
Scientists pretend that planets and stars have a line drawn through their middles.
The sun's surface is about 100 times as hot as the hottest day on earth!!!Īll of the planets in our solar system orbit, or _, around the sun. A REALLY hot day on earth is only 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The outside of the sun is 11,000 degrees _. Click on The Sun and read and complete the following information. Visit the Solar System Reading Practice Page. Targeted Practices (Check and make notes as desired.)ġ Cross Curricula Lesson ( Subjects: Reading and Science )Ġ Other _
Ěssessment/Reflection: (Strategy/Result) The students will get with a partner to compare and share their answers, experience, likes and dislikes on completing a Web Quest. Homework or extension activity: The teacher may want the students to write a summary about the Sun and the Earth and compare the properties and the location of Earth to the Sun. Notes:Īctivity #5: Upon returning to the classroom, the students will write a critique about their experience using the Internet and completing the Space Web Quest. Students that finish early may play the online educational Space games, located on the Web Quest. Notes: Teachers and/or students can record their reading comprehension grade on the Sun and the Earth.Īctivity #4: Next, the students will complete a selection about Earth, using the same cloze activities and comprehension questions. The computer will grade the assessment for the students and display the answers. Notes: Provide the worksheet called "Space Web Quest".Īctivity #3: The students will read a selection about the Sun and complete a short comprehension assessment about what they read. Instructional Process (Place Internet activity within lesson structure.)Īctivity #1: Using the computers in the computer lab, students will click on the following Web Quest address: Īctivity #2: The students will follow the directions on their worksheet and complete the cloze activities. Lesson Introduction: Recall that Earth is one of many planets in the solar system that orbit the Sun. The students will discover facts about the Sun and the Earth. The students will review facts about the Solar System by completing a web quest. Subject: ScienceĜlass Periods: 1:30-2:20 PM Date(s): December 17, 2007
Materials Required: computer, Internet, worksheet providedĬoncepts Taught: technology, reading, Science Posted Fri Jan 25 18:57: by Michelle Dove ( End Elementary School, Easley, USA Space Web Quest Science, level: Elementary