National Science Standards Covered by the AstroCappella Songs, Lesson Plans, and Activities

Song

Concept, standards in song, lesson plan and activity

Nine Planets

Unifying concepts: systems, order and organization; Earth and Space Science: objects in the sky; Physical Science: position and motion of objects.

Sun Song

Unifying concepts: change, constancy and measurement, changes in earth and sky; Science as Inquiry: understandings about scientific inquiry; Earth and Space Science: objects in the sky, energy in the earth sys tem; Physical Science: light, heat, electricity and magnetism, transfer of energy; History and Nature of Science: science as a human endeavor, history of science.

Habitable Zone

Unifying concepts: evolution and equilibrium;Earth and Space Science: earth in the solar system, structure of the earth system, geochemical cycles?; Physical Science: properties of objects and materials, motion s and forces.

Lunar Love

Unifying concepts: change, constancy and measurement; Earth and Space Science: objects in the sky, changes in earth and sky; Physical Science: motion and forces.

HST Bop

Earth and Space Science: objects in the sky; Science and Technology: abilities of technological design, understandings about science and technology; Science as Inquiry: understandings about scientific inquiry; History and Nature of Science: science as a human endeavor.

Come and Visit Mars

Earth and Space Science: earth in the solar system, Physical Science: properties of objects and materials; motion and forces; light and heat; History and Nature of Science: science as a human endeavor

Little Bit of Rock

Unifying concepts: systems, order and organization; Earth and Space Science: objects in the sky; Physical Science: position and motion of objects.

Dance of the Planets

Unifying concepts: evidence, models and explanation; Earth and Space Science: objects in the sky; Physical Science: motion and forces; History and Nature of Science: science as a human endeavor, n ature of scientific knowledge, historical perspectives.

Doppler Shifting

Unifying concepts: evidence, models and explanation; change, constancy and measurement; Physical Science: motion and forces; Earth and Space Science: origin and evolution of the universe; ; Science and Te chnology: abilities of technological design; History and Nature of Science: nature of scientific knowledge.

Wolf 359

Earth and Space Science: earth in the solar system, Physical Science: properties of objects and materials; motions and forces; light and heat.

Cosmic Radio Show

Unifying concepts: evidence, models and explanation; change, constancy and measurement; Physical Science: structure of atoms, light and heat, structure and properties of matter; Earth and Space Science: origin and evolution of the universe; Science and Technology: abilities of technological design; History and Nature of Science: science as a human endeavor, historical perspectives, nature of scientific knowledge.

High Energy Groove

Unifying concepts: evidence, models and explanation; change, constancy and measurement; Physical Science: structure of atoms; light, heat, electricity and magnetism, structure and properties of matter; Science and Tech nology: understandings about science and technology; History and Nature of Science: science as a human endeavor, nature of scientific knowledge.

Swift

Unifying concepts: evidence, models and explanation; change, constancy and measurement; Physical Science: light, heat, electricity and magnetism, structure and properties of matter; Science and Technology: abil ities of technological design, understandings about science and technology; History and Nature of Science: science as a human endeavor, nature of scientific knowledge.