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Part II: Student Activity Page

Day One: · Watch //The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System.// (20 min.) For a brief description go to []

· The class will go on line and look up information as a group that is related to the movie. Such as the information about the planets, gravity on those planets, their planetary make-up, and even the location of where these planets are located. (10 min.) · I want the kids to write a summary of what they have seen, and what they found the most interesting. The students have free rain on what they want to write about as long as it sticks to the assignment of writing about the planets and about Earth. (10 min.) · This last section of this class I will have each student partner up with another student. In these groups the students will read what each student wrote and give them feed back on what they really liked about the paper. (10 min.)  Day Two: · Watch //The Magic School Bus: Sees Stars.// (20 min.) For a brief description go to []

· The class will go on line and look up information as a group that is related to the movie. Such as the information about the stars such as constellations, their names, the different star descriptions, etc. (10 min.) · I want the kids to write a summary of what they have seen, and what they found the most interesting. The students have free rain on what they want to write about as long as it sticks to the assignment of writing about the stars and what they found most interesting. (10 min.) · This last section of this class I will have each student partner up with another student. In these groups the students will read what each student wrote and give them feed back on what they really liked about the paper. (10 min.) Day Three: · Today I will inform the students that I want them to choose one topic that they enjoyed about they learned in the last two days and write a short paragraph. I will allow them to use the computers in the classroom and do a little more research from reputable sources, and not just trusting any web page that pop-up. Once they have more information on that one topic, I will have them write another paper with a brief paragraph about the topic and things they learned. At the same time I will instruct the students that haven’t researched to go back through their papers and get a few ideas of what they would like to write about. Once they are done with their research they will draw a few pictures to illustrate what they would like to talk about.

Day Four: · At the beginning of the class it will be a catch up day for any of the students who need some more time. This will include computer use and finishing touches on their papers. Once they have finished they will bring up there papers up to me so that I may review and grade what they have accomplished and to the level that they should be at. (10 min.) · At this time I’ll inform them that we will be creating a movie with the drawings they have created and the information they have compiled. So I will be giving them some time to look back on what they wrote and practice before I record them. (10 min.) · Now I will take and scan the drawing into the computer and record the students telling their stories about their topic. I’ll be giving each student 5 minutes form their recording. They will not need to use that time, but if they need to re-record or make changes they will have that time. This will only allow me to record six students. (30 min.)

Day Five: · I will continue with yesterday’s lesson and finish up with the rest of the class. This will allow me to finish the rest of the class. This will include the remaining 10 to 12 students if everyone is in class. (50 min.) Now though the class is over on my free time I will put together the assignment and show them next week regarding the finished project. I will also show them briefly how I finished the movie and provide them with the instructions if they would like to do them on their own. 