Fly Me to the Moons: Middle School
Written by: Frances Dellutri, – NSS Director of Education
Contributor: Czar Dickson – University of Chicago Intern with NSS
Topic: Art, Astronomy
Title of Lesson: Fly Me to the Moons – Middle School
Grade (Age) Level: Grades 5-8 (Ages 10-13)
SpacEdge Academy Categories: Engineering Design Process, Space Problem Solving, Algebra, Geometry, Modeling & Simulation, Planets & Moons, Physical Properties, Materials Science, Planetary Geology
US Standards: NGSS:
MS-ESS1-3 http://www.nextgenscience.org/dci-arrangement/ms-ess1-earths-place-universe
Introduce students to scale models with this lesson plan. Students engage in different model perspectives and finally focus on making a model of one of our solar system’s moons with features that are to scale.
- Manager: Stephanie Alexander
- Manager: Frances Dellutri
- Teacher: Riley Hamilton
- Teacher: Natalie Orrantia
Index:
- Introduction
Announcements - Fly Me to the Moons – MS Pre-Assessment
- Fly Me to the Moons MS
- Activity 1: Tutorial on Modeling and Scale Using NASA Clip
- Activity 2: 2-D Solar System Model
- Activity 3: Making an Outside Solar System
- Activity 4: Solar System Modeling Lab – An Enrichment Opportunity
- Activity 5: Student Moon Selection
- Activity 6: Making a Solar System Moon Model.
- Teacher Feedback to the Academy
- Send a Postcard to Space!
