y if you
dont know this yet.
2.
Label your drawings with your groups initials. Then
post them up in a gallery around the room. Taking your
journals, go on a tour around the gallery.
a)
Write down ideas that other groups have about the
outside and inside of the planet.
3.
When you finish the tour, talk about these ideas in your
group. What ideas did you get from the other groups?
4.
Now, look at the world map or globe your teacher will
provide. Also look at the diagram of the inside of the
Earth in the Digging Deeper section.
a)
How are your drawings (and those of your classmates)
similar to or different from these maps and diagrams?
b)
What surprised you about the maps and diagrams?
c)
Use this new information to make your drawings as
accurate as possible.
5.
Next make a Planet Card (like a baseball card) about
the Earth. Draw a picture of the Earth on one side of a
5" x 8" card and put important information that you
have learned about the Earth on the back. You might
include information on the following topics:
INVESTIGATING EARTH IN SPACE: ASTRONOMY
Inquiry
Making Diagrams
Sometimes the best way to
show the results of a scientific
investigation is by drawing a
diagram. Complicated concepts
can often be illustrated more
easily than they can be
explained in words.The
diagram should be labeled.