Space
Virtual Academy: Choice Board
Select at least three activities from the choices below to learn about more about space!
Read
Listen to astronaut Mark Vande Hei read Next Time You See a Sunset, and think about how we see the evidence of the Earth spinning when we see shadows and the sun moving across the sky.
Read the e-book, Hubble Focus: Our Amazing Solar System. It describes the observations and discoveries the telescope has made about the planets, moons and other bodies orbiting around our Sun.
Read “A Short History of Black Holes” from Science News for Kids and learn the first understandings of what black holes are to the very first picture taken in 2019.
Watch
“What do Astronauts Do?” That’s what you will learn from Jessi and Squeaks! Watch and see if you’re ready to be an astronaut!
Watch Bill Nye’s episode on Space Exploration. Learn about how we get to space and watch Bill try on a real space suit!
Watch the biographies of the SciGirls, whose experiments were chosen to be performed on the International Space Station!
Create
Make a healthy UFO lunch of your very own, including aliens, stars and planets!
Make a helicopter like the one traveling with NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, launching in July 2020.
Building a Mars Curiosity Rover was hard when on Mars, but you can try to build a space craft or planet using blocks or recyclables you may have around your home!
Be the Expert!
Present your new learning in one of the following ways!
Design a presentation using Google Slides, Power Point, Keynote, or try Prezi!
Create a museum exhibit
Make a short documentary film
Write a non-fiction book or comic book on your topic.
Record or present a newscast
Compose a rap or song about your topic
Write a report
Create a photo album
Write or perform a skit
Create a board game
Write a blog
Create a website
Or design your own project!
Self Reflection
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