Our Solar Our Solar System:System:East ProjectEast Project

By:Ryan BrandtDavid Mancia

Survey of the UniverseMrs. Dianne Phillips

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.

Serving our CommunityBy 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

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.

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.

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

Learning Process:Teamwork and Individual Strengths

Solar System Project Results

Taylor Brandt, 1st grader

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