This week we were learning about the planets. K. already has a basic understanding of the planets from watching the Magic School Bus video about the planets.
- Monday we looked at a pamphlet I had about the planets. It gave a few details of each planet and I picked out one fact for each planet for us to remember.
- Pluto - the darkest planet (yes, I know Pluto is no longer classified as a planet, but in the video it is, so at this point I didn't want to confuse her)
- Neptune - high winds (up to 1,300 mph)
- Uranus - coldest temperatures
- Saturn - ring and many moons
- Jupiter - largest planet
- Mars - radiation
- Earth - where we live
- Venus - lots of clouds
- Mercury - smallest planet
- Tuesday and Wednesday we made a project to help us remember these facts. I glued 2 pieces of white construction paper together to make 1 long piece.
- We glued on a black button to represent Pluto
- We glued a circle of gold glitter to represent Neptune
- I cut a jacket shape out of felt a glued a button on it to represent Uranus
- We used a button with a paper clip around it to represent Saturn
- I cut a large circle out of felt to represent Jupiter
- We found a red button for Mars
- We colored a wood heart green and blue for Earth
- We glued a piece of cotton ball over a button for Venus
- We found a small button for Mercury
- We glued 10 yellow pompoms on for the sun
- Thursday we talked about the planets spinning and orbiting. We pretended to be planets and spun and orbited the coffee table in the living room. Then with the project we had made, I used string to show the "orbits" of Pluto, Earth, and Mercury so K. could see that some orbits are longer than others.
- Friday we cut out some pictures of planets and glued them to the #1 (see this post).
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