Welcome to our classroom galaxy website! Each day the "astronauts of the day" will be updating this blog to share our exciting space adventures of the day with you! We have just launched our Space Unit and can't wait to learn all about our solar system! :)
~ Miss Glodosky
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Today we launched our space unit! We learned that the moon orbits the Sun every month. The moon doesn't always look the same. The moon has different phases. There is a full moon each month. During our presentation we watched many videos of actual astronauts on the moon. We saw astronauts jumping on the moon, kicking rocks on the moon, and planting the American flag on the moon. We learned that you can jump a lot higher on the moon than on Earth because there is less gravity on the moon. This is a link to Taylor's favorite astronaut movie -
§http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efzYblYVUFk&feature=fvwrel. We also learned that there is no air or wind on the moon, so the footprints left by the astronauts can still be seen today! The astronauts left three items on the moon. They left an American flag, a footprint, and a plaque. As a class, we decided what we would each leave on the moon.
STUDENT MISSION
Our little astronauts were asked to start a "Moon Phase Diary." Students are to look out their window to view the moon each night. Students should then draw a picture of what the moon looks like on their "Moon Phase Calendar." If the moon is not visible each night, students can either look online or make a guess as to what the correct phase would be. This moon diary is to be kept for a whole month so students can see the entire phase cycle. We will be checking these calendars each day! :)
~ Miss Glodosky
