Planets, planets, planets

Last Friday Vera visited primaria.  The kids who stay for afternoon care had been learning about planets and stars there, and on my last visit I could see they were really excited about it.  For example, at snack time I was showing them pictures of Darth Crater on my phone:

(This is Mimas, a moon of Saturn; the crater's name is not actually Darth Crater but it's a good joke for kids.)

So, although generally we prefer hands-on activities rather than powerpoint, I thought this was one case where a slide show kind of presentation was appropriate.  So Vera gave a highly interactive tour of the solar system slide show, to two groups of 10-11 each.  The kids were super excited and tired her out!

One way to extend this in the future would be to have kids draw pictures of what they imagine other planets to be like, before and/or after the slide show, and see what their preconceptions are as well as how their conceptions changed.