Lesson 1: Introductory Lesson: After watching a video from BrainPop.com followed by a podcast and discussion on the eight planets of our solar system, students will construct a mobile of the planets. The students must receive a 3 out of 4 on the rubric created for this assignment to have successfully met the objective.
Lesson Number 8: After a discussion on how weight is affected by the pull of gravity between two masses, students will calculate their weight using a website from an Internet Hotlist. They will enter this information into Create-A-Graph and create a bar graph scoring 3 out of 4 on a graphing rubric, then answer questions to demonstrate their ability to understand a bar graph with at least 80% accuracy.