Land the spacecraft and send children to tables. Distribute one tagboard circle to each student. Discuss how the circle will be used to represent the shape of the Earth. Have the children cut out pictures of people, plants, and animals from magazines. Review that all things live on our world, the Earth.
Paper punch a hole in the top of each mobile and attach yarn for hanging.
Distinguish between land and water on a globe. Worksheet, see attached Crayons Procedure Display a variety of models such as cars, trucks, miniature furniture, or dolls. Have the children examine the models. Discuss the similarities and differences between models and the objects represented by the models. Help the children understand that a model has the same shape, but is much smaller, than the object it represents.