ARC Engineering & Space Lesson Plans
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Augmented Classroom tools can be used in web browser or on mobile devices.
To use Augmented Classroom on mobile devices you need to install the ARC apps from Google Play or from iTunes.
Trip to space (Egypt)
Grade(s): 5-9
Subject: Space, Rocket, Solar system
Grade(s): 5-9
Activity time: 45-90 mins (depending on how much detail you add)
App/EdTech Tools: ARC Space web app/mobile app+Space Poster
Additional materials: using CoSpaces for design, PowerPoint, Charecater Magazine, Google Search
Objectives:
Explore the solar system.
Identify and assemble SpaceX rockets.
Watch the SpaceX rockets launch into space
Learn about the Earth’s atmospheric layers.
Witness the rocket separation of the first and second stages during flight.
See the delivery of payload to specified destinations.
Activities:
Divide the students into groups and distribute the tasks between them.
In preparation for the lesson, let the students download the ARC Space Mobile App and get the Space Poster ready (print out before starting the lesson) if the students are on mobile devices. If the students are not on mobile devices, but on Desktops/Laptops/Chromebooks, you can skip this step.
Create a lesson in the ARC Space mobile app or web app and invite your students:
If they are on mobile, tell them to type in the join code.
If they are on stationary devices, send them the join link and let them click on it.
The students that are joined in your lesson will automatically move with you (e.g. when you select "Rocket Puzzle", they will also automatically move to rocket puzzle)
Take students through each mode of the ARC Space App (Solar System, Rocket Puzzle, Rocket Info and Rocket Launch) and give students a bit of time to explore the AR content.
Each group makes a short PowerPoint about space using Google to get information.
Answer any questions that come up. If there are any questions that you don't know the answer to, let the students do research. They can include it in their PowerPoint presentations.
Questions outline:
Describe our solar system, based on what you have learned during the activity with the app.
What is the biggest planet? What is the smallest planet?
What is the coldest planet, which the hottest?
What is the nearest planet to the Earth? And which is furthest away from it?
What are atmospheric layers? How many are there and what differentiates them?
Where does the earth's atmosphere end and where does space start?
What parts/stages is a rocket made out of and why are there different stages?
What is special about SpaceX rockets compared to other rockets?
Additional Ideas (optional):
Alternatively or additionally to the PowerPoint presentation, the students can also create:
a cartoon about Space and our solar system;
a Charecater Magazine about space and our solar system;
an instructional video by employing the ARC Space App to showcase the content and doing a voice over;
pictures about space, rockets and the solar system (if grade-appropriate);
students can also use CoSpaces Design to recreate the solar system;
use CoSpaces to re-create a (or possibly multiple) rocket (depending on the grade, you can go into a lot of detail here).
I would like to share my students' achievements here and hope you will find them illustrating and inspiring:
1. Students: Lekaa + Moamen + Manar
Video of explaining CleverBooks Space and how to use it (LEKAA);
Cartoon animation about CleverBooks Space (LEKAA);
Make a PowerPoint about space exploration and rocket building (LEKAA);
Making a PowerPoint about planets (MOAMEN);
Making a CoSpaces Design (A flight to the Moon) (LEKAA);
Draw a rocket (MANAR).
