KBH113notes

KBH113 ==== Teachers Students Presentation References Resources Notes ====

=This is our page used to document our ideas and communicate with each other.=


 * Research Questions:**
 * I'm thinking maybe we should cut these down a little bit? Does anyone know which questions definitely have to be answered because of the curriculum? I highlighted some that I think could be cut anyway, let me know what you guys think - Kayla **

Looks awesome Kayla, The main thing the curriculum wants students to know is about what planets are in the solar system, their location it terms of closeness to the sun and how fast they orbit the sun. They dont ask for much more than that. Your right lets loose the Blue bits. I Will do up a pfd of the questions for the students in a bit of a grid so teachers can print and let kids take notes on it before they write the blog. Ill try get onto that tomorrow night. Then Ill attach it to the student page and start writing that up. - Heather

Students are to pretend they're on a space shuttle mission to the different planets and blog about each planet. Each blog must answer the above questions and the students can include any technology they wish into their blogs (e.g. youtube videos, images (photoshop themselves onto the planet??)). Blog sites: wordpress? tumblr?
 * **The Planet's Name**: What does its name mean? Many planets were named after mythological gods.
 * **Position in the Solar System**: Where is your planet located (for example, Mars in the fourth planet from the Sun)? How far from the Sun does it orbit. Is its orbit unusual?
 * **Rotation on its Axis**: How long does it take for your planet to rotate on its own axis? (This is one day on Earth.)
 * **Size**: How big is your planet? How does it rate in terms of the other planets in terms of size (is it the biggest, the smallest)? What is your planet's mass?
 * Gravity: What is the force of gravity at the surface of your planet? For example, what would a 100-pound person weigh on that planet?
 * **Orbit**: How long does it take for your planet to orbit the Sun? (This is one year on Earth.)
 * Atmosphere: What is the composition of the atmosphere of your planet? Is it a thick or a thin atmosphere?
 * **Temperature**: What is the temperature range your planet? How does this compare to the temperature on Earth?
 * **Composition of Your Planet and its Appearance**: What type of planet is it (is it rocky or a gas giant)? What is its internal composition? What does your planet look like?
 * **Moons**: If there are moons orbiting your planet, describe them and when they were discovered.
 * **Rings**: If there are rings orbiting your planet, describe them and when they were discovered.
 * **How Would a Human Being Fare on Your Planet**: On your planet, would a person choke in the atmosphere, be squashed by the extreme gravity, float with ease, freeze, burn up, or something else?
 * **Something Special**: Is there anything special about your planet? This can often be the best part of the report, taking you off on interesting topics. For example, are there 100-year-long storms on your planet? Are there giant volcanos? Does your planet have a very tilted axis (giving it extreme seasons)? Have spacecraft visited your planet? If so, what have they discovered? Is your planet in an orbital resonance with another body?
 * Discovery of Your Planet: The planets that are not visible using the naked eye were discovered after the invention of the telescope (these are Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto). Tell when your planet was discovered and by whom.
 * The activity:**

Need to do a teachers information page, student instruction page and a blog example.


 * Teachers information page:**
 * how is it authentic? what are we including to make it authentic?
 * communication with others
 * learning by reflection
 * learning by doing
 * curriculum information
 * what year group?
 * Detailed advice for teachers including suggestions on timing, managing activities and students, and extension activities
 * rubric: variety of technology used? quality of writing? all questions answered?
 * security settings for children's blogs?? how do we restrict the viewers of the blogs?


 * Student instruction page **


 * Task description
 * how to set up blog
 * ideas for blogs
 * focus questions