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I have to teach 8-10 year olds about Space! Any ideas?
My school is organizing a week long holiday camp for the poorer kids in the neighborhood. There's load of fun lessons (no real-hard thinking involved) and classes where the kids can move in and out from depending on their choice (they'll get an program choice list). It's something like a kid symposium *** conference.
The class I've been assigned to is 'Space'. I have to hold class for 5 days at 1 hour each go. Since I normally teach PE this is rather new to me (the Science teacher's on maternity!).
Can I get a few ideas about:
1) What topics on Space kids will be interested in?
2) What kind of games should I include?
3) I may or may not get a projector and computer. If I do what should I play on it for the kids?
4) Any other ideas?
Bear in mind they're 8-10 year olds and the lower percentile in terms of smart level, so I suppose any ideas on how 'deep' into space would be very useful!
Thanks so much!
Oh sorry. Please note I have to do a different space topic everyday, since the same students may be coming back everyday!
2 Answers
- Anonymous7 years agoFavorite Answer
Check the fabulous NASA and National Geographic websites for ideas. The NASA site especially has wonderful videos you can show.
Are these kids.really "the lower percentile in terms of smart level" or just poor?
The biggest disadvantage that poor kids have is the lack of access to reading material. Reading is the biggest predictor of academic success. If you can find any children's books on space at your library, it would be good to allot some time each week to let them read.
Interactive activities could be drawing the solar system, acting out the solar system on the playground (hang signs around their necks saying Earth, Mars, Sun, etc. and have them turn as they move around the sun), building models of rocket ships from paper towel tubes and aluminum foil, talking about what life would be like on other planets without oxygen, water, or the same gravity level.
- RobotsLv 47 years ago
The distance thing is always fun. Take them out to the ball field (if there is one) and place marbles, rice, peas, sand grains, etc in distances to scale. And walk them to each station to illustrate exactly how far planets are from each other.
You might want to put the "planets" in baggies, though, so they won't get lost and so that the kids can pass it around.
