My grade 5 and 6s are beginning to delve into the arcane science of Internet Searching (cue spooky music here). And because astronomy has been on their (and my) minds lately, I thought I’d throw some questions together to see how well our students can make the InterTubz work for them.
(And for pedagogists, to give me some baseline data to see what specific deficits I need to address.)
So, my students, please do this:
- Create a new MS Word document. When you save it, call it “Astronomy Search“.
- Make three columns: 1 – for the question number, 2 – for the URI where you found the answer, and 3 – for the short answer.
- Answer as many questions as you can. Please don’t help each other out – work by yourselves.
- At the end of the day, save your document, print it, and put it in your logbook.
And so, some astronomy-related questions…
Click on the see them.
