Return to flip book view

Teacher s Guide

What to bring page 3 Scooter Transportation Guide page 4 Songs page 7 Schedule page 11 Resources page 61 2 Page

3 Page

4 Page

5 Page

6 Page

TEAM Do you feel like you feel too much Everyone s trying to chase what s cool Out of reach till you re out of touch But we know they don t have a clue Float around like a speck of dust You got me and I got you And nobody seems to know And that s all we need to know Ready set go Let all your colors out Don t feel alone We re bigger than the crowd And yeah we were born to stand out We run the we run the We run the we run the 7 Page

I know it s hard being on your own Life can be a revolving door When the world doesn t feel like home But you don t gotta spin no more Every turn that was right went wrong We re a force you can t ignore And there s nowhere left to go And everyone s gonna know Ready set go Let s chase away the clouds We re on a roll Just throw away the doubts Cause yeah we were born to stand out We run the we run the We run the we run the We run the we run the Always gonna be you and you and me Always gonna be always gonna be Always gonna be you and you and me Cause we run the we run the 8 Page

Planets Song Quizlet Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun Venus comes next it s the hottest one Earth comes third the only life that we know Mars has the largest canyon and volcano Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune YouTube The gassy planet Jupiter the largest you will find Saturn has rings around the outside Uranus is funny cause it spins on its side Neptune looks blue the coldest of its kind Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Okay get ready We re gonna say all the planets really really really fast Can you keep up We re gonna say all the planets from the first to the last Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune 9 Page

Day 1 Monday January 30 Camp Phrase 1 TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK Camp Phrase 2 Are you ready WE WERE BORN READY Time 12 00 15 min 12 15 50 min 13 05 50 min 13 55 50 min Extra 14 45 15 min Adam Introduction to Eco Explorer Camp Activities Class bonding activity Song TEAM Camp Boardgame Chess Checkers Song Planets Song Game Planet Dodgeball Solar System Size Comparison The Sun Outdoor Baking Breadsticks Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Tim Introduction to Eco Explorer Camp Activities Class bonding activity Song TEAM Song Planets Song Game Planet Dodgeball Solar System Size Comparison The Sun Outdoor Baking Breadsticks Keith Introduction to Eco Explorer Camp Activities Class bonding activity Song TEAM Outdoor Baking Breadsticks Camp Boardgame Chess Checkers Song Planets Song Game Planet Dodgeball Solar System Size Comparison The Sun Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Camp Boardgame Chess Checkers Goodbye Song Dismiss 17 55 Time 12 00 15 min 12 15 50 min 13 05 50 min 13 55 50 min Extra 14 45 15 min Victor Introduction to Eco Explorer Camp Activities Class bonding activity Song TEAM Camp Boardgame Chess Song Planets Song Game Extreme Hide n Seek Solar System Size Comparison The Sun Aviation Straw Rockets Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Marius Introduction to Eco Explorer Camp Activities Class bonding activity Song TEAM Song Planets Song Game Extreme Hide n Seek Solar System Size Comparison The Sun Aviation Straw Rockets Phil Introduction to Eco Explorer Camp Activities Class bonding activity Song TEAM Aviation Straw Rockets Camp Boardgame Chess Checkers Song Planets Song Game Extreme Hide n Seek Solar System Size Comparison The Sun Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Goodbye Song Dismiss 17 55 10 P a g e Camp Boardgame Chess Checkers

Day 2 Tuesday January 31 Time 12 00 15 min 12 15 50 min Adam Songs TEAM Planets Review previous day Camp Boardgame Chess 13 05 50 min Song Planets Song Game Extreme Hide n Seek Solar System Earth Aviation Straw Rockets 13 55 50 min Extra 14 45 15 min Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Tim Songs TEAM Planets Review previous day Song Planets Song Game Extreme Hide n Seek Solar System Earth Aviation Straw Rockets Keith Songs TEAM Planets Review previous day Aviation Straw Rockets Camp Boardgame Chess Checkers Song Planets Song Game Extreme Hide n Seek Solar System Earth Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Camp Boardgame Chess Checkers Goodbye Song Dismiss 17 55 Time 12 00 15 min 12 15 50 min Victor Songs TEAM Planets Review previous day Camp Boardgame Chess Checkers 13 05 50 min Song Planets Song Game Planet Dodgeball Solar System Earth Outdoor Baking Breadsticks 13 55 50 min Extra 14 45 15 min Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Marius Songs TEAM Planets Review previous day Song Planets Song Game Planet Dodgeball Solar System Earth Outdoor Baking Breadsticks Phil Songs TEAM Planets Review previous day Outdoor Baking Breadsticks Camp Boardgame Chess Checkers Song Planets Song Game Planet Dodgeball Solar System Earth Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Goodbye Song Dismiss 17 55 11 P a g e Camp Boardgame Chess Checkers