Students involved: Lekaa + Moamen + Manar
Videos for introduce the role of each one on the project:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oLdQBUtmxI&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZP92bBT9kU&feature=youtu.be
2. Student: Youssef Ahmed
3. Student: Bavely Harby
4. Student: Safaa Ismail
5. Student: Nardeen Wael
Make a cartoon Magazine about CleverBooks Space
Make a PowerPoint about CleverBooks Space
Make a video explain CleverBooks Space
Make a cartoon about CleverBooks Space
Video for explaining her role
Picture
6. Student: Logina Ahmed
Making a PowerPoint about Space Tour Project
Making a carton Magazine about Space Tour Project
Making a video for Explaining CleverBooks Space
CoSpaces about space
Video about student’s role in the project
Pictures
7.Student: Salma Waleed
Video for explain student’s role in the project
Videos explain CleverBooks Space
Making a PowerPoint about CleverBooks Space
Pictures
8. Student: Ahmed Alaa
Make a search about space
Make a CoSpaces about space
A video for explaining student’s role in the project
Pictures
9. Students: Merna & Marly
Video about explaining CleverBooks Space
The students draw a picture about planet
10. Students: Adham + Adam + Ahmed Hany
Create a project using Cospaces about planet, space and for each student do a short presentation about three planets
Videos about the role of each one on project
https://studio.youtube.com/video/7gL9KqwoNVE/edit/basic
Pictures
11. Student: Sylvia Salah
Create a project using CoSpaces about space
Video for explaining CleverBooks Space content
Cartoon for explaining the meaning of CleverBooks Space App
Video for explaining planets
Video for explain students’ role in the project
Pictures
12. Student: Yasmeen Tarek
Conduct a search about space (Neil Armstrong mission)
Make a PowerPoint presentation (Charecater magazine) about CleverBooks Space App & space exploration topic
Pictures
Author: AMR GAD ELKARIEM HUSSEIN ELSHERIEF
Space Ships Construction (International)
Grade(s): 5-6
Subject: Solar System, Space, Sciences
Grade(s): 5-6
Activity time: 30-35 mins (~1 lesson)
App/EdTech Tools: ARC Space Web App/Mobile App + Space Poster
Additional materials: Tablets or Mobiles
Objectives:
Study the solar system including the planets;
Learn about types of spaceships:
Choose a mission and launch a rocket;
Explore Rocket Parts;
Assemble your own space ship and launch it on a mission.
Students are encouraged to work in small groups to answer questions, discuss topics, and gain a better understanding of rockets.
The team activity develops collaboration, critical thinking, information search and enthusiasm regarding space travel among pupils.
Activities:
Divide the class into 2-3 small groups each group should have a Space Poster to work with.
Main question to the class: Have you ever thought of what you can see when we travel in the solar system?
Create a lesson in the ARC Space app and invite your students with the join code (if they are using mobile devices) or the join link (if they are using stationary devices). Select "Solar System", the students that are joined to your class will automatically move with you to the solar system. If the students are on mobile devices, they now need to point their cameras to the Space Poster and observe the solar system.
Ask students to name any space ships they know of, where can they find information about space ships?
Facilitate the discussion and watch suggested videos:
Fastest Spaceships | Speed Comparison Of Famous Spacecrafts/Spaceships In The Universe
10 Advanced Spacecraft for Space Exploration and Space Tourism
Select "Rocket Puzzle" in the ARC Space app to assemble different space ships and launch them on a mission.
Discuss the findings and outcomes.
Trip to Mars (international)
Grade(s): 5-6
Subject: Create with AR, Mars ecosystem
Grade(s): 5-6, primary App/Tech
Time activity: 45 mins (~1 lesson)
Apps/ EdTech Tools: ARC Create Web App/Mobile App, ARC Space Web App/Mobile App+Space Poster
Additional materials: extra ideas for this lesson plan and handouts
Objectives:
Learn about Mars, build own ecosystem on Mars
Activities:
Ask students what they know about Mars.
Use the ARC Space App to plan a trip to Mars. Open the app and create a lesson. Let your students join via the join link (if the students are on stationary devices) or the join code (if the students are on mobile devices). If your students are on mobile devices, make sure that you have the Space Poster printed out and ready. Now is the time to distribute it.
Go through Rocket Info, Rocket Puzzle, Launch and Space Flight with them. Your students will automatically follow where you go in the app.
Ask questions about trip duration, how far is Mars from the Earth, what spaceships can travel to Mars.
Ask students about life and ecosystems on Mars. Could there be life?
Let students use their imagination and build a space station on Mars using ARC Create. Open the app, create 4 different projects with the Mars layout and call them "Group 1" to "Group 4". Put the students in groups and give each group the project code for their corresponding Create project.
Assign the students the task of creating a Mars station, windmills, or anything else that has the potential to exist on Mars to support Earth's space explorers.
Share the projects and discuss what's similar and what's different.
A journey through the Solar System
Grade(s): 1-2
Subject: Geometry. This lesson plan systematically assists primary school pupils’ travel on a journey through the Solar system. Pupils will be able to identify the various planets that orbit the sun. The pupils will examine each planet as well as exploring the rockets that will travel through space. Through acquiring this knowledge, pupils will be able to build and launch a rocket. They will also create their own colony in outer space.
