Author: Kiley Author: Meghan Author: Alexandra Author: Paige Author: Sami Author: Kiley Reagan McMurtrie Kouma Morgan McAleer Reagan Name of Activity Name of Activity Name of Activity Name of Activity Name of Activity Name of Activity and Description: and Description: and Description: and Description: and Description: and Description: Measuring Into Planets; In this How the Space Satellites; Students Orbiting the Earth The Moon Space; This lesson lesson, students Race Began; In will be rotating and Kennedy’s Landing; Students begins by having will be introduced this lesson the around to four Goal. Students will be sorting five the students watch to all of the students will read different stations. will learn what it historical events a short video on the planets in our an article about Each of the stations means to orbit. on the moon concept of space. solar system. how the space focus on something Students will then landing in While watching, the Students will be race began and different such as, participate in a chronological students will be put in groups to answer questions Sputnik, Explorer 1, jigsaw activity. order after filling out a research and about the text in Yuri Gagarin, and Starting in groups watching a short comprehension make a poster of a pairs. Valentina of four, two film. Then, they worksheet. Then, planet given to Duration: 45 Tereshkova. students from will write a brief the students will them and then minutes Duration: 50 each group will entry on what work with a partner share them with minutes be assigned to makes these to conduct research the class. The research John events important on the distance students will also Glenn and the and explain it to between earth, the physically simulate other pair will the class. moon, and the sun. the orbiting research Alan Duration: 45-60 They will then have planets in the Shepard. They minutes to scale the actual solar system by will then come number down to getting up in the back together as scale and mark the front of the room a group to location using a and orbiting discuss findings. ruler. around the "sun." Duration: 45 Duration: 45-60 Duration: 45 minutes minutes minutes
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Author: Jessica Author: Jessica Author: Meghan Author: Paige Author: Sami Author: Alexandra Holub Holub McMurtrie Morgan McAleer Kouma Name of Activity Name of Activity Name of Activity Name of Activity Name of Activity Name of Activity and Description: and Description: and Description: In and Description: and Description: and Description: International Space Biography Day; In this lesson, Living in Space; Buzz Aldrin - Culminating Station Scavenger this lesson, the students will work Students will be Guest Speaker. lesson; The Hunt; In this lesson, students will be in partners to learning about living After finding a students will play the students will be presenting their research how in space, current event, a review activity working individually biography in a rockets and specifically the students will hear for their and in partners to museum airplanes are international space about space summative complete an online presentation style. similar and station. They will be exploration assessment. The scavenger hunt that Half the class will different. The learning about how through the first- students will play introduces the listen to their students will be they live, eat, sleep hand account of jeopardy to review students to different peer’s writing their and more. Buzz Aldrin. They for the exam. aspects of the presentation as information into a Duration: 45 will ask pre- Duration: 45 International Space they fill out a Venn Diagram. minutes formulated minutes Station such as worksheet, then After that, they will questions and will when it was after fifteen be answering 3 also create a created, how it was minutes, roles will essential questions group thank you built, and what it switch. based on what note. does. Duration: This they have learned. Duration: 45 Duration: This lesson will take up Students will learn minutes lesson will take up an entire class about rockets and an entire class period, around 45 also practice period, around 45 minutes organizing *Current Event minutes information into a and Guest *Biography Venn diagram. Speaker Connection and Duration: 45 Primary Sources minutes