Week of Jan 20th

1. Project Reflections
2. Competency Reflections
3. Questions about Electricity
3. Print/ Catch up on Stories of Exploration Project

Mon Jan 6th

Questions:

• How can we create fictional exploration stories that are appealing to a younger audience and that are based on real stories of exploration?
• How can we effectively write a story collaboratively?
• How can we effectively write for a younger audience? 
• How have people, ideas, and technologies advanced understanding of the universe and solar system?
• What have we learned through space exploration missions?

Day Plan:

1. Welcome Back!
2. Reconnect with Space 
3. Discussion on Projects for Celebration of Learning
1. Options for projects
2. Options for story creation programs
4. Project Time

Project Resources:

• Project Outline
• Space Exploration Pinboard of resources 
• Story Writing Pinboard of Resources
• EBSCO databases - perfect for media coverage of missions 
• World Book Student - very research friendly articles on missions 
• Example of Students writing stories for a younger audience

Fri Dec 20th

• research and write
• workshop - reminder apps and organization

Thurs Dec 19

Questions:

• How can we create fictional exploration stories that are appealing to a younger audience and that are based on real stories of exploration?
• How can we effectively write a story collaboratively?
• How can we effectively write for a younger audience? 
• How have people, ideas, and technologies advanced understanding of the universe and solar system?
• What have we learned through space exploration missions?

Day Plan:

1. Write Goals for the day
2. Research Your Mission/ Write Your Story
1. Complete Chunk 4: Space Exploration in the Media on your own (if its not done yet)
2. Share with Team in Chunk 2: Writing Team Brainstorming
3. Use Chunk 5: Story Planning on your own to guide your own writing process. 
3. Self Assessment on Rubric:
1. Please "comment" on the descriptor (square) that you feel best describes your current performance for each row of project criteria. In your comment please include an explanation of how you've met that criteria. 

Project Resources:

• Project Outline
• Space Exploration Pinboard of resources 
• Story Writing Pinboard of Resources
• EBSCO databases - perfect for media coverage of missions 
• World Book Student - very research friendly articles on missions 
• Example of Students writing stories for a younger audience

Mon Dec 16th - Wed Dec 18th

Questions:

• How can we create fictional exploration stories that are appealing to a younger audience and that are based on real stories of exploration?
• How can we effectively write a story collaboratively?
• How can we effectively write for a younger audience? 
• How have people, ideas, and technologies advanced understanding of the universe and solar system?
• What have we learned through space exploration missions?

Day Plan:

1. Story Time/ Free Write
2. Finish presentations of Chunk 3 History of Astronomy Pins
3. Work on Your Mission/ Your Story
1. Complete Chunk 4: Space Exploration in the Media on your own (if its not done yet)
2. Share with Team in Chunk 2: Writing Team Brainstorming
3. Use Chunk 5: Story Planning on your own to guide your own writing process. 

Project Resources:

• Project Outline
• Space Exploration Pinboard of resources 
• Story Writing Pinboard of Resources
• EBSCO databases - perfect for media coverage of missions 
• World Book Student - very research friendly articles on missions 
• Example of Students writing stories for a younger audience

Fri Dec 13

Questions:

• How can we create fictional exploration stories that are appealing to a younger audience and that are based on real stories of exploration?
• How can we effectively write a story collaboratively?
• How can we effectively write for a younger audience? 
• How have people, ideas, and technologies advanced understanding of the universe and solar system?
• What have we learned through space exploration missions?

Day Plan:

1. Free Write
2. Finish presentations of Chunk 3 History of Astronomy Pins
3. Chunk 2 Story Pitches
4. Chunk 5 on your own

Project Resources:

• Project Outline
• Space Exploration Pinboard of resources 
• Story Writing Pinboard of Resources
• EBSCO databases - perfect for media coverage of missions 
• World Book Student - very research friendly articles on missions 
• Example of Students writing stories for a younger audience

Thurs Dec 12th

Questions:

• How can we create fictional exploration stories that are appealing to a younger audience and that are based on real stories of exploration?
• How can we effectively write a story collaboratively?
• How can we effectively write for a younger audience? 
• How have people, ideas, and technologies advanced understanding of the universe and solar system?
• What have we learned through space exploration missions?

Day Plan:

1. Finish presentations of Chunk 3 History of Astronomy Pins
2. Wrap up and Hand in Chunk 4
3. Work on Chunk 2 Mission Summaries and Story Pitches

Project Resources:

• Project Outline
• Space Exploration Pinboard of resources 
• Story Writing Pinboard of Resources
• EBSCO databases - perfect for media coverage of missions 
• World Book Student - very research friendly articles on missions 
• Example of Students writing stories for a younger audience

Wed Dec 11th (Stories of Exploration)

Space Exploration | Learn about Space Exploration on instaGrok, the research engine

Questions:

• How can we create fictional exploration stories that are appealing to a younger audience and that are based on real stories of exploration?
• How have people, ideas, and technologies advanced understanding of the universe and solar system?
• What have we learned through space exploration missions?

