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media type="custom" key="5979811" align="left"To Infinity and Beyond: A tour of our solar system 

 //Grade Level:// 1st Grade //Unit:// Science //Lesson Objectives//: -Students will become familiar and be able to name the nine planets in order. - Students will look at pictures of the different planets, and be able to notice their differences - Students will look at educational websites provided to learn interesting facts about the planets. //Time Required to complete this lesson:// 1 week during science period. //Title of lesson:// “To Infinity and Beyond: Tour of our solar system” //Description of lesson//: Students will take a tour of the solar system using the Mapwing tool that is provided on the class wiki. The Mapwing tour provided will give students a tour of the solar system. Students will be responsible for taking the tour of all the planets, looking and the pictures and websites that are provided by the teacher, and answering the questions about each distinct planet. Once the students have taken the tour online, students will create their own solar system using posters and markers to draw all the planets in correct order, and using the websites provided come up with questions on their own to ask other students. //Assignment//: In class //Resources/materials needed:// - Mapwing tool - Educational websites - Pictures of the nine planets - Computer with internet access - Poster board -Markers //Technology used:// -Mapwing tool - Educational websites //The// //technology used in this lesson changes the teaching / learning in this way:// By having the students take an interactive tour of the solar system, students will be able to find knowledge on their own that they find interesting. When simply doing a lecture, students just sit and take notes, while with the interactive tour, students drive their knowledge and thus makes it more personal.

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