Carrie Kosmicki

Lesson Topic/Title : Earth to Mars Chats

Author: Carrie Kosmicki

Introduction: The children will be of the second grade.

Content Area(s): Science and Language Arts

Objectives: The learner will be able to talk to scientists about mars and earth and find out new information about the two.

The students will chat with scientists, ask at least two questions, and have them answered.

Procedures:

Talk about earth and mars and see what children’s prior knowledge is on the topic. Have them get with a partner and figure out two questions they want to ask, and have them then get onto the internet and ask questions. We will return to group and talk about what they have learned.

Closure:

Have children talk to one another so that each child learns something new and them move onto art center where the children will create either the earth or mars.

Assessment:

I will have them turn in their questions and answers, along with a little paragraph on what the learned in the lesson.

Explanation:

I chose this activity because I think it is important to have children communicate with people who work with these things everyday. The children work on language and communication skills as well as problem solving and question-answer skills. It gives them a chance to become more familiar to the earth and mars and answer questions that linger in their minds.

They will have better understanding of the computer and Internet, as well as, refresh memory when needed with this website when asking questions about our earth and the surrounding planets.

Lesson Topic/Title : The Hubble Team Answers Your Questions

Author: Carrie Kosmicki

Introduction: The children will be of the second grade.

Content Area(s): Science and Language Arts

Objectives: The learner will be able to give information about the Hubble Space team.

The learner will have input and sources from internet.

The learner will talk to Hubble Space team and answer questions made for them to learn about.

Procedures:

Children will get onto the Internet and send emails to the Hubble Space team. Then when on the Internet the students will ask the team some questions in which I have designed for them. They will send these to the team and get on the wesite to find the answers and hand in information sheet back to the teacher.

Closure:

Have children talk to one another and other members of the space team, so that each child learns something new and each of them can talk to a different member of the team. Assessment:

I will have them turn in their questions and answers, along with a little paragraph on what the learned in the lesson.

Explanation:

I chose this activity because I think it is important to have children communicate with people who work with these things everyday. The children work on language and communication skills as well as problem solving and question-answer skills. It gives them a chance to become more familiar to Space teams and what their jobs are. The children will feel more comfortable asking questions, via email, rather than in face to face contact.

They will have better understanding of the computer and Internet, as well as, refresh memory when needed with this website when asking questions to space memebers when searching for shuttles or areas of content dealing with a space team.

Lesson Topic/Title : NASA Quest: Internet in the Classroom

Author: Carrie Kosmicki

Introduction: The children will be of the second grade.

Content Area(s): Science, Math, and Language Arts

Objectives: The learner will go to website and find out important fact son shuttles and rockets. They will be able to draw an example of a shuttle or rocket they saw.

The students will be able to work through games on the sight and integrate it with many other subjects

Procedures:

Talk about getting onto the website and the games that are included in the site. Also we will review rockets and shuttles so that every students knows what to look for on site, so that can draw one later.

Closure:

Have children print out results from games and activities, and begin drawing and creating space shuttle seen on site, and also create and develop their own.

Assessment:

The print out of the activity or game, and the drawings and creations of space shuttles or rockets.

Explanation:

I chose this activity because I think it is important to have children jump onto the Internet and look through this sight. It was very appealing to children and full of fun and interactive projects for them to do. There is also a place on the website to write to NASA team, so children can email with any questions not answered on webpage.

They will have better understanding of the computer and Internet, as well as, interact with computer to9 create own designs and projects. They will also have other areas integrating into this assignment.

Lesson Topic/Title : Sheppard's Science Web Quests

Author: Carrie Kosmicki

Introduction: The children will be of the second grade.

Content Area(s): Science and Language Arts

Objectives: The learner will have to journey through the quest to find answers and clues to what the designer has set for them.

The learner will be able to talk about solar system and its contents. They will also be able to e3xplain gravity and what the solar system has to do with that.

Procedures:

Talk to children a little about webquests and what they are expected to find throughout their searching. Talk to students about the jobs and how they have to find things on the Internet that the designer of the webquest has set out for them.

Closure:

Have children type questions or jobs that they would use on a webquest and heave them focus on one specific topic and them create your own webquest as a class

Assessment:

I will have their conclusions from the webquest to determine what they got form the experience.

Explanation:

I chose this type of activity because I think that hands-on is one of the most important ways that children learn. In this type the children get to use their imagination and search for answers to the designers problems and help gather information about it. This gives the students the freeness to journey through the web and use problem solving to help them out.

I also liked it because the children do it all on their own and must find one answer in order to get to next question. The children will develop skills to solve problems and find new ways to do so on the Internet.

Lesson Topic/Title : Treasure Hunt: Stars

Author: Carrie Kosmicki

Introduction: The children will be of the second grade.

Content Area(s): Science and Language Arts

Objectives: The learner will be able to find specific answers to question designed in order to complete treasure hunt and find the big question. The children will understand and learn more about stars and constellations up in the sky. The children will be able to identify two constellations shown to them

Procedures:

I will introduce what a treasure hunt is and what the purpose is to the lesson. I will tell them how stars became and some other ways to learn about stars and constellations

Closure:

I will have children finish treasure hunt and the big question. After that we will get into a group and design our own constellations that look like something important to us and them I will bring out the "OUTER WORLD" learning center and put black light on to show how stars light up and why twinkle.

Assessment:

Look over answers that children got to what the creator has.

Explanation:

I chose this treasure hunt, because number one I created it and most of all because I feel that it is good for children to look at. There is an abundant amount of input and information about stars and constellations from what they are to what people use them for and have for many years. The children get the chance to explore the stars and search for answers by looking through various websites and learn lots about the constellations, so that next time they are outside they could name some that they see.

I also felt that this was a fun way to introduce stars and constellations in a practical way. The websites offer many colors and fun things for kids to explore so that their attention stays focused at the task at hand. Is creative and grabs your mind.