5,4,3,2,1.. Blast off!
These astronauts and I have been having so much fun – “Exploring Space” – every Tuesday.
We just finished our 4th week learning about astronauts but of course 4 weeks won’t be enough. We will keep learning about them and their adventures as we shift our study to the equipment they use when working in space and the things they find and see when they are on their missions.
We’ve watched some very interesting videos about real astronauts. In their videos they explain what life is like when they are in space. How they sleep, eat, shower and go to the washroom. Everything is different in space! When astronauts wash their hair the water floats away since there’s no gravity there. Therefor, they need to make some changes to adapt to their new home.
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We learned about the first astronaut that went to the moon. His name was Neil Armstrong. The kids learned his name pretty quickly even though sometimes they get confused. It’s a bit tricky to remember it’s actually “Armstrong” and not “Strongarm.” So cute! I know.
This month, we will be learning about the equipment they use to work and transport themselves.
We are building a new spaceship!
Dez and I went to IHOP today and the two restaurants around Buddings and found a couple boxes that will help us for our project. He was so excited to see everyone giving us some boxes, that we had to start with our project ahead of time.
Dez, A.J, Gracie, Vera & Malcolm started to draw on the boxes today and make sure it had a name and the buttons required. Dez named the spaceship “47” so we got a name already for it.
On our next adventure exploring space we will continue building our spaceship and then we will take it to one of our fieldtrips soon!
