Introduction to the Solar System
by Michelle Hunkeler
1. Introduction
1.1. Introduces the lesson of the day
1.2. Materials Page
1.2.1. • Computer • Wi-Fi • Quiet Room • Headphones (if no quiet room or they would prefer headphones anyway) • Notebook (if taking notes) • Pen or Pencil (if taking notes)
2. Assessment/Narrative
2.1. • An informal assessment- students will have a short game that helps them learn what the planets look like. It will have the students match the name of the planet to the image of the planet and they will be able to move on when they have completed it with 90% accuracy.
2.1.1. using www.sporcle.com
2.2. • An informal assessment- they will then have to put the planets in order until they have completed that with 100% accuracy and then will submit that.
2.2.1. http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/planetsfromthesun
2.3. • A formal assessment- students will have a short multiple choice quiz-like assessment that has them decide how many moons each of the planets have. They will continue this until they get at least an 80% on it.
2.3.1. using kahoot.it
3. Instruction
3.1. Prezi
3.1.1. Power point or Prezi that is a self-instructional tutorial and navigates students through the lesson
3.2. Video
3.2.1. http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/101-videos/solar-system-sci
3.3. Websites
3.3.1. http://www.go-astronomy.com/planets/planet-moons.htm
3.3.2. http://solarviews.com/eng/solarsys.htm
3.3.3. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/