Here you will find a puzzle with a picture of the Solar System, that you all know so well!
I challenge you to create your own puzzle on the website www.jigsawplanet.com, using a satilite picture of your favourite planet, so we can share and play at the end on the next class!
Hugs with no gravity to all of you,
See you Wednesday!
Miss Karen.
Good Evening space travellers!
For the next class, each group should print out this poster template and some picture you took during the experiment last week.
This way, during class, you will fill in your poster with the experiment's predictions, process and outcomes.
If you rather be a little more creative, use the website www.glogster.com and create your own poster. However, every poster must have the same type and amount of information.
See you Wednesday.
Wishing you extraterrestrial dreams,
Miss Karen.
A
Flipped-classroom activity, focusing on the topic The Solar System for 4th
graders – this class would follow the webquest and continue the study of the
solar system. This class would come as a preparation for the science fair,
where the class would work on a detailed model of the solar system with a
presentation of each planet.
Work done
at home
Let’s go deeper
on our knowledge of the Solar systems! 🚀
Start by watching
the following videos:
This video is
a flipped classroom video where a teacher presents the 8 planets in the
universe.
Experiment on how the solar system was formed – we will discuss it and do it in
class, no need to bring any material.
This video contains more detailed information about the solar system and each
planet
Here you will find summarized some of the
information that are on the videos
Think of which planet you would like to do your
project on and why, make sure you know the position the planet you chosen occupies
in the solar system.
(To self-assess and test their knowledge about
the solar system, the students would have to complete the following Quizzes)
We will discuss the results of both quizzes, questions
and wrong answers, (make sure you record your wrong answers). We will also choose
workgroups to create detailed models of each planet. Each group is going to
present one planet on the science fair. The models must represent the type of
planet and how its surface is: rocky, volcanic, icy... we will continue on the
next classes with experiments that will help us build an accurate model.
We will also do the experiment you have seen on
the second video and understand a little bit more about the interaction of the
planets with the sun. Do your own research if you want to get ahead on the experiment
and get extra credit, key words: gravity, orbit, force.
Assessment:
1.Completes both quizzes and
participates actively on the discussion in class
2.Is able to answer questions orally
showing understanding of the content on the videos
3.Chooses a planet to work on and is
able to explain what interests him or her in it, and its position on the solar
system.
4.Is able to predict what is going to
happen on the experiment showing that had seen the video
5.Extra credit: is able to explain
roughly why planets orbit around the sun.
The solar system is so fascinating!
Last week we had a great trip to the Planetarium in Madrid and we left feeling smaller than ever.
The universe is big and mysterious...a great setting for some adventure stories!
During our trip, we had the opportunity to review the name and order of the planets, but we also learned some new things:
The sun makes up more than 99% of the solar system's mass...we also learned a bit about what mass is.
Mercury is named after the Roman Messenger to the Gods.
Venus spins in the opposite direction than most planets.
We also learned about constelations and so much more...
Now it's time to start a fun WebQuest about the solar system!
