From a set of photographs, students identify and describe the major features of the Universe. Make scale models of the planets and locate them with appropriate distance of separation. Compare the length of years, seasons and other features for various planets in our solar system. Develop a group conclusion and report. Observe plant and animal cells using a microscope.
Students draw and label diagrams of different plant and animal cells.
Play a dice-rolling game, inventing lifeforms, to stimulate the creation of extraterrestrial lifeforms. Students draw and describe their extraterrestrial creature showing its characteristics as a living thing. The Search for Life on Venus and Mars. Students list the characteristics of living things. Accept a specific role in a team situation 4.