For Week 7

3rd Grade Standard 1 Objective 2 states: describe the movement of Earth and the moon and the apparent movement of other bodies through the sky.

This project is with Kellie Cash. Using Stellarium, we will be tracking the movement of the moon around the earth over the period of 24 hours. This is part of a guided learning lesson, where we would first demonstrate the movement of the moon relative to the earth, and then they would discover it for themselves in groups, and then they would create a model or drawing of the movement.

TPACK:
1. Content: Standard 1 Objective 2--tracking the movement of the moon relative to the earth

2. Pedagogy: We're using a guided learning lesson, starting out with group work and then moving onto individual work. Guided learning will work well in this case because it allows the children to actually experience the movement of the moon themselves, so it is less abstract. This approach should also provide scaffolding that will allow the children to be successful in mastering a difficult concept.

3. Technology: We're using Stellarium. This is a good fit with the pedagogy because it allows for student exploration and discovery--which is what guided learning is all about. It is a good fit for the content because it speeds up time to make the movement of the moon so much easier for students to see and understand than by actually trying to watch the moon.