Topic: Gravity, The Solar System | Grade Level: 3rd-8th Materials: Bed sheet, golf ball, tennis ball, and a basketball. I’m just a poor Earth, I need no sympathyĪnyway the wind blows, doesn’t really matter to me, to me Probably the defining moment of my career. However, I believe the most impressive thing to happen was the group who created a Bohemian Rhapsody parody to accompany their choreography. Another group went completely Fortnite on me, but somehow it worked. I had one group create a poem and narrate their interpretive dance. Then, the students got to perform for each other. They had 30 minutes to prepare their “routine” and a 10 minute final run through to make any necessary changes. The excitement was palpable and they wasted NO time. Choreograph a dance in any style to accurately represent the movement of the sun, Earth and moon in relation to each other. They had no idea what to expect…and neither did I I split my class up into four large groups (of friends!) and took them outside. All I gave were simple, verbal instructions. This activity sprang from one of those days. Sometimes, you get inspired and decide to do something completely different than your lesson plans say. Revolution, The Solar System | Grade Level: 3rd-8th | Materials: Students Here are a few fun and engaging space science activities that your students will enjoy, and hopefully won’t make you have a panic attack. New science teachers probably have one of the biggest learning curves of any subject due to the wide variety of topics and creativity required to teach science well. Also, I find I am finding ways to incorporate the arts more than ever! I am now able to put on my big girl teacher pants and get my hands dirty on occasion. I was new to the subject, overwhelmed, and terrified of activities. The first year I taught science, I must admit we did way too many illustrations…not that there is anything wrong with doing them AT ALL! However, my fear of messing up lab day was holding me back.

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