Title – Our Solar System

By – Agnes Peeples

Primary Subject – Science

Secondary Subjects – Art

Grade Level – 3-4

Content:

Students will rename planets that they previously learned about, with the correct spelling of the planets. In addition, they will write and draw a diagram of the planets that are closest to Earth then work they way to the farthest planets.

Benchmarks:

Retell in sequence the major ideas and relevant details of grade level narrative and information text.

Learning Resources and Materials:

• Paper,
  
• Construction paper
  
• Scissors and glue
  
• Crayons,
• Large cups
  
• Textbook on our solar system as a reference

Development of Lesson:

Introduction:
• Students will be asked if they have ever seen a shooting star.
  
• Students can be timed in 3-minute intervals on what they remember about the solar system.
  
• Students will read in their textbooks about our solar system or watch a video about
  
  Our Solar System
  
  .
  
• Next, the students will choose their favorite planet to work on for this project.
  
• Students will put the planets in the correct positions concurrent with Earth.

Methods/Procedures:

• The movie or textbook will be used only as a reference
  
  Students will be put in groups of four
  
  Materials will be set up previous to the lesson plan starting
  
• Cups will be used to trace circular shapes of the planets on paper
  
  The Earth will be previously drawn or pasted on each group’s construction board.
  Then they will paste the planets on the construction paper where they feel the planets should be placed.
  
• Students will then name the planets that they made, either with crayon inside the planet or on top of the planet.
  
• Finished project will be all of the planets glued around the earth.

Assessment/Evaluation:

• Walk around classroom answering questions from each group and give suggestions or hints on the correct positions for the planets.
  
• Take note of what students are contributing to the project.
• As homework students may take home their project and color the moon and stars.
• A journal entry will be required for the next morning class session on what they learned and what they like about the lesson.

Closure:

• 98% of the class was interested in the lesson
  
• 2% of the class wanted to color on their own without being in a group

Teacher Reflection:

1. Students worked well together
   
2. Create more hands-on activities
   
3. Show more movies on the solar system to reiterate what was taught.
   
4. Let those students that wanted to work alone help run a class project coming up, to gain confidence in working with others.
   
5. Students can write the planet names on index cards for further review.

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