Chess Read through the PDF Guide for full information on how to teach chess to kids It has a lot of information on how to start to teach it Moreover it has LOTS of mini games to play with beginner and younger students Engage Begin by having boards and pieces out for students to explore As a class or in groups brainstorm and rEcord what prior knowledge they have with chess Some students may want to compare it to checkers listing similarities and differences Explore Let students look closely at the pieces Some may have seen different versions of chess online or at home This is a great time to build vocabulary and gather students prior knowledge Explain Discuss that chess is one of the oldest strategy games in the world and played everywhere Use the Did you know pieces of information in the resources section and challenge your motivated learners to find out more about the game Focus on key vocabulary and have students write questions where the word is the answer For example you write check and a child might say What do you say when you attack the King Depending on the age and level of your players decide with which Mini Game you want to begin This will start a rewarding journey which at the end will establish a classroom of chess players Remember every great player was once a beginner Planet Dodgeball Played as Dodgeball but every time someone wants to throw a ball they must name the next planet in line Take the flashcards or word cards with you to show students as they play Extreme Hide Seek 1 As the seeker find a good spot that can be approached stealthily to increase the chances of students completing the game Don t stand in the middle of an open field for example Note You might get tackled D 2 Ensure that your TTP keeps an eye on all students as you will be closing yours Outdoor Baking SAFETY PRECAUTION KEEP EYES ON ALL STUDENTS WHEN TEACHING NEAR AN OPEN FIRE The fire will have been started for you Aviation Straw Rockets Students can either design their own rockets or use the template SAFETY PRECAUTION Make sure that no one is in the target area Control the launch procedures with a countdown timer 12 P a g e

Chess Setup Speech 2 Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen My name is ________________ Today I am going to tell you how to play chess First you set up the 32 pieces on the chessboard SEcond you place 8 pawns on the sEcond row of the chessboard Third you place 2 rooks in each corner of the chessboard Fourth you place 2 knights beside the rooks Fifth you place 2 bishops beside the knights Sixth you place the queen on the square that matches her color Seventh you place the king beside the queen Finally you can start to play the game 13 P a g e

Chess Moves Speech 2 Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen My name is ________________ Today I am going to tell you how each piece moves in chess First the pawns move 1 or 2 squares forward on their first turn SEcond the pawns move forward 1 square and capture diagonally Third the rooks move forward backwards and sideways Fourth the knights move in an L shape Fifth the bishops move diagonally as far as they can Sixth the queen moves in any direction as far as she can Seventh the king moves 1 square in any direction Eighth the game is over when the king cannot move anywhere this is checkmate Finally you can start to play the game 14 P a g e

Chess Song 2 Sing to Alouette Chess is a game we play with thirty two pieces Chess is a game white always moves first Don t move there you ll lose your rook Don t move there you ll lose your queen Lose your rook Lose your queen Ohhhhhhhhhhh Chess is a game checkmate is how you win Chess is a game it s good for your brain 15 P a g e

