Firstly they needed to find out what words like orbit, solar system and rotate mean. For this everyone was put into groups to discuss what they thought. Suddenly many children jumped up and started grabbing books that would be useful and contain the right information. Some children knew to look at the index page because they had learned this in their reading groups.
Next everyone watched a you tube clip that showed how the Earth orbits the Sun and the Moon orbits the Earth. I thought it would be a good idea to put this into action so that the children all had a clear understanding. Check out the video of three children demonstrating the Earth, Moon and Sun orbit system below:
Afterwards Carlos asked the class "Why the Earth moves?" Kaylee said "Because we need night and day". Sheldon said "It's dark on the other side of the world right now".
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