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Volunteer Science: ES Observer Role
Volunteer Science:ES Observer Role
The lesson plans in the Observer Curriculum have been designed to help prepare students by equipping them with the scientific observation skills and vocabulary they will need to be Eclipse Soundscapes Observers. Now they are ready to participate as ES Observers. Below are two handouts to send home with your students to guide them in this activity:
Click here to download Eclipse Soundscapes Project info & Participation Roles Info Flyer (PDF) This flier will provide parents/guardians with more information about the Eclipse Soundscapes Project. Credit: L.Fuller and ES Team for Eclipse Soundscapes with NASA support under award No. 80NSSC21M0008
To help take effective notes, we recommend using the Eclipse Soundscapes Field Notes handout on Eclipse day.
Click here to download your own Field Notes paper (PDF) [English]
Click here to download your own Field Notes paper (PDF) [Spanish]
Click here to open the Field Notes paper as a Google Doc Copy [English]
Post Eclipse Day - Data Literacy Classroom Activity
We hope you will encourage your students to submit their observations online to the Eclipse Soundscapes Project as it it is very valuable to the science of the eclipse soundscapes project! And, anyone who submits their observations will receive a downloadable ES Observer certificate!
One way to support your students in submitting their observations to the Eclipse Soundscapes project while also helping them improve practical web-form related data literacy skills is to add a post-eclipse ES Observer activity!
You could have your students bring their eclipse observation notes to school after the eclipse. Together you and your students could discuss their observations! Then your students could utilize their notes to fill out the online observation submission web form! All ES Observers should submit their observations on the ES Observer page.
To preview what the online survey will look like, Click here to download ES Observer Role Survey Preview PDF.
ES Observers Under 13
ES Observers under 13 years old will not be asked for their name or email address. The latitude and longitude entry is optional for people under 13 and only allowed if completed with the guidance of an adult.
ACTIVITY FEEDBACK
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Lesson Plan: TEMPLATE
Lesson Plan:What is a solar eclipse?
Created in collaboration with Tracey Kline, Lynn Public Schools, Lynn, MA
Grades 6-8, NGSS: MS-ESS1-1 Earth’s Place in the Universe
NGSS STANDARD
LEARNING/ CONTENT/ LANGUAGE OBJECTIVE:
LANGUAGE DEMAND:
Essential / Academic Vocabulary:
LESSON STRUCTURE
Lesson Beginning / Frame the Learning
(Clear entry routine, Do-Now, Activator, etc.; Frame the lesson by sharing and explaining lesson objective, agenda, and goals)
Differentiation
What supports and scaffolds am I providing based on the WIDA can-do descriptors?
Do Now:
Review the objectives with the students.
Do Now Word Bank & Sentence Starters
- Provide word bank and sentence starters for students who need it.
Resource: WIDA can-do descriptors
Lesson Middle
(I do- teacher directed; We do- practice with the teacher; You do- partner/small group application with teacher support)
* Revisit language objective and agenda; formative assessment- check for understanding (intervention and extension opportunities available)
Differentiation
What supports and scaffolds am I providing based on the WIDA can-do descriptors?
I do:
We do:
You do (Pairs):
Pairing strategy: Partner earlier proficient ELs with later proficient ELs or native English speakers.
Resource: WIDA can-do descriptors
Lesson End
(You do- independent application; Summarize learning; Clear exit routine)
* Formative assessment-exit ticket, check for understanding, etc.
Differentiation
What supports and scaffolds am I providing based on the WIDA can-do descriptors?
You do:
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
How am I measuring success? (Connection to your Content/ Language objective)
LESSON RESOURCES
- LINK TO LESSON PLAN (Google Doc): When you open this link you will be prompted to make a copy of the Google document. This will allow you to download, print, and/or edit the above lesson plan to best meet your needs.
- LINK TO SLIDES (Google Slides): When you open this link you will be prompted to make a copy of the Google slides. This will allow you to edit either of these slide options to best meet the needs of your classroom.
- LINK TO HANDOUT (Google Doc): When you open this link you will be prompted to make a copy of the Google document. This will allow you to download, print, and/edit the Google document to best meet the needs of your classroom.
Lesson Plan: What is a Solar Eclipse
Lesson Plan:What is a solar eclipse?
Created in collaboration with Tracey Kline, Lynn Public Schools, Lynn, MA
Grades 6-8, NGSS: MS-ESS1-1 Earth’s Place in the Universe
NGSS STANDARD
MS-ESS1-1: Develop and use a model of the Earth-Sun-Moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons. (Clarification Statement: Examples of models can be physical, graphical, or conceptual.)
