STAAR WARSMay The FoldablesBe With You

STAAR WARS: May the Foldables be with you!

Margaret BaguioTexas Space Grant

Consortiumbaguio@tsgc.utexas.edu

Joyce HillHighland Middle School

jhill@ems-isd.net

Rebecca MorelandHighland Middle Schoolrmoreland@ems-isd.net

Let the Foldable Be with You!

STAAR WARS

Basic Folds

SailboatHat

House

Doors Book it

All Landscape folds!

Grade 2 - 2.8c: explore the processes of the water cycle, including evaporation, condensation, & precipitation, as connected with weather conditions.

Grade 4 – 4.8b: describe & illustrate the continuous movement of water above and on the surface o Earth through the water cycle and explain the role of the sun as a major source of energy in this process

Grade 5 – 5.8b – explain how the Sun and the ocean interact in the water cycle.

Water Cycle

Water Cycle OUTSIDERunoffEvaporation CondensationPrecipitation

Sailboat Hat(Cut off bottom)

House Fold 4 corners in

Evaporation

Evaporation

(evapotranspiration)

Evaporation

Sublimation

Condensation

Precipitation

Water Storage in oceans

Water Storage in ice and snow Water Storage in the atmosphere

Water Storage in ground water

Freshwater Storage

Snow Run-offSurface Run-off

Groundwater discharge

Infiltration

Spring

Stream

Ocean

Really - RunoffExcellent- EvaporationCream - CondensationPie - Precipitation

Grade 2 – 2.8d: observe, describe, & record patterns of objects in the sky, including the appearance of the Moon.

Moon Phases 8th

Moon Phases

Sailboat House Half - House Hat

Outside Describe Moon Phases

Moon Phases 2nd/ 4th

Moon Phases

Doors Half it

Outside 8 Phases -Describeand draweach one

Close Doors

Moon 29.5 daysReference

with the sun.

Earth 365 days

10 Steps to Labeling Moon Phases• Sun• I am here• Moon halves• Circle• Draw moons• Waxing • Waning• Days• Acronym• Labels

X

WAX ING

WAN ING

722

17.5

14

10.5

29.525.5 3.5

Acronym

Sun – Silly

New Moon - Nilly

Crescent - Can’t

Quarter - Quit

Gibbous - Getting

Full Moon - Fat

Waxing Crescent

First Quarter

Waxing Gibbous

Full Moon

Waning Gibbous

Last Quarter

Waning crescent

New MoonCheck Your Work!

Use the GRID!

TIDES

Tides

Outside DoorsR - DefinitionsL - Names (like inside)

Close doors Fold in half Fold in halfagain

T for “Two”I for “in a”D for “day”E for “every day”

Grade 4 – 4.8c : collect and analyze data to identify sequences and predict patterns of change in shadows, tides, seasons, & the observable appearance of the Moon over time.

(Straight)

(Ninety Degree)

Grade 3 - 3.8c: construct models that demonstrate the relationship of the Sun, Earth, and Moon, including orbits and positions.

Grade 5 – 5.8d: identify and compare the physical characteristics of the Sun, Earth, and Moon.

Sun Earth Moon Thinking Map

FACTS: SunEarthMoonDraw Picture

Doors

Half it

Half bottom againHalf only bottom

Moon Earth Sun

Moon Earth Sun

IN FOLDMoonEarthSun

FACTSDays to Orbit

Days for Revolution

Rotation

TrifoldDoors

The Sun

• At the Center (and we do go around it …..)

• 99.85% mass of Solar System

• 92% H / 8% He

• Source of solar wind and space weather

• Genesis Mission – solar wind• SOHO

Image:http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA03149

THE SUN

Earth7900 mile (12756 km)

diameter

23 degree axis tilt (seasons!)

Surface temps –73 to 48 C

(-100 to 120F)

Thick atmosphere, mild greenhouse effect

Liquid water – lots! - at surface

Can see it without a telescope!

The Moon orbits around the Earth in 27.3 days (with stars) to complete a 360degree revolution around the Earth. This is known as a lunar month.

Because the Earth is revolving around the sun, it takes the Moon 29.5 days (with the Sun) to go through the phases.

The Moon receives its light from the Sun.

http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=1624

Earth and Moon to Scale

If Earth were a basketball, then the Moon would be a

tennis ball,

23.5 feet away

Moon Size

~ 1/4 width of Earth

Radius of 1080 miles

Gravity ~1/6 of Earth’s

http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/IMAGES/SMALL/GPN-2000-001444.jpg

Our Solar System

Photo montage from: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=2167

Grade 3 – 3.8d: identify the planets in Earth’s solar system and their position in relationship to the Sun.

