Introduction
Introduction
I need your help and its really really important!!!!! Today you guys are going to teach me about the " Solar System". So I'm going to be the student and your going to be the teacher. Its time you guys know what its like standing in front of the class and teaching. You are going to tell me baout the 8 planets and the mysteries that lies in them. Hope you guys are ready!!!!
Task
Task
To complete this teaching assignment you must do the following task:
- Your team will be divided into groups of two and each group will be responsible for a palnet
- Each group will conduct a research and create a big book with specific information about that planet ( Big book is a life size book that contains information, hence a bigger version of a small book)
- Along with the big book you will create a model of the solar system with the 8 planets
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Process
Process
Research
- One member from the group will pick a piece of paper from a box that contains the different names of the planets. The planet that the person chooses will be the planet you all will be basing your research on. You will need to find the information from the following websites to complete the information needed for each page in your big book.
www.planetsforkids.org/
www.kidzone.ws/planets/
Big book Presentation
- Each member of the group will be responsible for 2 pages each in this book. Work as a pair on the cover page for your big book. Your big book pages should consist of:
- An cover page with a picture of your planet and the authors of the book
- The name of the planet and a description of how it looks
- The number of the planet and how far is it from the sun
- The size of the planet
- Three interesting fact about the planet
Model of the Solar system
Each group will also create model of our solar system. The model must include the 8 planets. The planets must be in the correct order and labeled. Be creative and remember to make the planets according to sizes.
- You will then present your big book to the class and display the model of solar system
Evaluation
| Category | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Spelling&Grammar | There was no wrong spelling or grammatical mistakes. | There was few wrong spellings, but no grammatical mistakes. | There was no wrong spellings but few grammatical mistakes. | There was many wrong spelling and grammatical error. | |
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Content of Information (correct) |
Theinformation throughout the presentation is correct. There are no errors. |
Most of the information is correct but there is one or two of information that might be incorrect. | The information is generally correct, but one piece of information is clearly blemish or incorrect | Information is mixed up and out of place and cannot comprehend | |
| Creativity ( materials use, pictures and colors) | All pictures are appealing (size and colors) and support the topic of the presentation | One or two pictures are not appealing but matches the topic of the presentation. | All pictures are appealing but a few do not seem to match the topic of the presentation. | Most pictures are unappealing and has nothing to do with the presentation | |
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Neatness ( writing) |
Size of text have been taken into consideration to improve readability and content. | Penmanship have been carefully planned to improve readability. | Size of text maybe too small . It may be a little hard to read. | Size of text makes it very difficult to read the information provided. |
Conclusion
Conclusion
We have come to the end of the lesson there is one last thing that I want to get your opinion on. Knowing that Earth is the only planet that has life and knowing who created it. Write in a few sentences what do you aprreciate most about living here on Earth and if it was possible to live on a next planet which would you choose?
