Gk1 powerpoint space 2013

Space ExplorationGK1 Embarks upon a Journey

into the Unknown

HISTORIC SPACE SHUTTLE FLY-OVERAUGUST 2012

INITIAL INVESTIGATIONAUGUST 2012

INDEPENDENT EXTENSIONS

BECOMING AWARE OF SHAPESSEPTEMBER 2012

The children carefully select manipulatives to trace in order to gain a further understanding of the visual composition of our object of study.

FOCUSED WORK

CREATING BADGESSEPTEMBER 2012

BROADENING OUR PERSPECTIVEOCTOBER 2012

COLOR IN SPACE

INSPIRING WONDER

EXTENSIONS IN THE ART STUDIO

INTEGRATING KNOWLEDGE WITH PROVOCATIONS

INCORPORATING PROVOCATIONS

INCORPORATING PROVOCATIONS

LIVING IN SPACE: THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

NOVEMBER 2012

CHILDREN’S IMPRESSIONS

Layout of the ShipUniform/Supplies

CURIOSITY ABOUT PLANETSNOVEMBER 2012

PLANETS

INTEREST IN RELIEF ARTDecember 2012

MORE RELIEF ART

BUILDING A SPACECRAFT

DECEMBER 2012-

Preliminary hands-on design

INITIAL PLANNING

Blueprint Planning Color Scheme

CONSTRUCTION: DAY 1

REVISITING OUR DESIGN IN THE ART STUDIO

Jen assists the children in refining their construction materials

RETOUCHED

CREATING A BACKGROUND

Jen: Where does your spacecraft take off?Leo: they don’t take off, they lift off.Moshe: Where do they lift off?Johnny: A launch pad.Jen What would you find on a launch pad?Elli: A building, where people watch from…Alexander: Benches, for other people to watch.Moshe: How do the astronauts get to the craft?Ariella: They use a path.Johnny: A train brings them to the launch pad.

THE LAUNCH PAD

ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND

NOTICING DETAILS: CUSTOMIZING OUR SPACECRAFT

CREATING OUR OWN FLAGS

OUR SPACE CRAFT: A WORK IN PROGRESS

SPACESHIP OR ROCKETSHIP?• Ongoing discussions continuously returned to one active dispute: Are we building a

space ship or a Rocket ship?

• What started off as a simple point of contention became an oppurtunity for coexploration.

• What is a Spaceship? What is a Rocketship? What is the difference between them?

• We explored a book which informed us of the definitional distinction and the following conversation ensued:

Johnny: It’s a Rocketship

Ellie: No, it’s a Spaceship.

Leo: It’s both. These part are the Rockets.

Ariella: Yeah, and this part is the Spaceship.

WRITING OUR SPACE STORY

MORE WRITING

FOCUSED WORK

GOING FORWARD

• Inside of the Shuttle Diorama…

• Stop Motion Animation…• Your Ideas…

WHAT WE LEARNED• Social-Emotional Development: • Individual Work- acknowledgment of own capabilities• Group Work- acknowledgement of others abilities

Cooperation Patience The Democratic Process

• Language and Literacy Development: • Language: Conversations, comprehension of meaning,

group storytelling, and writing • Physical: fine motor skills

WHAT WE LEARNED• Cognitive: Hands on and abstract planning, curiosity and

initiative, engagement and persistence, memory and knowledge• Math: quantity, counting, classification, measurement, shapes.• The children show a pronounced interest in the subject matter

as we progress though co-research and various forms of expression. They show a great depth in their understandings of explored concepts and independently revisit favorite topics. Utilizing various recycled materials, shape manipulatives, assorted paper, paint, pastels and other mediums, the children’s observations have been very rich, insightful and detailed.