Model it in the Maker's Space!
January 16, 2018 at 7:57 am
This week we got to go in to the Maker's Space and put all the information we have learned about Patterns in the Sky to the test! Each student was tasked with creating a model of one of the patterns in the sky we have been learning about. It could be the Moon orbiting the Earth, the Earth orbiting the Sun, the Sun rising on one side of the sky (the East) and setting on the other (in the West), the Stars and Constellations we see in the sky at night, and so much more! It was so fun being able to build models using the information we just learned. It also gave us an opportunity to really observe the pattern as it is happening as we built the model and made it move to demonstrate our understanding! We then got to finish the Unit with an art project where we got to make Constellations to hang in the S.T.R.E.A.M. Lab windows! We poked holes where the stars in our Constellations are and when we put them up to the light so we get to see the "stars" like we do in the night sky!
Next, we will be moving on to a new Unit where we get to find out about Animal Life Cycles, and all the patterns we see among adults and their offspring!
Keep Exploring,
Ms. Gillis
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