Solar system
Teaching programs for Science and Arts and Crafts
Students at 5th grade at Konnerud School
Description
For students in primary school grades 4 to 7 (9 to 13 years)
We take students on a journey out of the Earth's atmosphere and into our solar system, they are explorers.
The aim is to investigate the different planets in our solar system and their properties. Along for the ride is their own developed robotic assistant.
The robotic assistant can measure:
- Planet number
- Size
- Gravitation
- Type (Gas / Solid)
- Temperature (Kelvin)
- Year (how many days)
- Day (how long does a rotation take)
- Number of moons
- Distance from the Sun or center of the solar system
Introduction
Bubble:bit is perhaps the most educational tool for a good understanding of both coding and what you can achieve with a micro:bit.
By building and coding the Bubble:bit, students learn to control an LED light, a Servo motor and a DC motor (electric motor).
Number of hours: approx. 8
1. With Bubble:bit, you first connect the LED light and turn it on and off using the buttons on the micro:bit. You can then automate this by using either brightness or sound to control the light.
2. The next step is to connect the servo motor, learn to control it with the buttons, controlling the angles of the arm. Then the students can automate this movement and combine movements of the arm with the LED light.
3. The next thing the students need to do is learn how to control the DC motor (electric motor). Turn it on and off with the buttons and then automate this movement as well.
4. Then we can let the bubbles come. The final step is to put all the elements together so that Bubble:bit can make soap bubbles.
By doing this, students learn to control the various components. These are now building blocks the students can use for their own inventions, or their own robot. This is the robot students can build in this project about the solar system.
Teaching programs
The interdisciplinary project can combine the subjects: Mathematics, Arts and Crafts, Science, Norwegian and English.
Number of hours: approx. 28
In this project, students will study and explore the different planets in the solar system in addition to using and explaining key concepts from astronomy. The coding project is part of an interdisciplinary theme in 5th grade. In this theme period, the theme of the solar system runs through most subjects. Over a period of several weeks, the teachers in the class have worked together to
- Make solar system movies with iMovie. In Norwegian, students read articles from the textbook Mylder 4 about the solar system, use online articles and assignments on Salaby and open online resources to prepare individual scripts. As the films are not to be published, the students are free to find images and videos online and are only required to have good image resolution and to cite sources. The students then practice reading and intonation, before making sound recordings and providing images that support the message. In Music, the students create their own music that is used in the movie, but intro to the vignette. The students use Garageband and choose sounds from Soundscape to create a space atmosphere, as well as Robot vocals in the intro, etc. The students will be given a list of criteria for writing and film at the start of the project.
- Writing and reading about the solar system in English. Students write stories and facts in English related to space.
- Make 3D planets in Arts and Crafts with papier-mâché and painted balloons.
- Study Roman mythology. In KRLE, students work a lot with Roman mythology and its background for many of the names of the planets, as well as the calendar.
- Exploring big numbers. In mathematics, students work with large numbers such as thousands, millions, billions and trillions. They calculate distances and quantities of large values
The coding project is distributed in sessions in the various subjects with relevant competence goals for this throughout the period.
Building and programming robots
In collaboration with Make:kit, we are developing a teaching project in which the pupils will end up having built a robot together with a learning partner, and a 3D solar system together with the class. The robot will then be able to explore the various planets in the solar system via radio signals. Make:kit develops codes for each planet that send out signals about gravity, weight/size, temperature, gas, hours per day, the length of a year and the number of months.
Equipment
You need:
- Bubble:bit
- micro:bit
- Scissors and knife
- Cardboard
- Drawing and painting supplies
- Balloons
Coder
WonderKit - Black Card
Coming...
Please contact us if you need this code
support@makekit.no
Educational films
Coming soon
Competence development
At MakeKit, we have extensive experience in competence development at schools, science centers, libraries and companies.
We run courses, workshops and teambuilding.
Get in touch and we'll tailor a program to get the most out of it.
make@makekit.no