Solar System Start this lesson by asking students about something that is bigger than a pencil Keep going until the items get bigger and bigger Most classes may stop at the Sun but there are objects that are far FAR bigger out there Watch the video Star Size Comparison 2 on YouTube to blow their minds https www youtube com watch v GoW8Tf7hTGA The Sun 1 The sun is a star This makes it extremely important for life on Earth The sun provides us with energy which brings life on our planet It defines the seasons the harvests and even the sleep patterns of all living creatures on Earth 2 The sun is the closest star to our planet Imagine two cars on the road during the night with their headlights on One car is closer to you and the other one is far away Which headlights would seem brighter and bigger That explains why we see the sun so big and bright It is simply the nearest star to Earth 3 The sun is way bigger than the Earth In fact its radius is 109 times bigger than the radius of the Earth For those of you who are curious the sun s Radius is 696 000km and the Earth s radius is 6 376km 4 DON T TOUCH THE SUN IT S HOT The sun s average surface temperature is 5700 C Compare that to the Earth s average temperature which is 20 C 5 The sun is 150 million kilometers away from the Earth 6 How old is the sun Can you imagine 4 5 billion years 7 We know that the Earth s structure consists of different layers The sun also has layers but unlike the Earth the sun is entirely gaseous there is no solid surface 8 The sun rotates on its axis approximately once every 26 days The sun is made of gas which is why its different parts rotate at different speeds The fastest rotation is around the equator and the slowest rotation is at the sun s polar regions more than 30 days 9 The sun changes No matter when or where we look at the sun we will always see something interesting Scientists observe these changes by watching the sunspots They increase and decrease on a regular cycle of about 10 8 years Earth Watch the Font s Point Sky Time Lapse video to illustrate that the Earth rotates and not the sky https www youtube com watch v w8OK7M2_hUg 1 If the Sun were as tall as a typical front door Earth would be the size of a NT 1 coin 2 Earth orbits our Sun a star Earth is the third planet from the Sun at a distance of about 93 million miles 150 million km 3 A day on Earth is 24 hours Earth makes a complete orbit around the sun a year in Earth time in about 365 days 4 Earth s atmosphere is 78 percent nitrogen 21 percent oxygen and 1 percent other ingredients the perfect balance to breathe and live 5 Our atmosphere protects us from incoming meteoroids most of which break up in our atmosphere before they can strike the surface 6 Laika the dog was the first Earthling to orbit Earth aboard the Soviet Union s Sputnik 2 in 1957 She did not survive the trip A few years later the next two Soviet space dogs Belka and Strelka became the first living creatures to return from space alive paving the way for future human explorers 16 P a g e

17 P a g e

Objects in the Solar System The Sun is a star The Romans called it Sol And that s why the Sun s adjective is solar as in solar system 18 P a g e

The Planets of the Solar System The Earth s name simply means the ground the soil the land coming from the Latin word Terra 19 P a g e

Baking Speech 158 Breadsticks Greetings Eco Explorers My name is ________________ Today I am going to tell you how to make breadsticks outside First you put 4 cups of flour into a big bowl SEcond you put 10 tablespoons of sugar into the big bowl Third you put 4 teaspoons of baking powder into the big bowl Fourth you put 2 teaspoons of salt into the big bowl Fifth you put cup of olive oil into the big bowl Sixth you put 1 cup of water into the big bowl Seventh you mix these ingredients Eighth you wrap some dough around two skewers Ninth you hold the breadstick over the campfire until golden brown Tenth your breadstick is ready Finally you put out the campfire Congratulations you survive another day 20 P a g e

Baking Song 158 Breadsticks Sing to Mouse Loves Rice Breadsticks breadsticks WORDS Wrap some dough around a stick Hold it over a fire It s just great SONG Breadsticks SPEECH 21 P a g e

Extreme Hide and Seek Speech Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen My name is _________________ Today I am going to tell you how to play extreme hide and seek First you and your friends go to a park where there are many trees and other obstacles SEcond you choose a seeker Third you hide far away from the seeker Fourth the seeker can say Ten Fast or Three Slow or any other number and speed Fifth the seeker closes their eyes and counts Sixth you try to get closer to the seeker as they count Seventh you hide when the seeker stops counting Eighth if the seeker sees you you are out Ninth if you tag the seeker you win Finally you have a great time with your friends 22 P a g e

Extreme Hide and Seek Song Sing to Row Row Row Your Boat Hide hide hide and seek We play it in the park The seeker counts the hider runs Until they tag them out 23 P a g e

Aviation Speech 1 Straw Rockets Greetings Aviators My name is ________________ Today I am going to tell you how to make a straw rocket First you draw a rocket on a piece of paper SEcond you color and dEcorate your rocket Third you cut out your rocket Fourth you cut the bottom off a plastic pipette Fifth you attach the top of the pipette to the back of your rocket with tape or glue Sixth you put a straw into the pipette Finally you take a deep breath and launch your rocket into space Think about it How does the angle you launch your rocket affect the distance it travels Try out different angles and rEcord the results Try adding another fin to your rocket with tape How does it affect the flight of your rocket 24 P a g e

Aviation Song 1 Straw Rockets WORDS Sing to Camptown Races Straw rockets in the sky SONG Doo da doo da Straw rockets in the sky Oh de doo da day How can you make Them go farther Straw rockets in the sky Oh de doo da day 25 P a g e SPEECH

