Space Research Unit:

STEP 1   GATHER INFORMATION
Get to know your planet.  Read as much information about the planet as you can find.  You will need a minimum of two resources. You can use our classroom library, the media center, the Internet, or your own books.  As you’re reading about your planet, take notes on key information.  This will be part of your grade.  Keep track of the sources you use, because you will need to create a works cited page as well.  You will have time in technology class to work on the research.
Link to Mrs. Sylvester's GAFE folder

Resources

World Book for Kids

Astronomy.com

Extras 

Tour the solar system from home Ted Talk (7:53)  Dec 2011 Ted Speaker Jon Nguyen 
This talk demo's the free-to-use software from NASAJPL's "Eyes on the Solar System" which can be used for exploring the planets, moons, asteroids, and spacecraft that rotate around our sun in real-time.
Note: This visualization tool requires a quick one-time download and install.  Once downloaded, run the file to install. 

2014-15 What we've Done

Space Research & Brochures
Intro to Type to Learn
Internet Safety Unit: Avatars & Online Sharing: personal, private, public, & social information
Getting to Know You Survey

Vocabulary Words to Know: Bookmarks, assets, text to speech, readability, reliable, source, citing, keyword search, browsing

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Image Source: Kindergarden letter images created with Spell with flickr by kastner (Erik Kastner)