Day Plan:

1. Read Starry Messenger
2. 15 minutes to Brainstorm Story Ideas:
1. See new Chunk 2 doc shared with your Team (Due Friday). It now includes:
1. Pictures of Your Mission
2. A brief summary of the mission (written collaboratively
3. Pitches for each of your stories
3. Rest of the block to work on Chunk 4 (Due Thursday)  
1. Individuals are encouraged to:
1. see if they can find world book articles on their topics
2. Use Instagrok as a way to breakup the topic and narrow their search. Notice the slider on the top right to filter results by level of difficulty. 

Project Resources:

• Outline
• Pinboard of resources 
• EBSCO databases - perfect for media coverage of missions 
• World Book Student - very research friendly articles on missions 
• Example of Students writing stories for a younger audience

Fri Dec 6th/ Mon Dec 9th (Stories of Exploration)

Questions:

• How can we create fictional exploration stories that are appealing to a younger audience and that are based on real stories of exploration?
• How have people, ideas, and technologies advanced understanding of the universe and solar system?
• What have we learned through space exploration missions?

Day Plan:

1. Chunk 4: Space Exploration in the Media 
1. Sign up for a mission.
• I'd suggest you use the world book student article "space exploration" to find names and brief descriptions of major missions
• This file is also in your new Science 9 "edit" folder
2. Use EBSCO databases - to find news articles on your missions
3. Complete the Chunk 4 Assignment
• The assignment is in your new Science 9 "view" folder
Brainstorm questions for Grade 3's
Brainstorm 2 choices for your artists (for example, backdrops of... Or characters like...)

Project Resources:

• Outline
• Pinboard of resources 
• EBSCO databases - perfect for media coverage of missions 
• World Book Student - very research friendly articles on missions 
• Example of Students writing stories for a younger audience

Tue Dec 3rd/ Wed Dec 4th (Stories of Exploration)

Questions:

• How can we create fictional exploration stories that are appealing to a younger audience and that are based on real stories of exploration? 
• What is exploration and how do we explore space? 
• How have technologies advanced understanding of the universe and solar system? (Assessed as Learning Goal D1) 

Day Plan:

• Chunk 3: History of Astronomy Pinboard (Independent)
• Preview
• Sign Up
• Make Notes
• Share
• Chunk 2: Story Brainstorm Part 2 of 3 - Plot and Mood (Team)
• This is the next layer of your ongoing brainstorming. The next suggestion is to begin thinking about Plot and Mood.  

Project Resources:

• Outline
• Pinboard of resources 
• EBSCO databases - perfect for media coverage of missions 
• World Book Student - very research friendly articles on missions 
• Example of Students writing stories for a younger audience

Mon Dec 2nd (Stories of Exploration)

Questions:

• How can we create fictional exploration stories that are appealing to a younger audience and that are based on real stories of exploration? 
• What is exploration and how do we explore space?
• How have technologies advanced understanding of the universe and solar system? (Assessed as Learning Goal D1)

Day Plan:

1. Discuss Chem Demos
2. Personal Stories of Exploration
3. Chunk 2: Story Brainstorm Part 1 of 3 - Characters and Motivation (Team)
1. Steve's Example
2. Create a shared document with your group
3. Make sure its in someone’s NLC folder
4. Submit the link here
5. Begin your brainstorming by thinking about characters you could develop. Think about your own motivation for exploration and characters you could relate to.
4. Chunk 3: History of Astronomy Pinboard (Independent)
1. Preview
2. Sign Up
3. Make Notes
4. Share

Project Resources:

• Outline
• Pinboard of resources
• EBSCO databases - perfect for media coverage of missions
• World Book Student - very research friendly articles on missions 
• Example of Students writing stories for a younger audience

Tue Nov 26th (Stories of Exploration)

How can we create fictional exploration stories that are appealing to a younger audience and that are based on real stories of exploration?

space, a photo by Sweetie187 on Flickr.

Day plan:

1. Feedback on Chemistry Demonstration Project (15 min)
2. Personal Stories of Exploration (10 min)
1. First, take a few minutes to think about a personal story of exploration. 
2. If you are interested, please share
3. Exploration Brainstorm: Read over the prompts in this document and add your ideas to each one. (20 min)
4. Check out the outline and see if you can come up with any specific questions for David on the exhibits and artefacts we will be seeing. (5 min)
5. Begin searching for your own resources and for exploration missions that interest you personally. Once we form teams for the project you will be able to bring your ideas to our team and narrow it down. I'd recommend starting with the pinboard of resources here. Please comment on the resources section of the outline with any other resources you'd like to see added to list. 

Astronomy Preview??

https://twitter.com/NASA/status/382989281825792001/photo/1