Missouri Science Grade Level Expectations Standard 6: Composition and Structure of the Universe and the Motion of the Objects Within it Grade Kindergarten: 2. Motions of the Universe A. The positions of the Sun and Moon as seen from Earth change in observable patterns. Scope and Sequence - Observing the Changes in Seasons a. Describe the Sun as being seen in the daytime, but the Moon as being seen sometimes at night and sometimes during the day. Grade 3: 2. Motions of the Universe A. The positions of the Sun and Moon as seen from Earth change in observable patterns. Scope and Sequence - Observing Patterns of the Sun, Moon and Shadows a. Illustrate and describe how the Sun appears to move slowly across the sky from east to west during a day. D. The change in the Sun's position relative to the Earth causes shadows to change. Scope and Sequence - Observing Patterns of the Sun, Moon and Shadows a. List and order the three things necessary to produce a shadow (light source, object and surface). b. Chart and describe the changes in length and position (direction) of shadows from morning to midday to afternoon in the sky. c. Describe the relationship between the length and position of shadows to the Sun's position in the sky. Grade 6: 2. Motions of the Universe B. Time (day, month and year) can be measured by observing the regular and predictable motions of the Sun and Moon. f. Relate the Earth's tilted position on its axis and its position in its orbit to the apparent change in the Sun's appearance throughout the year (i.e., higher in the sky in warmer months, lower in colder months) and to the change in the amount of solar radiation received at a given point on Earth (i.e., greater in the warmer months, less in the colder months). C. The Sun, Moon, stars and planets appear to move from east to west each day. a. Observe and describe how the Sun, Moon, stars and planets change position in the sky as they appear to move east to west over the course of a day to Earth's rotation. Grades 8, 9, 10: 2. Motions of the Universe A. Most objects in the solar system are in regular and predictable motion that explains such natural phenomena as the day, the year, phases of the Moon, seasons and eclipses. e. Relate the tilt and position of the Sun in the sky to the Earth's tilt and position in its orbit. f. relate the tilt and position of the Earth as it revolves around the Sun to the intensity of sunlight falling on different parts of the Earth during the year.