Day 3 The Neihu Ridge to the Grand Palace Hotel Distance About 5KM Estimated Time of Activity 3 4 Hours Description Gentle 5km ridgeline walking trail with views of Taipei skyline There are two optional short routes along the way for increased challenge The trail bEcomes narrow maze like and crowded near Grand Hotel Take care to keep the group together Mostly tree covered and several platforms where we can view Taipei Dajia River Songshan Airport Bathrooms At Jiannan MRT Station and Grand Hotel Our Hiking Route 8 00 8 40 9 40 10 00 11 30 12 30 14 00 14 15 14 30 15 30 26 P a g e Prepare Materials Organize Students into Bus Groups Load Buses Depart NWE Travel Time 1 Hour Alight Bus and Organize at JingYe Park Begin Hiking Break Taipei Viewing Platform Lunch Pictures Return to hiking End of the Trail The Grand Hotel Go to the Grand Hotel Lobby for group picture Head to Buses Board Depart for NWE Arrive at NWE

START Jiannan MRT 27 P a g e END The Grand Hotel

NOTES NO NEED FOR EXTRA CARS Because this trip starts and ends in a different place and is in the Taipei area there s no need for extra personal vehicles The trail is thin in some spots in the later part of the trail 28 P a g e

Day 4 Thursday February 2 Time 12 00 15 min 12 15 50 min Adam Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days ECO Clean Up Go around the neighborhood to pick up garbage Game Living Stratego Tim Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Game Living Stratego Keith Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Solar System The Moon Solar System The Moon 13 55 50 min Solar System The Moon Extra 14 45 15 min Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up ECO Clean Up Go around the neighborhood to pick up garbage Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up ECO Clean Up Go around the neighborhood to pick up garbage Game Living Stratego 13 05 50 min Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Goodbye Song Dismiss 17 55 Time 12 00 15 min 12 15 50 min 13 05 50 min 13 55 50 min Extra 14 45 15 min Victor Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Game Flag Tag Marius Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Solar System The Moon Phil Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Science Film Canister Rockets Solar System The Moon Science Film Canister Rockets Game Flag Tag Science Film Canister Rockets Game Flag Tag Solar System The Moon Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Goodbye Song Dismiss 17 55 ECO Clean Up Bring carts gloves garbage bags Do not let students enter areas with tall grass and barbed wire 29 P a g e

Day 5 Friday February 3 Time 12 00 15 min 12 15 50 min 13 05 50 min 13 55 50 min Extra 14 45 15 min Adam Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Game Flag Tag Tim Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Solar System Mars Keith Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Science Film Canister Rockets Solar System Mars Science Film Canister Rockets Game Flag Tag Science Film Canister Rockets Game Flag Tag Solar System Mars Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Goodbye Song Dismiss 17 55 Time 12 00 15 min 12 15 50 min Victor Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days ECO Clean Up Go around the neighborhood to pick up garbage Game Living Stratego Marius Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Game Living Stratego Phil Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Solar System Mars Solar System Mars 13 55 50 min Solar System Mars Extra 14 45 15 min Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up ECO Clean Up Go around the neighborhood to pick up garbage Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up ECO Clean Up Go around the neighborhood to pick up garbage Game Living Stratego 13 05 50 min Goodbye Song Dismiss 17 55 30 P a g e Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up

Living Stratego Super Slide Park is a great place to play Living Stratego in Its topography looks like the boardgame 1 Ensure that players use the following sentences when playing a Attacking player What s your rank I m a Captain Defending player I m a Marshal You are eliminated b Dead player Teacher I was eliminated by Sunny who is a Marshal Teacher What rank were you Dead player I was a Captain Teacher giving dead player a new card You are now a Major This is a great opportunity to teach students about the simple past tense 2 Some students will not have played this game before Show them or let familiar students introduce the game 3 Set clear playing field boundaries 4 Make sure that players know to tag to reveal and not push or pull 5 Make sure that players understand Bombs cannot tag to reveal enemy players 6 Equipment Jerseys Living Stratego Cards FOX40 Whistle 31 P a g e

