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Learning Unit #1 Fifth Grade Science Space Science Fifth Grade Science Standard: General information regarding planetary positions, orbital patterns, planetary composition and recent discoveries Students will work in groups of 2 or 3 to complete the project, while having only one group per planet. Students will need to start by completing a Brainstorming activity on [|www.Bubbl.us] so I can make sure the students are on the right track with the information they want to find. Once their brainstorming activity is complete, the students will create a PowerPoint presentation on their planet and then record it along with them talking about the slides on []. Then the students will create an interactive game, story, animation, music or art on [] about their planet. The students will also have to create a word cloud on [] with different words that describe your planet. After students complete all the tasks they will post their completed projects on the class blog for all the students to view. We will have a test at the end of the unit based on all the student’s presentations, so the blog will act as another study tool for the students: [] Here is a link to the Rubric for this project: [|Planet Project Rubric]
 * Pick one of the eight planets to do your research topic on. Name different characteristics of the plant.
 * Include information on:
 * Planetary position
 * Orbital patterns
 * Planetary composition
 * Recent discoveries about your plant
 * Interesting facts about your planet

Here are some examples that can help you if you have questions on any part of the project.
 * Sample Work:**

Example of my bubbl.us- [|Pluto Brainstorming] Example of my Screencast- [] Example of my Scratch Picture- [|http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/12820398/] Example of my Word Cloud []