Each lesson works well with pupils working individually, in pairs or in small groups (max.4) depending on availability of devices.
Grade(s): 1-2
Activity time: 120 mins (~3 lessons)
Apps/ EdTech tools: ARC Space web app/mobile
Objectives:
The students will be able to:
Name and locate the planets orbiting the sun in our Solar system;
Understand similarities and differences of rockets through studying the various structures;
Design and create a colony on the moon, Mars etc.
Activities:
The pupils will be active learners. By using their own thought process, they will generate questions and then research and find answers. This means the pupils are taking ownership of their learning and are therefore more curious about the topic and eager to delve deeper into the geography of Spain. Through their self-exploration of the topic they will acquire a variety of 21st century skills through working collaboratively with teacher and classmates alike, communicating in a clear and concise manner, creatively engaging with the information and critically analyzing the information sourced through the activities.
1. Exploration and discovery (30 mins)
Students will use the ARC Space app to find out key information about the planets of the Solar System during this stage.
2. Rocket Information (20 mins)
Pupils will use the Rocket Information section of the ARC Space app to gain a thorough understanding of the various different rockets used in space exploration and the different parts of their construction.
3. Rocket Puzzle (20 mins)
Students will use the ARC Space App to make a variety of rockets using the information acquired in the previous lesson.
4. Rocket Launch (20 mins)
To demonstrate the pupils' understanding of the information attained so far the pupils will launch a rocket. Using the predesigned game in ARC Space the teacher will assess if the pupils can correctly identify the rocket parts at each stage of fall off. This is as the rocket journeys through space.
5. Design and create a space colony (30 mins)
Using the knowledge obtains during the lessons students will create a settlement for living on the moon/ Mars etc using the templates provided in the ARC Create app.
6. Final assessment
We will use a rubric that assesses the following criteria:
Interest;
Motivation in performing tasks;
Content knowledge;
Performance;
Using the pre-designed tests within the ARC Space app (Rocket Launch Section);
Creativity when designing settlement in chosen region of space.
Author: Veronica Ward
The Moon and us
Grade(s): 4
Subject: "Discovering the Natural Environment" in Environmental Studies.
Since antiquity, astronomy has sparked a lot of curiosity in all of us. What are stars, why do they disappear with the light of day?
Through this class, we hope to awaken in our students the joy of discovering new knowledge, and to bring them closer to science by training them as astronomers. It is intended that students pose other complex questions, and to reflect on the grandeur of space, discovering that our small planet is precious, as it shelters the only form of life that we currently know, and that for to preserve it is necessary to know it, understand it and defend it.
Grade(s): 4
Activity time: 90 mins (2 lessons)
Apps/ EdTech tools: ARC Space web app/mobile + Space Poster to introduce the lesson and to let students explore.
Objectives:
The students will be able to:
Identify the Solar System and which stars are part of its formation;
Understand why the moon changes appearance;
Reflect on the care and preservation of our planet, as it is the only possible place to harbour life.
Activities:
The teacher will be the tour guide, leading the students’ through the different stages in the lesson plan and helping them with problems.
1. Brainstorming (5 mins)
The teacher starts the class with a brainstorming (using the Mentimeter) with the following question: “What is the most picturesque figure you can find at night when looking at the stars?" The results are presented and the students are guided to the theme "Moon", where a review will be made of the ways in which the moon appears in the sky. The teacher should, after this moment, start the oral explanation about what the moon is, the phases of the Moon.
2. Exploration and discovery (40 mins)
Divide the class into small groups of 3-4 students.
Open the ARC Space mobile/web app, create a lesson and invite your students with the join code Select "Solar System" and your students will automatically move with you.
Distribute the printed Space Poster to each group.
Let students explore planet and moon statistics together. At the end, students must present their observations to the rest of the class. This should be a hands-on activity and students can move around the classroom and discuss freely. The teacher will walk around the room observing your work.
3. Designing (30 mins)
Use the ARC Space app to check the distance between the Sun and the Earth and the ARC Create app to create imaginary Moon life.
4. Work presentation (15 mins)
Share the designs and discuss what is similar and what is.
