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Moving Through Energy and the Solar System

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Dance Science
Grade Level Program Integration
3 60 min
If the teacher would like the fourth visit, we can prepare for a student showing of the choreography for a town meeting or to same grade level classes.
In-School Short Term Residency
Oct-June
$10 0
yes In-Person , Phone
Music, lessons to create the choreography.
Large poster board paper for writing choreography vocabulary.
Classroom with open space, w desks pushed back so the students can safely move. Not a gym, unless this is the performance space at the end of the residency. A library space would work.
I can understand that the speed of an object and its energy are related. I can understand that different fuels affect the environment in different ways. (4th grade) I can understand how gravity is exerted on the Earth. I can understand that the Earth's rotation causes patterns of day and night. I can understand the length and direction of shadows is related to the position of the sun. (5th grade)
On the first day, the students will learn how to choreograph ideas. The second day they will work in pairs to explore science inspired short movements. 4th graders will investigate the relationship of speed and energy. 5th graders will create about gravity and the orbit of the moon and Earth. The third day the students will work in small groups to choreograph science dance pieces. 4th graders will choreograph about renewable energy versus fossil fuels. 5th graders will choreograph about the patterns of shadows and day/night, the rotation of the Earth, and orbits of the Earth and moon.
Parents, grandparents and caregivers are invited to come any day to observe or participate.

Grade 4

Grade 4-Energy: 4-PS3-1. Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object. DCI: The faster a given object is moving, the more energy it possesses. (4- PS3-1)
Grade 4-Energy: 4-ESS3-1. Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment. DCI: Energy and fuels that humans use are derived from natural sources, and their use affects the environment in multiple ways. Some resources are renewable over time, and others are not. (4-ESS3-1)
Grade 4: Dance: Anchor Standard 2: Creating: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. B. Develop a dance study that expresses and communicates a main idea. Discuss the reasons and effectiveness of the movement choices.

Grade 5

Grade 5-Space Systems: Stars and the Solar System 5-PS2-1. Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down. DCI: The gravitational force of Earth acting on an object near Earth"s surface pulls that object toward the planet"s center. (5-PS2-1)
Grade 5-Space Systems: Stars and the Solar System: 5-ESS1-2. Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky. DCI: The orbits of Earth around the sun and of the moon around Earth, together with the rotation of Earth about an axis between its North and South poles, cause observable patterns. These include day and night; daily changes in the length and direction of shadows; and different positions of the sun, moon, and stars at different times of the day, month, and year. (5-ESS1-2)
Grade 5: Dance: Anchor Standard 2: Creating: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. B. Develop a dance study by selecting a specific movement vocabulary to communicate a main idea. Discuss how the dance communicates non-verbally.