maine.edu **
 * Teacher: Ms. Kemp**

=Summary of Unit= Welcome to the start of time! // In this unit we will go over the formation of the solar system and its various parts. The relationship between force, energy, motion, and mass will be discussed to understanding. Students will be using glogster, imovie, comic life, and garage band during this unit while making various projects. Students will be able to use these technologies in order to portray their understanding to others. //

=Establish Goals= Maine Learning Results: Science and Technology D. The Physical Setting D1 Universe and Solar System Grades 9-Diploma Students explain the physical formation and changing nature of our universe and solar system, and now our nature of our past and present knowledge of the universe and solar system developed
 * Establish Goals (MLR):** **(G)**

= = =Students will understand that= •matter, energy, force and motion all play a role in the formation of the universe. •the universe is based on a delicate relationship between energy, force, motion and matter. •the universe is a delicate system that depends on the relationship between matter energy, force and motion

= = =Essential Questions= •How does matter, energy, force, and motion pay a role in the formation of the universe? •How does the relationship between matter, energy, force, and motion effect the universe? •Why is the universe dependent on the relationship between mass energy, force, and motion

= = =Students will know= •Key Factual information: ages, distances (moon, Earth, Sun, planets, solar system)

•Critical Details: Origins of; moon, Earth, solar system, major events, gravity

•Sequence & Timeline: creation of universe, individual planets, stars, moon, spacing, Earth and its parts

= = =Students will be able to= •justify as to how gravity takes a role in forming planets, stars, and systems • evaluate the delicate relationship that the solar system has. • test how the relationship effects the solar system. • analyze the sequence of events to the formation of the universe. • consider what would happen is the relationship changed. • realize how mass, energy, force, and motion played a role in the formation.

**Performance Task Overview** // You are an employee at McGraw Hill book company. You are up for a promotion against your peers. While teaming up with a few other employees your task is to create a comic book that has the ability to replace a textbook with its lesson. This comic book will be used for activities such as an after school program to further learning outside of the classroom. You will be assigned a celestial body to education and provide a story on how it came to exist. Should you win this, you will get a raise and your comic book will be published for use. //

=Expectations (four paragraphs total)=
 * Absent/Late Policy:** Students will need to be in class on time as we are going to be starting learning right away. Since there is a a lot of group work during this unit, students will need to take responsibility for each other and turn to the other students to be caught up on work if they are not able to be present in class. There will be a folder with all of the paperwork that is passed out and will have the students name on it so they can come pick it up as soon as possible. The student will still be responsible for the homework and in class work that they have missed. If extra help is still needed they can come in after school and talk to me.


 * Class Expectations**: You need to come in prepared to class. This entails being ready to learn as soon as the class starts, having your homework, notebook, something to write with all at the ready. If you are falling behind then you need to come in after class and catch up to where we are in class as a whole.


 * Assignment Expectations**: All assignments need to be turn in on time. If it is typed then it needs to be in Times New Roman font 12 double spaced. For each individual assignment there will be more specific rules to follow.


 * Plagiarism Policy**: The plagiarism policy is carefully laid out in the student handbook that you received upon the beginning of the school year. It is my responsibility to report plagiarism to the principal. The handbook outlines the degrees as to which the punishment will be, so that is what will be used and followed in my classroom.


 * Benchmarks**

•Pod Cast: Students will be using garage band to make a podcast where they will be applying for a job. As the applicant they are assuming the role of gravity. The job that they are applying for is that to help create the universe. You will be using a word web to lay out your qualifications as to why you should get the job. 60 Points

•Garage Band: Students will be using garage band to record a song or poem that they have created. This song or poem will be on the relationships between mass, energy, force, and motion. They will demonstrate their understanding by putting it into written word. To organize your thoughts you will be using a word wheel as well as a 5W organizer. They will then be presented to the class 75 Points

•Comic Life: Students will be making a comic life as their final project. This will be pulling together, with two other classmates, all of their knowledge that you have on one celestial body that we have learned about. With this you will make a story showing the sequence with detail and correct vocabulary to portray how it happened. To gather your thoughts you will be required to fill out a flow chart and have it looked over to make sure that the story makes chronological sense. 120 Points

•imovie: Students will be making a movie where they are asked to look deeper into the relaitonships between energy, mass, motion, and force. With this specific project they will make a hypothesis as to what a possible outcome would be if the relationship changed. Students will be using story chart to have a guideline when putting together the movie. 90 Points

•Glogster: Students will be making a glogster where they need to incorporate music, images, and video clips. Students will need to understand how mass, energy, force, and motion all took a role in the formation of the universe. Students will be filling out a web to brainstorm what they will be putting on their glogster. 50 points

•Quiz: Students will be preparing for a quiz part of the way thought the unit to gauge learning. They will have a packet due before the quiz which will be factored into the grade with the quiz. In this packet the students will be thinking up different questions that they think would be appropriate on the quiz. They will do this by using a problem solution chart. 40 points

Total Points:435

**A** (93 -100), **A-** (90 - 92), **B+** (87 - 89), **B** (83 - 86), **B-** (80 - 82), **C+**(77 - 79), **C** (73-76),
 * C-** (70 - 72), **D+**(67 - 69), **D** (63 - 66), **D-** (60 - 62), **F** (0 - 59).