5. Final assessment
At the end of the lesson, ask pupils what they have learned and how they evaluate themselves and their peers. Only constructive feedback is given.
Author: Patrícia Santos
Is there wind on the moon? (finland)
Grade(s): 4-6
Subject: Science, Space
Grade(s): 4-6
Activity time: 45 mins (1 lesson)
App/Edtech tools: ARC Space Web app/Mobile App+Space Poster
Objectives:
Discuss basic facts about the Moon
Understand what material the Moon is made of
Understand where the Moon is situated in the Solar System
Learn to respect work of others
Learn to value your own work as well as the others’
Lesson Activity:
Take kids into the circle, sitting down next to each other. Ask about their general knowledge they have about the Moon, you might have an expert in your class! Watch the video (5 minutes) and discuss with your students.
If questions arise, try to answer them correctly (search right answers from the Internet if necessary).
Pair/group work to find answers to the following questions (groups/pairs could be decided by the teacher beforehand to save time and not to leave anyone alone. The questions should be written on the board and pupils can answer in writing, verbally explaining or using any app/game/quiz the teacher and pupils are comfortable with):
How and when was the Moon formed and how do scientists explain that?
What would we need to live on the Moon?
Is there wind on the Moon?
Open the ARC Space mobile/web app, create a lesson and invite your students with the join code (if they are using mobile devices) or the join link (if they are using stationary devices). Select "Solar System" and your students will automatically move with you. If your students are on mobile devices, make sure that you have the Space Poster printed out and ready. Now is the time to distribute it. Explore the statistics of planets and the moon with pupils or let pupils do it individually, in pairs or groups depending on the class. In the end, pupils should present their observations to the rest of the class. This should be a hands-on activity and pupils can move around the classroom and discuss freely. The teacher will walk around the classroom observing their work. Set the time limit beforehand: about 10 minutes, depending on the class.
For further projects or linking science to art, pupils can create their own moon camp by using the ARC Create mobile/web App. Or they can draw a poster with the information and present it to the rest of the class.
Evaluation: At the end of the lesson, ask pupils what they have learned and how they evaluate themselves and their peers. Only constructive feedback is given.
Tip: You can find great material for your lessons about Space here.
Author: Tiina Kähärä
OUR SOLAR SYSTEM (Tunisia)
Grade(s): 6
Timeframe of activity: 30-40 min
Subject: Solar System Space, Sciences
Grade(s): 6
Activity time: 30-40 mins (1 lesson)
App/Tech Tools: ARC Space Web App/Mobile App + Space Poster
Additional materials: Mobile device (tablet or mobile phone)
Objectives:
Student can name the planets in the correct order from the Sun;
Student can explain how the Earth and other planets move around the Sun;
Student will describe the movement of the Earth;
Student will describe the movement of the other planets in the solar system;
Student will describe the movement of the sun in the solar system.
This team activity develops collaboration, critical thinking, information search and public presentation skills
Activities:
Starter: What Do You Already Know:
Briefly discuss what children may already know about our solar system.
Split the children into four groups, ready for a carousel of activities. Each activity should take about 10 minutes.
Activity One. A teacher-led guided tour of the solar system to explain how planets orbit the Sun.
Activity Two. An activity sheet for children to record their learning from this.
By the end of the lesson, all children must have done Activities One and Two, in that order; other activities can be done independently and in any order without having done any of the other activities. A table to show a suggested order of activities can be found at the end of this plan.
2. The Solar System (Teacher-led activity): Use the AR technology to lead children on a guided tour
Have the CleverBooks Space Poster printed out and prepared before starting the lesson if the students are on mobile devices;
Make sure your students have the ARC Space App downloaded;
Launch the App, let your students join with the join code (if they are using mobile devices) or the join link (if they are using stationary devices), and choose between: Solar System, Rocket Info, Rocket Puzzle, and Rocket Launch modes. When your students join your lesson, they will automatically move with you.
3. Tour of the solar system. How Do Planets Move around the Sun?: Children use the AR technology to look at the solar system again and complete the differentiated worksheet. Tablets connected to the same tour that the teacher is running could be left on the table for children to complete this activity independently.
