First Visit to learn about Space Exploration

I wore my one piece ski jumper to try to look like an astronaut but was told, maybe if I wore a helmet I would've pulled it off. The class agreed I didn't look all that much like an astronaut.

We tried a new "I have... Who has?" activity but it didn't go that well because we hadn't learned much about the moon yet.

We read "Starry Messenger" by Peter Sis.  Here is the book's description from amazon.com:
"In every age there are courageous people who break with tradition to explore new ideas and challenge accepted truths. Galileo Galilei was just such a man--a genius--and the first to turn the telescope to the skies to map the heavens. In doing so, he offered objective evidence that the earth was not the fixed center of the universe but that it and all the other planets revolved around the sun. Galileo kept careful notes and made beautiful drawings of all that he observed. Through his telescope he brought the starts down to earth for everyone to see."
http://www.amazon.com/Starry-Messenger-Galileo-Peter-S%C3%ADs/dp/0374470278

We then did a few tableau and I did some thought tracking. And the students were super awesome at this.

Pictures... coming soon!

Many visits... and behind with the blog.

I've been many times to teach about THE MOON and I'm so far behind in the blog posts. My first visit I wore a ski jumper to look like an astronaut. The kids were honest and said I don't look that much like an astronaut but that they could pretend a little bit. Then someone said, "It would've really helped if you had an astronauts helmet. That would have been really good."

I've only got one last visit. Also, next month we've got the big celebration... so I figured, I might as well get some of the finale type presentation materials together so I'm also able to share them with our class to recap lots of the cool things we've done and learned.... so....

Here are a couple "Movie Trailer" videos I've put together.  And like I said, I'll be using these in the big finale luncheon presentation next month.  

This first one is highlighting the Habitats lessons we did at the end of 2014 before Foothills went off track for the winter break.  I would like maybe do another to really highlight the day we did the centers and I'll post that next week sometime with lots of photos too.

Habitats video:
http://youtu.be/61n1-XFnRoQ

Then I put together a quick video about the moon readers theater work we've been working on and you can see that here:

http://youtu.be/_U4W9HE5jFM

Finally... for now...

Here is a photo of everyone in our wonderful class. No one was absent this last Friday and

we did the cheer I learned in Ms. Reader's class last semester: 

"Hip hip hooray 3Xs... Everyone is here today!"