Section outline

  • EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING science fiction concepts so that we can have a better understanding of our place in the universe
    • We are EXPLORING planets and stars


    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • define the terms day, month, year, astronomy, seasons, orbit, rotate, satellite, planet.
    • identify some key features of planets in the solar system
    • describe the four terrestrial planets in our solar system
    • describe the four gas giants in our solar system


    Activities:

    • Prior knowledge evaluation: what do you know already?
    • Solar system fact hunt
    • Solar system worksheet: learning the order of the planets and features of each planet (what the planet is made from, the length of a year on that planet, how far away it is from the sun)


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=libKVRa01L8