Before starting this lesson, review the unit Teacher Guide for an overview of the Stars & Planets Anchor Layer.
The anchor phenomenon for this unit is the wandering stars. In the activity, students create an initial explanation for the wandering stars. They will learn new things over the course of the unit and document how their understanding changes.
It is important to encourage students to recognize that even if they don't know the full answer yet, they are going to learn a lot throughout the unit to help them explain the phenomenon.
Each student will need a See-Think-Wonder chart and a Wandering Stars Worksheet during the Anchor Phenomenon lesson. Then, each student will need a Solar System Notebook after the first lesson in the unit. They will revisit all three things as the unit progresses.