Group 1: Fill in the gaps to explain how planets orbit around the Sun.
Group 2: Answer the questions to explain how planets orbit around the Sun.
Group 3: Write an explanation of how planets orbit around the Sun.
4. Research a Planet: Students choose one of the other planets in our solar system. Use a laptop, tablet or book to find out more about it.
5. Solar System Quiz: students write a quiz with five questions about the solar system and test the other members of their group
6. Planets Mnemonic: Create your own mnemonic to remember the order of the planets and record it on the Mnemonic Activity Sheet.
Questions outline:
Assessment Questions:
What is an orbit?
What is the force that keeps moons in orbit around planets and planets in orbit around the sun?
In which direction does the Earth orbit the Sun?
In which direction does Earth spin on its axis?
Are there any planets that rotate on their axes in a different direction to Earth?
Author: Areej Abdullah Alghamdi
Space Rockets (Common Core)
Grade(s): 8
Subject: Solar System
Grade(s): 8
Activity time: 45 mins (1 lesson)
App/edTech Tools: ARC Space Web App/Mobile App + Space Poster
Additional materials: Tablets or mobile phones, 2 Liter of Coke, and mint-flavoured mentos gum.
Objectives:
Students will learn the different parts/stages of a rocket and explore different types of rockets.
Students will learn what the purpose of each part is.
Lesson Activity:
1. Discuss rockets and explain how they go into space (What propels them upward and how does that work?) and talk about astronauts (What do you have to do to become an astronaut? What do astronauts on the ISS do all day?)
2. Open the ARC Space App and start a lesson. Let your students join your class with the join code (if they are using mobile devices) or the join link (if they are on stationary devices). Make sure that you have the Space Poster printed out and that, if your students are on mobile devices, now is the time to hand it out. Click on "Rocket Info", your students will automatically move with you, and explore the different types of rockets, what their parts are and what their purposes are.
3. Have students work on the rocket puzzle for each type of rocket
4. Have students complete a rocket launch on the app
Questions outline:
How many types of rockets are there?/What are their names?
What do rockets do?
What are the parts of the GSLV MK III rocket?
What are the parts of the PSLV rocket?
What are the parts of the Saturn V rocket?
What are the parts of a Space Shuttle?
Additional Ideas (optional):
Have students create a coke and mentos rocket.
You will need: 2 liters of coke and mint mentos gum.
Trip to the Moon (International)
Grade(s): 5-7
Subject: Space
Grade(s): 5-7
Activity time: 45 mins (1 lesson)
App/EdTech Tools: ARC Create Web App/Mobile App & ARC Space Web App/Mobile App+Space Poster
Additional materials: Tablets or mobile phones
Objectives:
Learn about the Moon and its location to the Earth;
Use imagination and create Moon life.
Activities:
Use the ARC Space app to check the distance between the Sun and the Earth and the ARC Create app to create imaginary Moon life.
Ask kids to draw the solar system and the location of planets.
What planets do they know?
What is their order?
How far away are they?
Discuss how far or near the Moon is to the Earth.
What would happen if the Moon was closer to the Earth?
What would happen if the Moon was further from the Earth?
Watch the videos with your students and discuss:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWo1Gx53l3M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM21GBJecx0
Open the ARC Space app and create a lesson. Invite your students with the join code (if they are using mobile devices) or the join link (if they are using stationary devices). Select "Rocket Puzzle", your students will automatically follow you. Let the students build different rockets in ARC Space, launch them and select the moon as destination.
Imagine your own life on the moon. Switch from ARC Space to ARC Create to illustrate how life on the moon could look like with Augmented Reality. Open the ARC Create app and create a new project with the moon as a background. Share the project with the students via the project code. They will be able to all collaborate in one project and design their own fictional ecosystem on the moon.
Additional ideas:
Depending on the size of your class, you might want to split them up into 4 groups and create 4 separate projects for each of them. In this case the class will proceed more smoothly if you create the projects beforehand and write down the project codes somewhere, so you can quickly share them.
You can also let each group select a presenter that will present and explain their project to the rest of the class. This will work best if you access the project and share your screen/use a projector/show it on a touchboard.
Questions outline:
What is the Moon?
What facts about the Moon do you know?
