Web Awareness

Search the Internet Assignment

Title of Activity: Solar System Adventure

Reference Section:

University of Cambridge. (2004). Engineering Interact. Retrieved October 11, 2010, from   http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/astroadventure/astroadventurelink.htm

Kids Astronomy. (2010). Astronomy Crossword Puzzle. Retrieved October 11, 2010, from:   http://www.kidsastronomy.com/crossword.htm

You Tube. (2010). Size of the Universe. Retrieved October 11, 2010 from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0lxbzgwW7I&feature=related

Grade Level: 6

Subject: Topic C: Sky Science

Brief Description of Activity:

Students will watch as a group a video on the solar system then they will use the interactive website Astro Adventure to review the information in the video. This website will give them facts about the planets and the solar system as well as get them to use the information they have learned in an interactive role play. The website pretends they students are explorers on a space shuttle who have to complete various tasks throughout their journey through space.  Next, students will complete a crossword puzzle about the information they have learned from the Kids Astronomy page to review their knowledge.

General Learner Outcome:

• 6-7 Observe, describe and interpret the movement of objects in the sky; and identify pattern and order in these movements 

Specific Learner Outcomes:

• 9. Recognize that the other eight known planets, which revolve around the Sun, have characteristics and surface conditions that are different from earth; and identify examples of those differences.
• 11. Identify technologies and procedures by which knowledge, about planets and other objects in the night sky, has been gathered.
• 12. Understand that Earth, the Sun, and the Moon are part of a solar system that occupies only a tiny part of the known universe.

ICT Outcomes:

C.1.1.2  Process information from more than one source to retell what has been discovered

C.1.3.3  Access and operate multimedia applications and technologies from stand-alone and online sources

C.3.1.1 Compare and contrast information from similar types of electronic sources

C.7.1.3 Draw conclusions from organized information

C.7.3.2

Make connections among related, organized data, and assemble various pieces into a unified message

Rationale for Computer Integration:

The games and the interactive overview of the solar system will provide students with an interesting and unique approach to the material. Students are given the facts as well as an interactive visual representation of the solar system. Using the interactive information allows the students to able to access the information at their own pace and review when necessary.Working through the online crossword puzzle allows for students to work at their own pace, and to review the material they learnt earlier in the lesson.