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Week
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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1
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Introduce Project:
-Present Anchor Video
- Describe Driving Question and possible questions that
would follow
-Show examples of project
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- Have students form six groups
- Begin brainstorming where they think they’d go
and the things required to live
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Lesson
1: The Planets
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Lesson
1: The Planets
Student
presentations of planetary information
Will be graded using presentation rubric
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-Research day: Allow students the day to use the
internet to research what planet they want to live on
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2
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Lesson
2: Planetary Weather
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Lesson
2: Planetary Weather
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Student
presentations of their visual display of the weather on their
planets
Will be graded using presentation rubric
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-Research day: Allow students the day to use the
internet to research what planet they want to live on
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Goal: Groups have
picked a planet that they want to live on. They should all turn in a paper
explaining why they chose the planet they did and why they didn’t
choose the others
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3
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Lesson
3: Atmosphere
(Benchmark)
TEKS:
6.1A, 6.1B, 6.14C
7.8B
8.10B, 8.11A
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Lesson
3: Atmosphere
(Benchmark)
TEKS:
6.1A, 6.1B, 6.14C
7.8B
8.10B, 8.11A
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-Research day: Allow students the day to use the
internet to research what is needed for survival on another planet
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Lesson
4: Ecosystems
(Benchmark)
TEKS:
6.8C, 6.12C
7.5B, 7.12A, B, C, D
8.6C
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Lesson
4: Ecosystems
(Benchmark)
TEKS:
6.8C, 6.12C
7.5B, 7.12A, B, C, D
8.6C
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4
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-Research day: Allow students the day to use the
internet to research what is needed for survival on another planet
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Lesson
5: Basic Needs
(Benchmark)
TEKS:
6.8C, 6.12A, 6.12B
7.8B, 7.9B
8.11A
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Lesson
5: Basic Needs
(Benchmark)
TEKS:
6.8C, 6.12A, 6.12B
7.8B, 7.9B
8.11A
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-Research day: Allow students the day to use the
internet to research what is needed for survival on another planet
Goal: Turn in
first draft of final paper
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Groups 1 and 2: meet with teacher and revise.
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5
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Groups 3 and 4: meet with teacher and revise.
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Groups 5 and 6: meet with teacher and revise.
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Pause day to discuss in their groups what they need to
change, if anything, and discuss how they are going to continue to analyze
their data and discuss what they have discovered about their data.
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Pause day to discuss in their groups what they need to
change, if anything, and discuss how they are going to continue to analyze
their data and discuss what they have discovered about their data.
Goal: Turn in paper of progress and possible
revisions to teacher
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Make any revisions to the project. Create a presentation
of the planet and the living areas
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6
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-Return graded papers for students can revise
-Make any revisions to the project. Create a
presentation of the planet and the living areas
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Make any revisions to the project. Create a presentation
of the planet and the living areas
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Groups
1 and 2 present their planet and living space
Will be graded using presentation rubric
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Groups
3 and 4 present their planet and living space
Will be graded using presentation rubric
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Groups
5 and 6 present their planet and living space
Will be graded using presentation rubric
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