Our Solar System: East Project

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Our Solar SystemEast Project

• By
• Ryan Brandt
• David Mancia
• Survey of the Universe
• Mrs. Dianne Phillips

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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Technology Used

• Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation
• Powerpoint Projector provided by Central Park
  Library
• Internet
• Digital camera
• Composition notebooks, crayons, coloring pencils
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• Creativity of a childs mind
• priceless

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Learning ProcessTeamwork and Individual
Strengths
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Solar System Project Results
Taylor Brandt, 1st grader
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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