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Make your own planet! Created specifically for gifted and talented 3rd and 4th grade students, this fun space STEM project will help your students become an expert on our place in space, and then apply everything they have learned to create their own planet - literally! Provided as a self-paced googleslides activity, this elementary STEM project works best over a block of four classes (in person or distance learning), approximately one hour each:
Day 1: Students will become an expert on our place in space - Earth! - using provided online resources, or their own. Students will use fillable tables to identify 16 characteristics of Earth such as our place in the universe, common landforms, methods of communication, and many more!
Day 2: Students will get creative and identify these same 16 characteristics, but now for a planet of their own creation! Communicate through telepathy? New unheard-of landforms? You decide! Students then create an illustration of their planet based on their defined characteristics.
Day 3: Students bring their planet to life by creating a model of it of their own planning, design, and construction. No special materials needed, just whatever students have - tin foil, paper, rubber bands, etc. But of course the sky is the limit!
Day 4: Now it’s time to share your planet with your fellow earthlings - your classmates! Students will share their planet models with the class in a presentation, where they act as tour guide to their planet. 'Script' template provided as a starting point.
Slides include simple, easy to follow directions for students with space for typing answers and information. Also includes links to online resources, answer key for educators, and link to online optional rubric for project assessment.
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Want valuable download & go resources to help you effortlessly integrate STEM career exploration? Then get a copy of my FREE Quick Start STEM Career Exploration Kit!
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Description
Make your own planet! Created specifically for gifted and talented 3rd and 4th grade students, this fun space STEM project will help your students become an expert on our place in space, and then apply everything they have learned to create their own planet - literally! Provided as a self-paced googleslides activity, this elementary STEM project works best over a block of four classes (in person or distance learning), approximately one hour each:
Day 1: Students will become an expert on our place in space - Earth! - using provided online resources, or their own. Students will use fillable tables to identify 16 characteristics of Earth such as our place in the universe, common landforms, methods of communication, and many more!
Day 2: Students will get creative and identify these same 16 characteristics, but now for a planet of their own creation! Communicate through telepathy? New unheard-of landforms? You decide! Students then create an illustration of their planet based on their defined characteristics.
Day 3: Students bring their planet to life by creating a model of it of their own planning, design, and construction. No special materials needed, just whatever students have - tin foil, paper, rubber bands, etc. But of course the sky is the limit!
Day 4: Now it’s time to share your planet with your fellow earthlings - your classmates! Students will share their planet models with the class in a presentation, where they act as tour guide to their planet. 'Script' template provided as a starting point.
Slides include simple, easy to follow directions for students with space for typing answers and information. Also includes links to online resources, answer key for educators, and link to online optional rubric for project assessment.
More Elementary STEM Activities:
- National Parks STEM Activities & Career Exploration
- Science Observation Worksheet and Foldable
- Chemicals in Your Cereal? fun and easy science experiment
- Build a bird feeder! Winter habitats and resource availability lesson
- Intro To Robotics Game & Lesson
- Careers in Technology Careers Poster - elementary edition
- and more elementary STEM activities!
Want valuable download & go resources to help you effortlessly integrate STEM career exploration? Then get a copy of my FREE Quick Start STEM Career Exploration Kit!
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