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Hi Sarah,
Great lesson, encouraging inquiry and investigation. A way to extend this lesson is to talk about temperature and shadow and how might we shield ourselves on sunny days.
Hi Ciara,
Welcome to the module. Thanks for sharing your activity with an inquiry framework. After they have done this you could introduce the fact that on the ISS there is microgravity and that presents extra challenges in cleaning! See this video of Chris Hadfield ringing out a cloth on the ISS : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8TssbmY-GMHi Abby,
Welcome and thanks for sharing that fact, you can see a fantastic photo of Jupiter here: https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/webb/2022/08/22/webbs-jupiter-images-showcase-auroras-hazes/Hello Sinead,
Thanks for sharing your activity. This is a great lesson plan. One extra thing you can get pupils to think about is also the relationship between light, shadow and temperatures. You can get them to go out with thermometers and measure the temperature in different parts of the school and discuss how we can use shadows to make comfortable spaces on sunny days.Hi Sonali,
Thanks for sharing your lesson plan with everyone. This is a really inclusive approach to teaching the subject, i particularly like how you approach the planets from a tactile perspective too. The small planets are rocky so something like a foil ball could be representative, and a light soft ball like you chose for jupiter is perfect for representing a gas giant.Hi Suzanne,
Great lesson with lots to do.
You could also show them the images taken from NASAs web and hubble telescopes here https://science.nasa.gov/mission/webb/multimedia/images/#search,
There are even videos available like this one: https://science.nasa.gov/asset/webb/closeup-observations-of-auroras-on-jupiter/
Showing Auroras on Jupiter!Hello Michelle,
The sun is a star, but did you know some stars are actually cold? You can read about it and some other fun space facts here: https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/space-astronomy/15-awe-inspiring-astronomy-discoveriesHi Ciara,
Great space fact and thanks for sharing! The swap happens because the gas molecules in Earth’s atmosphere (mostly nitrogen and oxygen) scatter blue light away at sunset, leaving a red sky. On Mars, the dust particles are much larger, causing Mie scattering which predominantly scatters the blue wavelengths forward into the line of sight of the observer. The colour that is scattered is also dependent on the elemental composition of the particle. You can demonstrate this idea with the milk experiment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0VWuwxoHik&t=3sHello Marcella,
The planet game is very popular! Other variations could be getting the children to form a human orrey! Here is an explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dsVcBF-AE8
You could simplify it down for younger children to involve fewer planets and focus on some planets having small orbits and going fast, and others having large orbits and going slowHello Siobhan,
Great use of digital resources, we have so much more accessible than we ever have before. A great site to see images from mercury: https://mercury.quickmap.io/
Craters are labelled too!Hello Laura,
Great use of KWL to encourage the children to lead the investigation. Acting the part of a friends shadow is a fab way to consolidate the idea.Hi Kathryn,
Great lesson you have put together. Another way to extend this lesson is to also add changing light source colour to see what effect it has on shadows cast. See this resource here:https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/150-science-experiments/light-sound-experiments/make-coloured-shadows/Hi Kate,
Excellent lesson plan that really aligns with inquiry based learning . The challenge cards are a fantastic way to flex prediction, observation and comparison skills.
