As students keep their eyes closed, they are guided through a visual tour of the solar system. The teacher describes everything the students see, hear, smell and feel. Following the guided imagery, the students convene in the computer lab where they will visit the following web site, which contains vivid pictures of the planets in the solar system. The students view the various planets included in the website. They are then asked to select the planet in which they are most interested.
Students print the graphic of their chosen planet and return to their classroom.
This picture is glued onto long construction paper. Students are asked to pretend they are an astronaut, stepping out of the space shuttle, onto their chosen planet. Students choose describing words for the picture. They list the words in neat handwriting underneath their pasted picture. Some students are chosen to report back to the class their partner's information.