Living Stratego Rules Level 1 Eliminate the Opposition 1 Each team has an outpost at their end of the battlefield 2 A teacher stands at the outpost and hands out one random rank card to each player 3 When the game starts players tap each other and reveal the cards to one another The attacking player says What s your rank I m a Captain The defending player says I m a Marshal You are eliminated The higher ranking player wins and takes the losing player s rank card 4 The dead player goes back to the outpost and gets a new random rank card The dead player says Teacher I was eliminated by Sunny who is a Marshal The teacher says What rank were you The dead player says I was a Captain The teacher says You are now a Major 5 Eliminate the entire enemy team to win Level 2 Capture the Flag 1 Follow the above rules 1 to 4 2 The main objective is to find the enemy team s flag 3 Each team hides their flag on the battlefield It must be visible from at least one angle Do not bury it Do not put it higher than 120 centimeters off the ground 4 The winner is the team that captures the opposing team s flag by bringing it back to their outpost 5 If the flag carrier is eliminated the flag stays at that spot and cannot be moved by its own team 32 P a g e

Stratego Rank elimination order 1x Marshal 10 points Can be eliminated by the Spy 2x General 9 points 2x Colonel 8 points 3x Major 7 points 4x Captain 6 points 4x Lieutenant 5 points 4x Sergeant 4 points 4x Miner 3 points 6x Scout 2 points 2x Spy 1 point Can eliminate the Marshal 4x Bomb 0 points Eliminates everyone but the Miner Can defuse Bombs Cannot tag other players 33 P a g e

The Moon 1 The Moon is Earth s only natural satellite It goes around the Earth at a distance of about 239 000 miles 385 000 kilometers 2 The Earth and Moon are tidally locked Their rotations are so in sync we only see one side of the Moon all the time Humans didn t see the lunar far side until a Soviet spacecraft flew past in 1959 3 The Moon is a rocky solid surface body with much of its surface cratered and pitted from impacts 4 The Moon has a very thin and tenuous atmosphere called an exosphere It is not breathable 5 More than 105 robotic spacecraft have been launched to explore the Moon It is the only celestial body beyond Earth so far visited by human beings 6 Apollo astronauts brought back a total of 842 pounds 382 kilograms of lunar rocks and soil to Earth We are still studying them Mars 1 Mars orbits our Sun a star Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun at an average distance of about 228 million km 142 million miles or 1 52 AU 2 One day on Mars takes a little over 24 hours Mars makes a complete orbit around the Sun a year in Martian time in 687 Earth days 3 Mars is a rocky planet Its solid surface has been altered by volcanoes impacts winds crustal movement and chemical reactions 4 Mars has a thin atmosphere made up mostly of carbon dioxide CO2 argon Ar nitrogen N2 and a small amount of oxygen and water vapor 5 Mars has two moons named Phobos and Deimos 6 Several missions have visited this planet from flybys and orbiters to rovers on the surface The first true Mars mission success was the Mariner 4 flyby in 1965 7 Mars is known as the Red Planet because iron minerals in the Martian soil oxidize or rust causing the soil and atmosphere to look red 34 P a g e

Objects in the Solar System The Moon s name comes from the Old English word mona The Romans called it Luna and the Greeks called it Selene 35 P a g e

The Planets of the Solar System Mars is the name of the Roman god of war Mars rode on a chariot pulled by two horses named Phobos and Deimos 36 P a g e

Flag Tag Speech Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen My name is ________________ Today I am going to tell you how to play flag tag First you get the flag tag box SEcond you make two teams Third you put on a flag tag belt Fourth you put two flags on your flag tag belt Fifth you put the flags on the side of your body Sixth you say Play flag tag Seventh you try to take the flags from the other team s players Eighth you are out when you lose your flags Ninth you win when the other team s players have no more flags Tenth you make sure all the belts and flags go back into the flag tag box Finally you have a great time with your friends 37 P a g e

Flag Tag Song Sing to Wheels on the Bus The flags on your belt I m going to take Going to take Going to take The flags on your belt I m going to take We re playing flag tag 38 P a g e

Science Speech 32 Film Canister Rockets Greetings Scientists My name is ________________ Today I am going to tell you how to make a film canister rocket First you get a film canister some warm water and some citric acid SEcond you put 4 tablespoons of warm water into a beaker Third you put 1 teaspoon of citric acid into the beaker Fourth you mix these two ingredients until the citric acid dissolves Fifth you put teaspoon of baking soda into a different beaker Sixth you add a few drops of water onto the baking soda Seventh you mix the baking soda and water to make a paste Eighth you put some of the baking soda paste into the lid of the film canister Ninth you put 3 teaspoons of the citric acid solution into each film canister Tenth you take the film canisters and lids to a good place outside Eleventh you put on some safety goggles Twelfth you carefully and securely put the lid on the film canister Thirteenth you quickly put the film canister upside down Fourteenth you quickly back away from the film canister rocket Fifteenth you wait for the pressure to build Finally you watch your film canister rockets fly Afterwards you can try it again using cold or hot water Which one is faster 39 P a g e

