This week p7 have started their topic on Space. Already we have learned lots of new information about the Solar System. Calum learned that Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System and it has a greater mass than all the other planets put together. Nikola learned the order of the Planets; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. We also created a rhyme to help us remember the order My Very Eager Mother Just Severed Up Natchos. Sophie learned that there are two different types of planets; Rocky planets and Gas planets. Rachael learned that Saturn, Uranus and Neptune have rings. Lewis learned that the Sun is a star.
Primary 7 have also been gaining an awareness of the scale and distance between the planets. To do this we created a scale drawing of the Solar System. During this task we had to use a scale and measure very carefully to ensure our drawing were actuate.
THE SOLAR SYSTEM IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like doing Space because you get to learn about the planets, who went into space, first animal., first woman, etc. So far I am enjoying the topic because we got put into teams and we had to choose a thing to do so my team first got the Planets but it was 3 out of 1 how wanted another thing so we had to swap with another team so now we have time travel did you know that the first woman in space was a Russian cosmonaut Valintina Tereshkova. I never knew that until I found it out on the netbook.
So far i have been enjoying the topic it is a big change from WWII. I think that it will be a good topic and that there is a lot to learn.