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Our Solar System: East Project

Join us as we teach four 1st grade classes at Central Park Elementary about the solar system and its planets. Our interactive course covers the basics of space, using a fun and engaging approach.

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Our Solar System: East Project

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  1. Our Solar System:East Project By: Ryan Brandt David Mancia Survey of the Universe Mrs. Dianne Phillips

  2. Central Park Elementary Project Overview: For our East Project in Survey of the Universe, we proposed to teach a 1st grade class about the basics of the solar system and our planets. I, Ryan, have a 7 year old brother already in 1st grade at Central Park Elementary. We contacted his teacher, Mrs. Tucker, and set up a date to teach their kids. We ended up teaching four 1st grade classes.

  3. Serving our Community By proposing this project to the 1st grade teachers, and the principal Mr. Havner at Central Park, we saved some teaching time for them by teaching the kids a valid course in their curriculum. “I got to work on other projects with my class because I knew you all were coming to teach our kids about space, and it saved me a lot of time.” -Mrs. Tucker

  4. The Course Objectives We wanted to be able to accurately teach all kids about the objects in space and in our solar system including: the 8 planets, comets, stars, meteors, moons, and the life we have on our planet.

  5. Methods of Teaching • Instructional Powerpoint: used lots of colorful photos and fun facts. • Oral pre-quiz with the powerpoint • Audience interaction and participation. • Challenged their knowledge by having them make their own mnemonic phrase for memorizing planets in order. • Coloring Project: drew their own rendition of the planets • Rewarded their participation by giving Milky Way candies • Provided the teachers printed out post-quizzes to do in class.

  6. Technology Used • Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation • Powerpoint Projector provided by Central Park Library • Internet • Digital camera • Composition notebooks, crayons, coloring pencils  + Creativity of a child’s mind = priceless

  7. Learning Process:Teamwork and Individual Strengths

  8. Solar System Project Results Taylor Brandt, 1st grader

  9. Interactive Sites/Resources • www.nineplanets.org/ • www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_system • http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/index.cfm

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