Planets

Book it – Portrait sizeDoor It!

Close Doors

Sun at top

Pluto or Kuiper Belton bottom

Have students name the planets in their correctorder and distances apart.

Turn over to front and label it correctly by using the folds to determine where the planets are located.

Start with Sun at top andPluto at the bottom again.

2. Fold bottom halfto middle.Label it Neptune

1. Fold in HalfLabel it Uranus

3. Fold down from top. Label it Saturn.

4. Fold from top again.Label it Jupiter.

5. Fold over again From top to Jupiter and label it Mars.6. Fold over again from top to Mars and label it Earth.7. Add Mercury and Venus in between the Earth and the sun.8. Have students compare their answers on back to the front of their foldable.Use the doors to list the Terrestrial planets on right side and the Jovian planets on the left side.On the inside, use it for important facts and number of moons.

Inner Planets• “Terrestrial

Planets”• Rocky• Dense• Metal cores (iron)

Images: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=178

Outer Planets

• Large!

• Gases and liquids

• No solid surface

• May have a small solid core

• Tumultuous atmospheres - rapid winds, large storms

• Rotate relatively quicklyImage: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=178

Seasons

Seasons

Outside DoorsWinterSpring

SummerFall

InsideNorth Star

MonthsSeasonsEquinoxSolstice

Sailboat House Hat(Cut off bottom)

Pull 4 cornersto the middle

House

Grade 4 – 4.8c : collect and analyze data to identify sequences and predict patterns of change in shadows, tides, seasons, & the observable appearance of the Moon over time.

5 Steps1. Sun2. Arrows3. Axis/North Star4. Seasons5. Dates

North Star

Dec. 21

March 21

June 21

Sept. 21

Seasons We – WinterSmell – SpringSun – SummerFlowers - Fall

More daylight hours, more direct sunlight

Northern Hemisphere Summer

Fewer daylight hours, less direct sunlight

Northern Hemisphere Winter

Height of Sun for 50 degree N latitude

Other Observations

0 degrees

60 degrees

90 degrees

30 degrees

Cells

TEK FOLDERS

TEK Folders are created in all three grade levels using the TEKS that will be tested.

Front

Back

Folders are kept in the classroom with the subject test and any other important worksheets.

Students are given their folders at the end of the year, to be used when they are reviewing for their final semester test. They are encouraged to keep these folders to use their Eighth grade year and in high school!

Inside

They are used when the students are to take semester test and in 8th grade when they review for the STAAR test in the Spring!

Density = Mass/ Volume Speed = Distance/Time

Divide M D

X D V S T

W F W

F D M A M A(g)

Work = Force x Distance Force = Mass x Acceleration Weight = Mass x Acceleration

Add Units – helps with identifying what is being asked in the test question!

The Texas

Star

Back Side – What I Need to Succeed

Front Side – What I Need to Know

Earth / Moon / Mars You will need: 6” melon 3” orange 1 1/2 inch lime

Scale: 1” = 1,319 miles (2,124 km)

Earth – Moon = 238,855 mi Sun – Earth = 93 million mi Sun – Mars = 141.6 million mi Earth-Mars (closest) = 48.7 million mi Earth-Mars (farthest) = 234.6 million mi

With fruit: Earth (melon) – Moon (lime) = 15.1 ft. Earth – Mars (orange) = .58 mi or about . mile Earth-Mars (farthest approach = 2.8 or about 3 miles Where is the space station? About the width of a finger away from Earth(melon)

Pocket Solar System Using a strip of paper, construct a quick scale model of the distances between the orbits of the planets, the Asteroid Belt, and Pluto as part of the Kuiper Belt.

Pull off a strip of register tape about the length of the height of your body – that’s about fingertip to fingertip.

Label one end “Sun“ and the other end “Pluto/Kuiper Belt.”

Fold in half – this would be Uranus

Fold in half again – the line between the Uranus and Pluto/Kuiper Belt is Neptune

The line between Uranus and the Sun is Saturn

Fold Sun to Saturn and crease – This is Jupiter

Sun to Jupiter – Asteroid Belt

Sun to Asteroid Belt – Mars

In the remaining small space between the Sun and Mars we need to fit: Mercury, Venus, Earth

For additional instructions, visit: http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/docs/SSPocketSS.pdf