Section outline

  • planets


    Welcome back to Term 2 ākonga. Sadly, we are still in lockdown and must continue through online learning. I do hope you are all well and safe within your bubbles. 

    This term we will be moving into Earth Space Science ( ESS) and will start with learning about the solar system and the planets. Similar to last term's structure - All google meets and instructions for each week will be on the must do can do document. Slides will be released on Google classroom at 8.30am on the 1st session of the week and will contain all 3 sessions  work on this. You will follow instructions for the work and turn this in at the end of the week. 

    This week we are looking at the Solar System and our planets. 


    Success Criteria: 

    • To identify the planets in our Solar System.

      •To describe a planet in our Solar System.

      •To create a scale model of the Solar System using a scale.

    Activities:

    1. Fact Hunt
    2. Online Scavenger Hunt
    3. Creating your own Scale Solar System at home 



    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING our context of Space Run by recalling the names of the planets and objects in our solar system in order and locating Earth in the Solar System.
    • We are EXPLORING our context of Space Run by learning how to accurately measure and create a scales/scale models