PNA: To the Future and Beyond!
10/19/2019
Space week was a blast! Students were engaged in a variety of enriching activities and having so much fun while learning a lot about space. I believe even teachers and staff learned a lot about our great universe and its complexities! First grade put the final touches on their Space Station Play Station and were so proud of their completed work. We spent a lot of time talking and learning about the International Space Station, what astronauts do in space, and even got to peak at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and see what scientists believe our colonies on Mars will look like in 2047 (one of our students has a grandfather there who gave us a private video tour!), a the while deepening their awareness of Earth's place in the Universe. Their Space Station exhibit was a true hit at our Space Night at the Museum, and many of our first graders who came loved to explain their part in the build and how their specific designs "controlled" the station! Students were so engaged with our guest speakers, Mr. Rich and Senior NASA engineer, Su Curley. They brought all of our conversation about space to life by showing students authentic items such as moon rocks, an astronaut suit, a space helmet, and even space food! Students learned about rocketry and then were then able to build and launch their own rockets, they engaged in activities that demonstrated how asteroids and meteorites create moon craters, and worked as a team to design their crew mission patch. After a busy and wonderful week of learning, we visited the University of Alaska Anchorage to experience an awesome show at the Planetarium, launched more rockets, watched live the first all-female space walk from the ISS, and celebrated the end of our space week by watching Space Chimps with lots of popcorn! Overall, this week was so fun for the entire school and we cannot wait to see what Space Week has in store for us next year! Comments are closed.
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Hali TuomiMs. Tuomi has over five years experience in ASD, where she taught first and fifth grade classrooms. An avid skier, Ms. Tuomi is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Alaska Pacific University’s Bachelor of Arts in K-8 Education. Archives
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