Oklahoma PASS Objectives
First
Grade Science
XV. Objects in the Sky
A. The sun, moon, stars, clouds, birds, and
airplanes all have properties, location, and movements
that can be observed and described.Language Arts
V. Writing
B. Write for a variety of purposes and
audiences.
4. Create poems and short stories.
VI. Grammar/Usage and Mechanics
A. Write and speak using standard
English conventions appropriate to the grade level.
VIII. Visual Literacy/Literacy Response
C. Use a variety of electronic media
(television, video, computer sources) to help them in
developing their own stories.
NPS Curriculum
Students will observe objects in the sky.
Students will identify
properties of the sun and the moon.
NPS Technology
Scope & Sequence Objective -
Students
open and save files to their own network drive (U: drive/
My Stuff).
Students explain and
practice the rules of NPS policies related to Internet
and computer use.
Students use a
favorites or bookmarked list to access web sites.
Students use a word
processing program.
Students delete text.
Students select text
and change the text size, font, and style.
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Description: Students will gather
information from Internet resources. They will write a
fantasy story about a trip to Space. Lesson :
1. Have students explore web sites for information. It's
best if teachers have appropriate web sites bookmarked
for students. Some good web sites are listed in the
resources below. Teachers need to make sure they discuss
Internet safety with students as well as NPS policies.
2. Then in Word (START>Common Programs>Word),
students will write a fantasy story about a trip in
Space. They may add clip art and change font as desired.
Students need to save their work to their U: drive
(FILE>SAVE AS).
3. The teacher can print the stories to make a class
book, or the teacher can save them to a PowerPoint
presentation for the class web page.
NOTES
Students can make a
vocabulary list in Word with clip art (sun, moon, stars,
clouds, birds, airplanes, shuttles). Students can also
make a Venn Diagram with Paint to compare the moon/Earth
or sun/Earth, etc.
Online Resources
http://www.wizzkidz.com/learnzone/9-10/science9-10.htm
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/
http://www.cosmikids.com/
http://spacekids.hq.nasa.gov/
http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/
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Last updated Tuesday, February 24, 2004
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