LEARNING/ CONTENT/ LANGUAGE OBJECTIVE:
Students will be able to describe what a solar eclipse is in writing using a diagram.
LANGUAGE DEMAND:
Essential / Academic Vocabulary: solar eclipse, cosmic chance, orbit, shadow
LESSON STRUCTURE
Beginning / Frame the Learning
Middle
End
(clear entry routine, Do-Now, Activator, etc.; frame the lesson by sharing and explaining lesson objective, agenda, and goals)
(I do- teacher directed; we do- practice with the teacher; you do- partner/small group application with teacher support)
(you do- independent application; summarize learning; clear exit routine)
Do Now: Notice and Wonder:
Look at the diagram and write down 3-5 sentences and/or questions.
- Teacher will provide a diagram of a solar eclipse without it being labeled a solar eclipse.
- Have students share some of their thoughts on the diagram with the whole class and write them down on chart paper.
- Diagram provided in Lesson Resources below.
Review the objective with students.
* Revisit language objective and agenda; formative assessment- check for understanding (intervention and extension opportunities available)
I do:
- Teacher shows a 1 minute video clip to students that describes what a solar eclipse is and why they occur. Teacher should stop and explain when needed throughout the video.
- Read text with the whole class. Teacher should stop and explain when needed.
- Video clip and text provided in Lesson Resources below.
You do (pairs):
- In pairs, students will complete two-column notes using the reading. They work together, but must each write the notes so they each have a copy.
- Two Column Notes provided in Lesson Resources below.
- Teacher should collect the reading from the students before the “You do” activity. The students should keep their notes.
* Formative assessment-exit ticket, check for understanding, etc.
You do:
- Individually, students will use their notes to create two diagrams and write about each diagram. One diagram will show the alignment of the Sun, Moon, and Earth during a solar eclipse. The second diagram will show the Moon’s orbit around Earth misaligned so that a solar eclipse does not occur. Students will write 2-3 sentences explaining each diagram. Student Directions: 1. Draw a diagram of a solar eclipse. Label the Sun, Earth, and Moon. Write 2-3 sentences explaining why solar eclipses happen. 2. Draw a diagram of the Moon’s orbit around the Earth. Write 2-3 sentences explaining why there is not a solar eclipse every month.
DIFFERENTIATION
What supports and scaffolds am I providing based on the WIDA can-do descriptors?
DO NOW Word Bank/Sentence Starters:
- Provide word bank and sentence starters for students who need it.
I notice …
I wonder…
Two Column Notes Modifications:
- Provide cloze/fill-in-the-blank notes for students who need support finding information.
- Adapt the provided Cloze Two Column notes HANDOUT by adding numbers next to each topic and then write these numbers on the student’s text next to the paragraphs in which they can find the topic and its details.
- Two Column Cloze Notes provided in Lesson Resources below.
Diagram & Writing Modifications:
- Provide diagrams without labels.
- Provide sentence starters.
Diagram 1 shows ______.
Solar eclipses happen because ________ .
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
How am I measuring success? (Connection to your Content/ Language objective)
Teacher can measure student success based on the diagrams and writing.
LESSON RESOURCES
- What is a solar eclipse? LESSON PLAN (Google Doc): When you open this link you will be prompted to make a copy of the Google document. This will allow you to download, print, and/or edit the above lesson plan to best meet your needs.
- What is a solar eclipse? LESSON SLIDES (Google Slides): When you open this link you will be prompted to make a copy of the Google slides. This will allow you to edit either of these slide options to best meet the needs of your classroom.
- Video Clip, START – 00:57, from Solar Eclipse 101 | National Geographic – Video clip is also embedded in Lesson slides. Entire video is not recommended for this lesson.
- Do Now “What is a solar eclipse” HANDOUT (Google Doc): When you open this link you will be prompted to make a copy of the Google document. This will allow you to download, print, and/edit the Google document to best meet the needs of your classroom.
- Text/Reading “What is a solar eclipse” HANDOUT (Google Doc): When you open this link you will be prompted to make a copy of the Google document. This will allow you to download, print, and/edit the Google document to best meet the needs of your classroom.
- Two Column Notes for “What is a solar eclipse” HANDOUT (Google Doc): When you open this link you will be prompted to make a copy of the Google document. This will allow you to download, print, and/edit the Google document to best meet the needs of your classroom.
- Two Column CLOZE Notes for “What is a solar eclipse” HANDOUT (Google Doc): When you open this link you will be prompted to make a copy of the Google document. This will allow you to download, print, and/edit the Google document to best meet the needs of your classroom.
LESSON FEEDBACK
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