Science Song 32 Film Canister Rockets Sing to Mary Had a Little Lamb Film canister rockets WORDS Canister rockets Canister rockets SONG Film canister rockets They pop and up they go 40 P a g e SPEECH

Day 6 Saturday February 4 Time 12 00 15 min 12 15 50 min 13 05 50 min 13 55 50 min Extra 14 45 15 min Adam Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Game Capture the Planet Tim Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Solar System Mercury Venus Solar System Mercury Venus Outdoor Baking Campfire Orange Muffins Game Capture the Planet Outdoor Baking Campfire Orange Muffins Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Keith Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Outdoor Baking Campfire Orange Muffins Game Capture the Planet Solar System Mercury Venus Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Goodbye Song Dismiss 17 55 Time 12 00 15 min 12 15 100 min 13 55 50 min Victor Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Engineering Space Lander Marius Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Engineering Space Lander Phil Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Engineering Space Lander Solar System Mercury Venus Solar System Mercury Venus Solar System Mercury Venus Extra 14 45 15 min Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Goodbye Song Dismiss 17 55 41 P a g e

Day 7 Monday February 6 Time 12 00 15 min 12 15 100 min 13 55 50 min Extra 14 45 15 min Adam Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Engineering Space Lander Tim Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Engineering Space Lander Keith Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Engineering Space Lander Solar System Jupiter Saturn Solar System Jupiter Saturn Solar System Jupiter Saturn Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Goodbye Song Dismiss 17 55 Time 12 00 15 min 12 15 50 min 13 05 50 min 13 55 50 min Extra 14 45 15 min Victor Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Game Capture the Planet Marius Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Solar System Jupiter Saturn Solar System Jupiter Saturn Outdoor Baking Campfire Orange Muffins Game Capture the Planet Outdoor Baking Campfire Orange Muffins Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Goodbye Song Dismiss 17 55 42 P a g e Phil Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Outdoor Baking Campfire Orange Muffins Game Capture the Planet Solar System Jupiter Saturn Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up

Solar System Mercury 1 Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system only slightly larger than Earth s Moon 2 It is the closest planet to the Sun at a distance of about 36 million miles 58 million kilometers or 0 39 AU 3 One day on Mercury the time it takes for Mercury to rotate or spin once with respect to the stars takes 59 Earth days One day night cycle on Mercury takes 175 97 Earth days Mercury makes a complete orbit around the Sun a year in Mercury time in just 88 Earth days 4 Mercury is a rocky planet also known as a terrestrial planet Mercury has a solid cratered surface much like the Earth s moon 5 Mercury s thin atmosphere or exosphere is composed mostly of oxygen O2 sodium Na hydrogen H2 helium He and potassium K Atoms that are blasted off the surface by the solar wind and micrometeoroid impacts create Mercury s exosphere 6 No evidence for life has been found on Mercury Daytime Temperatures can reach 430 degrees Celsius 800 degrees Fahrenheit and drop to 180 degrees Celsius 290 degrees Fahrenheit at night It is unlikely life as we know it could survive on this planet 7 Standing on Mercury s surface at its closest approach to the Sun our star would appear more than three times larger than it does on Earth 8 The two spacecraft of ESA JAXA s BepiColombo are en route to Mercury NASA s Mariner 10 was the first mission to explore Mercury NASA s MESSENGER was the first to orbit the innermost planet Venus 1 Venus orbits our Sun a star Venus is the sEcond closest planet to the sun at a distance of about 67 million miles 108 million km 2 One full rotation on Venus lasts 243 Earth days but a solar day is only 116 days And Venus spins backwards with its sun rising in the west and setting in the east 3 Venus solid surface is a volcanic landscape covered with extensive plains featuring high volcanic mountains and vast ridged plateaus 4 The planet s surface temperature is about 900 degrees Fahrenheit 465 degrees Celsius hot enough to melt lead 5 More than 40 spacecraft have explored Venus The 90s Magellan mission mapped the planet s surface and Akatsuki is currently orbiting Venus 6 Venus extreme temperatures and acidic clouds make it an unlikely place for life as we know it 7 While the surface rotates slowly the winds blow at hurricane force sending clouds completely around the planet every five days 43 P a g e

