Students mingle and dance to the music. When the music stops, the teacher makes a question on the planets features and students need to duel to answer the question.
Eg.
1. In which planet would you need to use the most sun cream?
2. In which planet would you need the thickest coat?
3. Which planet is between Mars and Saturn?
THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (1st Grade)
by Milena Sanchez, Rafa Martín-Romo, Ibán Hernández,
Marisa Zapardiel & Almudena Hernández
July 2016
Materials
Funky Martian dance
Worksheets
Music: Jupiter by G. Holst
Thanks for your attention!!!
A suitcase:
T-shirt, ring, tooth brush, key ring, swimsuit, post card
Markers, pencil
Tuning In
"The misterious suitcase"
One suitcase per group with different items
in it and they have to answer several questions
Dear family,
I have fun on
my trip!!
Kisses
1. Who do you think this suitcase belongs to?
2. Look at the objects and try to explain each one
3. Now find they connect to each other
4. Imagine the owner
Reflection
Duel
Lesson objectives
Social Science
Finding out
Prepare your baggage
Running Dictation
Activities
Where are you?
Students need to follow the route of The Hitchhiker around the Solar System and complete a "road map".
* To learn the eight planets that move around the Sun and one main feature for each one.
* To order the planets according to the distance from the Sun.
TPS
Students predict by matching the name of the Planets with its information. Then, share and check their answers with the whole class.
Sorting out
Find someone who
Students write the information about the planet from previous activity. Then, they mix about the room finding partners to share information with. They can only share one piece of information at a time. They need to finish the worksheet with the help of different classmates.
Guess who I am...?
is the first planet me
Students have a planet stuck on their backs. Then they mingle and try to find who they are by listening to the clues other students give to them.
Key vocabulary
Mercury
Near
Far
Jupiter
Sun
Planet
Venus
Cognitive - Thinking skills
Cold
Hot
Saturn
Mars
Solar System
Uranus
Hitchhiker
Neptune
Moon
Activity Analysis
Ring
Key structures
Wh, questions:
Which planet is very small?
Which planet has got rings?
Descriptions
Adjectives
Venus is very hot
We live onThe Earth
Small, big.
Giving explanations
I put ...... into my baggage
because.......