Student+Activities+Page

**Monday's Events:**
Students will watch "Magic School Bus Gets Lost in Space." As soon as the video is over, they will take out their books and define the definitions in the back of the book ( there are only about 7 words, so it should only take them about 15 minutes to complete) on notebook paper. Once the students have completed all of the work for the day, they may have permission to play on the internet. An excellent website to take them to is [|KidsAstronomy].




The students will be shown a model of the Solar System and the Sun. The teacher will give a demonstration to the students, showing them how the Sun is in the middle of the Solar System and how all the planets revolve around it. They will have the opportunity to play with the model themselves after the discussion. After they have finished playing, there will be a short Youtube video called [|“Earth Hunt”] up on the overhead projector. This video will let the students relax for a few minutes before going back to work. As soon as the video is over, they will complete a [|Crossword Puzzle] While working on their crossword puzzles, a slide show with pictures of the sun will be projected on the overhead. Once the student has completed the assignment, they will be allowed free time to go on the internet to play additional educational games.



**Wednesday's Events: **
The students will first begin by getting on the internet and going to [|The Solar System Shuffle], on this website they will play with interactive figures that will help them to understand the different characteristics of each of the planets. Afterwards, they will get into pairs and they each will be assigned a planet to draw, label and color. The finished projects will be hung up in the room to help them to be reminded of each planet’s characteristics.



**Thursday's Events: **
The morning will begin with the students watching another Youtube video called “[|August Karp – Solar System Project].” After the video is over, there will be a 20 minute discussion on what was covered throughout the whole week. They will be given an oral review and they will have to come up with the answers as a whole. After the fun discussion, they will get into groups of four and have the opportunity to go on the internet and find new bits of information to share with the other groups. The group that finishes first wins a special prize!



**Friday's Events: **
This will be the last day covering the Sun and the Solar System. The morning will start with another short class discussion, only this time, there will be a kids-friendly [|Powerpoint] included. Once the teacher feels that the students have shown that they have a grasp on the concept, a quiz will be given. As soon as all of the students complete quiz, they will construct a Solar System mobile. The teacher will provide them with planetary cut-outs and supplies needed to complete the fun activity. They will have until the end of the day to work on the mobile. They will have to cut out the planets, glue them to yarn, and connect them to a hanger to be completed. =QUIZ:= The quiz can be found [|here]. After they have completed this section of the quiz, they will open a Word document, and make up their own questions (5) in regards to the sun and answer them correctly.