The Planets of the Solar System The Romans named the planet after the running Roman messenger god Mercury because it moves across the sky faster than any other planet 44 P a g e

The Planets of the Solar System Venus the sEcond planet from the sun is named for the Roman goddess of love and beauty It shines the brightest of any planet 45 P a g e

Solar System Jupiter 1 Eleven Earths could fit across Jupiter s equator If Earth were the size of a grape Jupiter would be the size of a basketball 2 Jupiter orbits about 484 million miles 778 million kilometers or 5 2 Astronomical Units AU from our Sun Earth is one AU from the Sun 3 Jupiter rotates once about every 10 hours a Jovian day but takes about 12 Earth years to complete one orbit of the Sun a Jovian year 4 Jupiter is a gas giant and so lacks an Earth like surface If it has a solid inner core at all it s likely only about the size of Earth 5 Jupiter s atmosphere is made up mostly of hydrogen H2 and helium He 6 Jupiter has more than 75 moons 7 In 1979 the Voyager mission discovered Jupiter s faint ring system All four giant planets in our solar system have ring systems 8 Nine spacecraft have visited Jupiter Seven flew by and two have orbited the gas giant Juno the most recent arrived at Jupiter in 2016 9 Jupiter cannot support life as we know it But some of Jupiter s moons have oceans beneath their crusts that might support life 10 Jupiter s Great Red Spot is a gigantic storm that s about twice the size of Earth and has raged for over a century Saturn 1 Saturn is the sixth planet from our Sun a star and orbits at a distance of about 886 million miles 1 4 billion kilometers from the Sun 2 Saturn takes about 10 7 hours no one knows precisely to rotate on its axis once a Saturn day and 29 Earth years to orbit the sun 3 Saturn is a gas giant planet and therefore does not have a solid surface like Earth s But it might have a solid core somewhere in there 4 Saturn s atmosphere is made up mostly of hydrogen H2 and helium He 5 Saturn has 53 known moons with an additional 29 moons awaiting confirmation of their discovery that is a total of 82 moons 6 Saturn has the most spectacular ring system with seven rings and several gaps and divisions between them 7 Few missions have visited Saturn Pioneer 11 and Voyagers 1 and 2 flew by But Cassini orbited Saturn 294 times from 2004 to 2017 46 P a g e

The Planets of the Solar System The Roman god Jupiter was the god of thunder lightning and storms 47 P a g e

The Planets of the Solar System Saturn gets its name from the Roman god Saturnus who is the god of agriculture And because this planet is the sixth planet from the Sun the sixth day of the week is called Saturday 48 P a g e

Baking Speech 9 Campfire Orange Muffins Greetings Eco Explorers My name is ________________ Today I am going to tell you how to make campfire orange muffins First you cut the oranges in half SEcond you scoop out all the orange flesh Third you put 2 cups of muffin mix into the bowl Fourth you put 2 eggs into the bowl Fifth you put 300 ml of milk into the bowl Sixth you mix all the ingredients together with a spatula Seventh you fill one half of the emptied orange with muffin mixture Eighth you cover the filled orange half with the empty orange half Ninth you wrap the orange in 3 layers of aluminum foil Tenth you toss the aluminum balls into a campfire for 10 minutes Eleventh you turn the aluminum balls every now and then Twelfth the campfire orange muffins are ready Finally you put out the campfire Congratulations you survive another day 49 P a g e

Baking Song 9 Campfire Orange Muffins Sing to We Wish You a Merry Christmas Campfire orange muffins WORDS Campfire orange muffins Campfire orange muffins They are so yummy SONG Campfire orange muffins Campfire orange muffins Campfire orange muffins They are so fancy 50 P a g e SPEECH

Engineering Speech 1 Space Lander Greetings Engineers My name is ________________ Today I am going to tell you how to make a space lander First you get a cardstock square SEcond you glue a plastic cup in the middle of the cardstock square Third you put two ping pong balls in the cup Fourth you drop the lander from 30cm to 60cm high Fifth you think how you can drop the lander and keep the ping pong balls inside Sixth you change your lander until you have success Finally your space lander is finished To infinity and beyond 51 P a g e

