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The Sinister Sun
Graphs and Coordinates
5th Grade

The Mission
39 min

Storyline

The crew will use their knowledge of coordinate planes and graphs to rebuild a lighthouse and save a colony from dangerous solar flares.

The crew must carefully use their knowledge of coordinate planes to locate and repair pieces of the Viper Lighthouse. The repaired lighthouse gives them information about a star's solar flares that are endangering a nearby planet's colonies. Students will use ordered pairs and critical thinking to get everyone to safety.

3-Dimensional Science

Science and Engineering Practices

Analyzing and Interpreting Data

  • Analyze and interpret data to make sense of phenomena, using logical reasoning, mathematics, and/or computation.

Constructing Explanations and Designing Solution

  • Use evidence (e.g., measurements, observations, patterns) to construct or support an explanation or design a solution to a problem.

Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking

  • Describe, measure, estimate, and/or graph quantities (e.g., area, volume, weight, time) to address scientific and engineering questions and problems.

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