{"id":3306,"date":"2017-05-01T09:25:21","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T13:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/?p=3306"},"modified":"2017-05-16T11:23:56","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T15:23:56","slug":"5th-grade-planet-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/?p=3306","title":{"rendered":"5th Grade Planet Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/?attachment_id=3310\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3310\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Mars-300x172.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Mars-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Mars-1024x586.png 1024w, https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Mars.png 1075w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Fifth graders at Varina Elementary have been reviewing the planets in our solar system (SOL4.7), so today students in Ms. Primrose&#8217;s class researched a planet of their choice and created a website about it using the new Google sites. First we reviewed the planets, their order, and interesting facts about each one to get the students thinking.  We discussed how the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/5595-earth-special-compared-planets.html\">Earth is unique in space<\/a>, and is not named after a god.  The other planets are mostly named after Roman gods, except Uranus, which is named after a Greek god. (<em>By the way, did you know <a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/67483\/uranus-used-be-called-schoolyard-friendly-name-george\">Uranus was first named after King George<\/a><\/em>)?  After the students chose a planet that interested them, they conducted their research online. There are several good sites, but the ones we used are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/esaKIDSen\/SEMF8WVLWFE_OurUniverse_0.html\">ESA Kids<\/a> (<em>good facts, written at on elementary reading level<\/em>), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.solarsystemscope.com\/\">Solar System Scope<\/a> (<em>an interactive, animated solar system<\/em>), and the basic Google search page. Other websites sites that your students can explore in a center or station are <a href=\"http:\/\/joshworth.com\/dev\/pixelspace\/pixelspace_solarsystem.html\">PixelSpace <\/a>(<em>shows the vast scale of the solar system if the moon were the size of a pixel<\/em>); <a href=\"http:\/\/scaleofuniverse.com\/\">Scale of the Universe<\/a> (<em>shows not only the relative sizes of the planets, but many other objects in the universe<\/em>), and <a href=\"https:\/\/neave.com\/planetarium\/\">Neave Planetarium<\/a> (<em>shows students where the planets and constellations are in the sky tonight<\/em>). Next, it was time to create our website using Google sites.  Students went to their <a href=\"http:\/\/drive.google.com\">Google drive<\/a> and clicked New > More > Google sites. The students typed a creative title for their planet webpage, then typed some facts in their own words (we discussed the problems with plagiarism). Finally, students added photos using the built-in Google image search. We published our websites, and shared the links on Google classroom. You can see them all <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1mKj7E5K-o57NvOBlFUoBRjICq-FNaC_gQcDoCkO96ns\/pub\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifth graders at Varina Elementary have been reviewing the planets in our solar system (SOL4.7), so today students in Ms. Primrose&#8217;s class researched a planet of their choice and created a website about it using the new Google sites. 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