Astronauts For The Day!

On Wednesday, April 20th I was given the task to micro teach the class with Bridget. Even though it was only a short presentation, I still always get nervous when I have to get up and talk in front of the whole class. We decided to base our presentation on space, and we found some really cool websites to go along with our presentation!


Before we showed the class the websites, I asked the students a few questions about space to pre-assess their knowledge! Some of these questions included:

• "Who are astronauts and what do they do?"
• "Who are some famous astronauts?"
• "Who was the first man on the moon?"
• "What is space?"
• "Can you name all or any of the planets?"

After I heard the students discussions about these questions, Bridget led the students by playing a game ! This was a game all about space sense, and the object was to get the rocket to blast off by answering the given questions correctly. Judging by the students' peer feedback, I think they really enjoyed the game! All the students actively participated, and it was a lot of fun. Sadly, we couldn't get the rocket to blast off because every time we got a wrong answer the game would restart. One thing Bridget and I could have done differently would be to get the correct answers prior to playing the game, that way we could enter the correct answers and get the rocket to blast off.

We also showed the students a website of a 3-D view of the solar system. This website was awesome! I really enjoyed it because you could see all different views of what the solar system looks like, and you could fast forward the time to see what the solar system would look like at a specific date and time. 

Overall, I really enjoyed the micro teaching experience. Thanks to each student's feedback in the form of Three Pluses and a Wish, we were able to see what they liked about the lesson, and what we could have done differently. Everyone seemed to really like our resources and how we delivered the lesson. This is something I will definitely use in my future classroom to get my students excited for learning about space!