Some children in Onyx have been fascinated with the different rocks that they have found in our outdoor area. Some children thought that they might be space rocks which have fallen to Earth so we decided to find out more about Space.
We began our week talking about what we already knew about Space. Some children knew:
There are eight planets
The sun is in Space
There are stars
The moon is in Space
We also thought about what we might like to find out about Space. Here are some of our questions:
Are there aliens in space?
Does the moon go around the sun?
Why is it dark in space?
We used lots of different strategies to find out the answers to our questions including reading non-fiction books, listening to songs and raps and searching online.
We held a class vote and decided that in particular we wanted to know more about the planet Mars. We collected all of our information from different sources.
We decided to present our findings in a fact file. Here are some of the facts that we found out about space and Mars.
Onyx Class FS2 