Introduction
Overview:
- Stars
- Planets
- The Beyond
Learning Objective: Students will be able to identify componets of Stars and Planets along with being able to create a porfolio highlighting what they have learned.
Target audience: 3rd grade Earth, Space, Science class
Duration: 2 weeks
Week 1 Breakdown:
- 2 topics
- 4 activities (adds up to final project portfolio)
- 1 Group Project (due following week)
Week 2 Breakdown:
- 1 topic
- 2 activites
- Final presentations
- Reflection
Activity 1: Google Classroom
Students will post during both weeks to the google classroom following the teacher promts given
Discussion forum: reaccuring
We will discuss:
Key words
questions
I dont understand this......
Link to google classroom: https://classroom.google.com/u/0/c/OTM5OTUxMjYxOTNa
Stars
For Teacher: Introduce Topic on Stars with Video from Youtube facilitate class discussion afterwards.
For students: Watch Video have class discussion
Teacher Promts:
What are stars?
How do you think they form?
Can you name a Star?
Activity 2: Draw the night sky/Group activity
Draw the Night Sky
For Teacher
- Teacher will facilitate exploration of various constelations and print pictures of them for class
- They will be given 10-15 mins to complete this activity
- Teacher will afterwards collect all drawings and creat a Star Map
- Teacher will make copies of the drawings for individual student porfolio
For Students
- Students will be given materials to draw a constellation of their choice
- Students will have about 10-15 mins to complete
- Students will be given multiple photo constelations to choose from
- Stduents will work to put constellations together to creat the Night sky with teacher
Example:
Planets
For Teacher: Introduce Topic on Planets with Video from Youtube facilitate class discussion afterwards.
For students: Watch Video have class discussion
Teacher Promts:
What are planets?
How are they different from Stars?
Do you think there are other earth-like planets?
Activity 3: No place like home? Planet exploration
Google Cardbard explore!
For Teacher
Teacher will put students into groups of 4
- Each group will be given a google carbard glasses, Phone (for the glasses), observation sheet, and timer
- This activity will be about 20 to 25 mins for observation 5 to 7 mins to finish up worksheet
- After activity Teacher will bring class back together and discuss what students explored.
- Each group will have copied materials from activity for individual porfolio
Teacher Prompts:
What planet did you overserve?
whats are some differences between the planets you observed?
what are the charactericteristics of the planet you observed (pulled from observation worksheet)?
For Student
- Students will get into groups of 4
- They will be in charge of delgating roles
- There will be 4 roles divided into the group
Roles:
Planet explorer (one with glasses)
Time keeper/note taker
Person in charge of observation
Spokesperson for group during class discussion
- Students will be given random planets to observe.
Project components
For Teacher
Multimodal presentation
Students will come up with a creative way to present their presentation on either a particular Star type or planetary body
Teacher will provide running list of ways students can presnt their information.
The presentations will be no 5-10 mins
Students will communicate their topic choice on google classroom
For Student
- Students will get into pairs
- They will choose either a star type or planet for the topic of their presentation
- Students will confirm topic choice through google classroom.
- Students will choose which medium to represent their topic from (or consult with Teacher if option is not listed)
Activity 4: Astro-scavenger hunt
For Teacher
- Teacher will provide materials for students to look for throughout the class.
- There will be stations set up for students to sort objects found into
- Teacher will provide a scavengerhunt guide for groups to go by
- Activity should last 25-30 mins.
- This activity will serve as a segway into the topic of beyond planets and stars
For Student
- Students will get into groups of 2-3
- They will have a guid sheet for the items
- They will have to find various objects through the classroom that correlate to the clues in the guide sheet, then place the objects at the appropriate stations
Three stations:
Stars
Planets
The beyond the galaxy
The Beyond....
https://www.esa.int/kids/en/learn/Our_Universe/Story_of_the_Universe/The_Universe
We will go over this article and have class discussion on what makes the universe the universe!
This section will focus more on wrapping up toics from the planets and stars section.
Activity 5: Google classroom
For Teacher
Teacher will facilitate questions about galaxies and other astrological bodies in the Universe
Teacher Prompts:
Besides planets and stars what else do you think is out there?
Do you think there are galaxies that are like ours?
For Student
Students will post to google classroom following teacher promts.
Students will discuss questions with peers.
Peer Review
Project/ portfolio
Activity 6: mini quiz
Presentations
Presentation day!