New Hampshire Frameworks Correlations
Solar System Simulator 
Travel out into the solar system and go sight seeing at this NASA site. You can view the planets and moons in the solar system from above or below any celestial body in the solar system for any date in this or any past or future year!
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
Science: Earth/Space Science
Curriculum Standard 4a
Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to understand that the Earth is a unique member of our solar system, located in a galaxy, within the universe.
Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade six students will be able to:
- Compare and contrast important features of the Earth, Sun and Moon.
- Observe and describe the motion of the sun, moon, and stars from the perspective of the Earth.
- Explain how the brightness of a star as seen from Earth is related to its size, color, and distance from the Earth.
- Explain how the Earth's relationship to the Sun causes night, day, and the seasons.
Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade ten students will be able to:
- Use a model to describe the location and motion of the Earth and its Moon in the solar system.
- Identify the other planets in the solar system on a diagram or in the night sky, and describe their motions, as well as the motion of the planetary moons and comets.
- Describe the characteristics of Earth and other planets in the solar system in terms of their ability to support life.
- Explain phases of the Moon in terms of relative positions of the Earth, Moon, and Sun.
- Draw inferences from celestial and terrestrial observations relating frames of reference for time and Earth motion.
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