Solar+System+Student+Activities

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Monday-
Videos will be presented today during class. Exploring Our Backyard, the Solar System part 1/2 Exploring Our Backyard, the Solar System part 2/2 Solar System 101. While watching these videos in class you should reflect on the differences of the planets and why they exist. After watching the video, your assignment is to write a reflection of the video, you should include information about the planets, the differences between them, and details you find interesting about the solar system.



Tuesday-
You will be placed into eight groups. Each group will draw a piece of paper out of a hat that has a planet on it. Your group is assigned to that planet. You must do research about your assigned planet and create a word document describing all the unique characteristics of your planet. Start with this site: Brain Pop: Space Learn About the Wonders of the Solar System. You should put the information you find in a word document and save it to work on your powerpoint presentation in the next few days. Solar System At this site you will find links to your different planets. You can use these for research in your project. While conducting your research, you should complete these online quizzes: Celestial Objects Quiz Solar System Quiz

Wednesday-
You will be given time in class to complete a powerpoint presentation about their assigned planets with your group. In the assignment, you will have to identify: size, distance from the sun, length of years, surface areas, atmosphere, climate, temperate and anything else you find unique to your planet. You will also be asked to create a small quiz at the end of your powerpoint. The quiz should only be a few questions that you will ask the audience questions about the planet you were assigned. The quizzes will presented in class after the powerpoint presentations.

Thursday-
You will be given time to finish your projects with your groups today. After each group is finished with their presentations, you will begin your paper mache projects of the assigned planets. Steps to completeing paper mache: 1) blow up balloons, 2) mix water and flour together to create paste, 3) dip strips of newspaper into paste mixture and stick it to balloon. I will mix the water and flour together to make the paste and each student will get a turn to dip paper in and stick it to the balloon. The balloons will be left to dry over night.

Friday-
Each group will be given the opportunity to paint their planets. While the planets dry, each group will be given time to present the information you found about each of their planets. The quizzes will also be presented after each project. The class will answer the questions to the quizzes together. After the paint on the paper mache planets dry, students can also present these to the class.

Rubric of how assignment will be graded:
Reflection of the video: 10 points Research/ online quizes completed: 10 points Powerpoint presentation(followed specific guidelines): 10 points Powerpoint quiz created: 10 points Presentation of powerpoints, quizzes, and paper mache planets: 10 points Total points: 50 points