How far is the Moon from the Earth?
How far are other planets from the Moon?
What could life on the Moon look like?
Explore SOLAR SYSTEM (Tunisia)
Grade(s): 6
Subject: Solar System, Space, Sciences
Grade(s): 1-2
Activity time: 30-35 mins (~ 1 lesson)
App/EdTech Tools: CleverBooks Space App, Mobile device (tablet or mobile phone)
Additional materials: CleverBooks Space Poster
Objectives:
Study the solar system including the planets and NASA rocket launch:
Solar system imagination
Chose a mission and launch a rocket
Explore Rocket Parts (NASA)
The students are encouraged to work in small groups to find answers to questions, discuss the topic and gain an understanding of data regarding rockets.
The team activity develops collaboration, critical thinking, information search and enthusiasm regarding space travel among bubbles/pupils.
Activities:
Divide the class into 2-3 small groups each group should have CleverBooks Space Poster to work with.
Main question to the class: Have you ever thought of what you can see when we travel in the solar system?
The students take their phone and open the CleverBooks Space App, then focus the camera on the solar system poster.
Students zoom in and out, explore the different planets in the solar system. By pressing on NASA launch mission tab they send different rockets /satellites to different planets like Mars and Uranus.
Students would be excited to see such kind of visual AR in practice. CleverBooks Space Poster enabled them to explore their perceptions of space travel.
Questions outline:
SOLAR SYSTEM:
How would you define the Solar system?
Name three planets to you choice?
NASA MISSION:
What NASA stands for?
What are the components of rocket?
Students how you feel while using AR?
Author: Ab. Hamid Bhat
Solar System (Common Core)
Grade(s): 8
Subject: Solar System
Grade(s): 8
Activity time: 45 ins (1 lesson)
App/EdTech Tools: Clever Books Space App
Additional materials: Tablets or mobile phones, Printed pictures of planets and Sun, and popsicle sticks.
Objectives:
Students will learn about the different planets and stars in our solar systems.
Activities:
1. Discuss the solar system and what it includes.
2. On the Clever Books App, click on the Solar System.
3. Click on the Sun to learn more about it.
4. Click on the planets to learn more about them.
5. Have the printed planets on popsicle sticks ready.
6. Assign students a planet and have students line up in the correct order of
planets.
Questions outline:
What are some names of planets?
What does a solar system include?
How far is Jupiter from the sun? How far is Saturn from the sun? etc.
Additional Ideas (optional):
NASA Space Mission (Common Core)
Grade(s): 5
Subject: Space
Grade(s): 5
Activity time: 45 mins (1 lesson)
App/EdTech Tools: ARC Space Web App/Mobile App+Space Poster
Additional materials: Tablets or mobile phones, 2 Liter Coke, and mint mentos gum.
Objectives:
Students will learn the different parts of a rocket and explore different types of rockets.
Students will learn what the purpose of each part is.
Students will launch their rockets into space using NASA mission simulation.
Activities:
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been exploring space since 1958. NASA has sent probes and orbiters to explore other planets and bodies, sending rovers to image and investigate Mars, and putting humans on the Moon. Watch the video about NASA (introduction to engineering).
1. Discuss rockets and explain how they go into space (what propels them?) and talk about astronauts and what they do.
2. Start a lesson in the ARC Space app and let your students join with the join code (if they are on mobile devices) or the join link (if they are on stationary devices). click on "Rocket Info", your students will automatically move with you, and explore the different types of rockets, what their parts are and what their purposes are.
3. Have students work on the rocket puzzle for each type of rocket
4. Launch a NASA mission by having students launch a rocket on the app. Answer the questions during the flight mission.
Questions outline:
How many types of rockets are there?/What are their names?
What do rockets do?
What patterns can be observed in the universe?
How does gravity affect the motion of an object?
Additional Ideas (optional):
Let students draw their imaginary rockets that they would like to launch to space.
OUR SOLAR SYSTEM (USA)
Grade(s): 8
Subject: Solar System, Space, Sciences
Grade(s): 8
Activity time: 45 mins (1 lesson)
App/EdTech Tools: ARC Space Web App/Mobile App+Space Poster
Additional materials: mobile devices
Objectives:
Discover our solar system, celestial bodies and space rockets.
