Space Review in the Science Lab

    Mrs. Riggins had us talk with our partner about what we learned about objects in the sky. Then students shared out. She read us Sun Up, Sun Down by Gail Gibbons. As she read, they stopped to talk about the objects in the sky and the things we learned about them. 

    Then students went to their tables, folded their paper into fourths. Students illustrated and labeled four objects in the sky.

Constellations in the Science Lab

    Mrs. Riggins talked to us about how the stars stay in the same place in the sky. We are moving, so it looks like they move, but they don't! Then she talked about constellations are a group of stars in the sky that make a picture. Then she read Follow the Drinking Gourd and talked about how slaves in the underground railroad followed the big dipper to get to freedom.

     Then students could draw the big dipper or create their own constellation.

The Moon in the Science Lab

    Mrs. Riggins showed us how the moon reflects the sun light by using a mirror and lamps.

     She also used a balloon and a globe to show how the moon orbits the earth.

   
She also demonstrated the moon phases using a balloon and a lamp.

    We also watched a video about the moon. Then we wrote/illustrated something we learned about the moon in our science journals.

Day and Night

    We read My Day: Morning, Noon, and Night. As we were reading, students showed me thumbs up for day or thumbs down for night for each activity in the story. Then students were given an index card and drew a day or night picture. Then we created a tree map with their drawings.

    We graphed which we liked better day or night and then analyzed our data. We also read Little Quack's Bedtime and discussed what we saw in the sky in the story's illustrations. Then we created a circle map of objects in the night sky using the students' illustrations. We added a frame of reference for our learning around our circle map.

Day and Night in the Science Lab

    In the science lab, Mrs. Riggins used a globe and a lamp to demonstrate how the earth rotates and why we have day and night. She also talked about how this is a model to help us understand.

    Then we talked with at our tables about day activities. A spokesperson from each table shared an activity as Mrs. Riggins charted. Then we talked about night activities and shared.

    Then Mrs. Riggins showed us a video clip about day and night. It showed how we rotate around the sun as we rotate on our axis. When we got back to our classroom, we illustrated 4 characteristics of day and 4 characteristics of night.