I would choose the activity on ‘The Planets’.
Having taught about the planets before this is the way I did it. Firstly I sang the song ‘Mr Sun’ with the children (Oh Mr Sun, sun, mr golden sun, please shine down on me ) as the children had previously learned this.
I then explained to the children that the sun is at the centre of the universe and that the planets revolve around it. Next I would use the idea of the hoola hoops from this module and put the yellow hoop in the middle and the various other hoops around it. This will help the visual learner to visual the idea.
I would then ask a child to stand in each hoop holding a card with their planet name. I would then play the Planet Game from this module with the children. I feel it is a great way to introduce active learning. Following this I would use this clip from Drake and Josh about the Planets as I have used it in the past and children seemed to like it.
We would then order the hoops in order of closest to the sun, having the yellow hoop first. When we have that done I would inform the children of the acronym to help them remember the order of the planets ‘My Very Excellent Mom Just Served Us Noodles’.