Engineering Song 1 Space Lander WORDS Sing to Spider Man Space lander SONG Space lander Let s build a space lander Use your brain Think it through Watch out Everything s in space 52 P a g e SPEECH

Engineering Space Lander Refer to the Space Lander Teacher s Guide and have fun Don t eat too many marshmallows 53 P a g e

Capture the Flag Speech Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen My name is _________________ Today I am going to tell you how to play capture the flag First you divide the playing area into two sides with cones SEcond you make a small circle with cones at the far end of each side Third you put the flags in the small circle Fourth you make two teams Fifth you wear differently colored jerseys Sixth you follow the rules You can tag the opponent when they are on your side only You are safe inside the other side s small circle If you are tagged you must give the flag back to the other team If you are tagged you go to your teacher to answer a question Seventh you win when you capture the flag and bring it to your side Finally you have a great time with your friends 54 P a g e

Capture the Flag Song Sing to This is the Way Let s go play capture the flag Capture the flag Capture the flag Let s go play capture the flag It s time to play right now 55 P a g e

Day 11 Friday February 10 Last Day Time 12 00 15 min 12 15 50 min 13 05 50 min 13 55 50 min Extra 14 45 15 min Adam Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Game Living Stratego Tim Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Solar System Neptune Uranus Keith Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Chess Checkers Solar System Neptune Uranus Chess Checkers Game Living Stratego Chess Checkers Game Living Stratego Solar System Neptune Uranus Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Goodbye Song Dismiss 17 55 Time 12 00 15 min 12 15 50 min 13 05 50 min 13 55 50 min Extra 14 45 15 min Victor Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Chess Checkers Marius Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Game Living Stratego Phil Songs TEAM Planets Review previous days Solar System Neptune Uranus Game Living Stratego Solar System Neptune Uranus Chess Checkers Solar System Neptune Uranus Chess Checkers Game Living Stratego Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Chess Checkers Clean up Warm up Goodbye Song Dismiss 17 55 56 P a g e

Solar System Uranus 1 Uranus is about four times wider than Earth If Earth were a large apple Uranus would be the size of a basketball 2 Uranus orbits our Sun a star and is the seventh planet from the Sun at a distance of about 1 8 billion miles 2 9 billion kilometers 3 Uranus takes about 17 hours to rotate once a Uranian day and about 84 Earth years to complete an orbit of the Sun a Uranian year 4 Uranus is an ice giant Most of its mass is a hot dense fluid of icy materials water methane and ammonia above a small rocky core 5 Uranus has an atmosphere made mostly of molecular hydrogen and atomic helium with a small amount of methane 6 Uranus has 27 known moons and they are named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope 7 Uranus has 13 known rings The inner rings are narrow and dark and the outer rings are brightly colored 8 Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to fly by Uranus No spacecraft has orbited this distant planet to study it at length and up close 9 Like Venus Uranus rotates east to west But Uranus is unique in that it rotates on its side Neptune 1 Neptune is about four times wider than Earth If Earth were a large apple Neptune would be the size of a basketball 2 Neptune orbits our Sun a star and is the eighth planet from the Sun at a distance of about 2 8 billion miles 4 5 billion kilometers 3 Neptune takes about 16 hours to rotate once a Neptunian day and about 165 Earth years to orbit the sun a Neptunian year 4 Neptune is an ice giant Most of its mass is a hot dense fluid of icy materials water methane and ammonia above a small rocky core 5 Neptune s atmosphere is made up mostly of molecular hydrogen atomic helium and methane 6 Neptune has 14 known moons which are named after sea gods and nymphs in Greek mythology 7 Neptune has at least five main rings and four more ring arcs which are clumps of dust and debris likely formed by the gravity of a nearby moon 8 Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to have visited Neptune No spacecraft has orbited this distant planet to study it at length and up close 9 Neptune is our solar system s windiest world Winds whip clouds of frozen methane across the planet at speeds of more than 2 000 km h 1 200 mph close to the top speed of a U S Navy F A 18 Hornet fighter jet Earth s most powerful winds hit only about 400 km h 250 mph 57 P a g e

The Planets of the Solar System Uranus is the Greek god of the sky Uranus is the father of Saturn and the grandfather of Jupiter 58 P a g e

The Planets of the Solar System Neptune is the Roman god of the sea 59 P a g e

Real Photographs of the Planets 60 P a g e