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ROLE (student)
Presentation of the
AUDIENCE
Your Peers
FORMAT
Model
TOPIC
Planets in our
Row 1
solar system
solar system
Another student as
Row 2
Student pretend to be
Venn Diagram
a planet (Mars)
a planet (pluto)
Row 3
How are we
do we differ
Student pretending to
Your peers
be (Earth)
pretending to be
Journal Entry
the sun
RAFT Row 1
Objective: Main objective is to ensure the students are understand the majority of
the planets, sizes, and facts pertaining to each one.
Student Role: Presentation on the Solar System
Audience: Peers
Format: Model
Topic: Planets in our Solar System
Directions: Create a Model of the planets in our solar system based on the
information we have been going over in class. You can be creative, as you like or as
basic as you feel need to be.
Resources:
http://space-facts.com/planets/
http://www.kidzone.ws/planets/
http://www.universetoday.com/33415/interesting-facts-about-the-planets/
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system/
Assessment: Students will be issued bonus points based on the creative and artistic
demonstration. I want at least 2 facts about each planet when presenting and also
the size of the planet compared the Earth.
RAFT Row 2
Objective: The objective is to have a one on one conversation with your partner
about the information you have learned about your particular planet that needed to
be researched. Talk to your partner about the things you have in common and also
what you have in differences.
Directions: Take about 20 minutes and break off into groups to discuss what you
have learned about your particular planet of choice. Talk to your partner about
differences and comparisons.
Resources:
http://space-facts.com/planets/
http://www.kidzone.ws/planets/
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/venndiag.htm
http://www.universetoday.com/33415/interesting-facts-about-the-planets/
Assessment: You will be graded based on your group participation and the amount
of information you gathered to discuss.
RAFT Row 3
Objective: The objective is to quietly write about how the Sun moves the Earth in
our Solar System.
Student Role: Student pretending to be Earth
Audience: Your peers pretending to be the sun
Format: Journal Entry
Topic: How you move me
Directions: We will take about 20 minutes to write our journal entries to our sun
about how he moves us in our solar system. What are some things the Sun does for
us to continue to go around in orbit and also what does the sun have to do with our
calendar.
Resources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_orbit
http://www.universetoday.com/61202/earths-orbit-around-the-sun/
http://www.windows2universe.org/the_universe/uts/earth3.html
Assessment: You will be graded on you completion on this assignment and also your
ability to creatively write about this topic. I want to see the comparison of the sun
and the earth and what helps keep us in orbit.