Wetlands

WETLANDS

List at least 5 different plants and 5 different animals that can be found in a wetland.

Come up with some questions you have about wetlands or what you want to learn more about.

How to use Google Earth

This is a short screencast on how to use google earth.
I want my students to look at google mars, moon, and sky
There are short videos on virtual tours that my students can look at

Click on the link below

SCREEN CAST OF GOOGLE EARTH

Lesson 4: Rotation Vs. Orbit

After this lesson students will be able to understand the difference between orbit and rotation. During class students are going be doing an experiment to discover the differences in the rotation of the planets. Afterwards, students will get a better understanding of how heat and light from the sun varies depending on how far away the planet is from the sun. At the end of the lesson, students will know the number of days it takes each of the planets to rotate around the sun.

Lesson 3: Distance in Space

Students will be conducting an experiment to figure out the distance between each of the planets using mathematical calculations. Students will have to measure the distance between planets in a model that I had have set up for them. After getting those measurements, I will give students the ratio I used and students will find the actual distance from each planet to the sun. After the distance is found, students are going to figure out how long it would take them to travel to which ever planet they want via space shuttle.

Lesson 2: Inner Planets Vs. Outer Planets

In this lesson, we will be learning about the many differences between the inner and outer planets in our solar system. So for this lesson, we are going to discover the differences in the density, size, and make of the planets. For this lesson, students are going to complete different tasks to get a better understanding of just how dense and how big the planets are in relationship to other stars. Students are going to be using wikipedia to find the density and size of the planets. Afterwards, students will fill in their solar systems workbook with the information that they learned.




video comparing size of the earth to other planets and stars

Lesson 1: Planets in Our Solar System

Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune

Mnemonic Device
My
Very
Eager
Mother
Just
Served
Us
Noodles



For this lesson we will be learning the names of the planets in our solar system and identifying the size and shape of each planet. At the beginning of the lesson we are going to have a brief history lesson on the discovery of the planets. I will read the students a book called "Solar Systems" by Gregory Vogt. Students are going to be able to explore the features of Google Sky to look in depth at the planets. Students will complete several activities to help them in remembering the order the planets as well as the correct spelling

Helpful websites that could be used for further exploring our solar system


http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/science/space/vocab/

http://kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet



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