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
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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