Activities:
Divide the class into small groups within 3-4 students. If you are using mobile devices, each group should have a CleverBooks Space Poster and tablets. The main question is: What can you see when travelling to a different planet?
Using the App, they can answer the following questions:
How can we travel to outer space? What's the difference between planes and space ships?
What parts are rockets made out of?
What celestial bodies are there in our solar system?
Students activities:
Press on each part of the rocket and read information.
Press on each celestial body and read information.
Build a rocket.
Make a rocket journey to a different planet.
Questions outline:
Each group receives questions and prepares answers.
What parts is a rocket made out of and what are their functions?
Which planet were you traveling?
What can you say about this planet?
Why did you choose this planet?
What would you show other?
Фгерщк: András Kiss
Sun & Earth (Europe)
Grade(s): 4-6, US Standard 1.M2.1b
Subject: Space
Grade(s): 4-6
Activity time: 45 mins (1 lesson)
App/EdTech Tools: ARC Geography & ARC Space Web Apps/Mobile Apps+Geography World Map+Space Poster
Additional materials: Tablets or mobile phones, map of the world or workbook
Objectives:
Compare the layers of the Earth in the ARC Geography App to the layers of the Sun (what happens in these layers?);
Determine the locations of the Earth to the Sun with the ARC apps;
Determine how habitats are affected by the Sun;
Illustrate how the Sun casts a shadow;
Observe the effects of sunlight by using the ARC Geography app. Explore climatic zones and seasons and discuss how sunlight affects them.
Activities:
Use the ARC Geography and ARC Space apps to check the distance between the Sun and the Earth.
Ask kids to draw the location of the planets. Discuss how far or near the Sun is to the Earth. What would happen if the Sun was closer to the Earth? What would happen if it was further away from the Earth?
What is the sun? And what are stars? Where do stars come from? What does it mean when someone talks about stars "dying"?
Use animations inside the app to see how the Sun causes time zones, weather, seasons, climate and shadows on the Earth.
Questions outline:
1.How does sunlight affect the Earth’s surface?
2.What patterns can be noticed between the Sun and other planets?
Assembling Rockets (International)
Grade(s): 6-7
Subject: Space
Grade(s): 6-7
Activity time: 45 mins (1 lesson)
App/EdTech Tools: ARC Space Web App/Mobile App + Space Poster
Additional materials: Tablets or mobile phones
Objectives:
Learn about space rockets;
Learn about parts of rockets and their purpose.
Lesson Activity:
Watch videos about spaceships and discuss the information:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g0FehS0H1E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yBwWLunlOM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG3w3boGiS8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyM5wcll_qk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI-HeXhsUIg
Start a lesson in the ARC Space app and let your students join via the join code (if they are on mobile devices) or the join link (if they are on stationary devices). and learn about spaceships represented there, parts they are formed from, what each part is used for.
Assemble different spaceships from the ARC Space app and send them on space missions.
Questions outline:
What is a rocket?
How do rockets fly?
What are the types of rockets you have learned today?
What parts/stage does a rocket consist of?
Space Travel (International)
Grade(s): 6-7
Subject: Space
Grade(s): 6-7
Activity time: 45 mins (1 lesson)
App/EdTech Tools: ARC Space Web App/Mobile App + Space Poster
Additional materials: Tablets or mobile phones
Learning Objectives:
Learn about space and the milkyway galaxy;
Learn about planets and space trips.
Lesson Activity:
Watch videos about history and facts of space travels and discuss the information:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f02BzO1wxb0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxbgOYd3BeA
Start a lesson in the ARC Space app and let your students join via the join code (if they are on mobile devices) or the join link (if they are on stationary devices). Select "Solar System", the students will automatically move with you. Let the students find and write down the information on the distance of other planets from the Earth.
Group work: prepare for space travel. Let kids imagine they go for a space trip, select a planet, select a rocket, prepare a checklist on what they will take with them, describe the trip. Use the ARC Space app to realize the trip and create a poster about it.
Questions outline:
What have you learned about the history of space travel?
Why do you think people explore space?
How are space travels organized?
What planets are there in the solar system and what is their order?
How far are the planets from the Earth?