Make your own nebulae
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This document outlines a lesson plan to teach students about nebulae through hands-on activities. The plan includes having students act out the formation of nebulae by getting smaller and hotter, then throwing off gas and becoming stars. Students will then make their own nebulae by painting papers with gouache paints and glitter to represent different nebula types. Safety materials like freezer bags are provided for the painting to prevent messy hands. The lesson aims to make abstract space topics more concrete for students through embodied drama and art activities.
Make your own nebulae
- 2. DIVE IN THE SKY COMENIUS PROJECT TURKEY
- 5. Learning Outcomes At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to discover the nebula by acting out • Sub skills • create their own nebulae
- 6. Materials colorful ribbons, PowerPoint, pictures, construction papers, gouache, glitters, food coloring, cotton, bottle, freezer bags, sponge
- 9. RATIONALE This drama plan was prepared the reason why space and nebula are abstract topic for the students. These topics become more concrete by the help of this drama and paint activities. Firstly, it is so important to take attention of the students.
- 10. Therefore, the teacher comes to class with a nebula bottle. They can link between the topic and the bottle when she starts to teach the topic. She prepares colorful PowerPoint and uses some realistic pictures. For example, there is a nebula type which is called Horse head Nebula.
- 12. They can’t understand, so she puts a real horse head and they can understand it easily. In practice stage, they become nebula by acting out. In the follow up, they create their own nebulae with their friend next to by using two gouache color and glitter. Finally, they give them a name.
- 15. PRESENTATION Nebula is a gas cloud in the galaxy. It becomes smaller (by acting out with my hands) and hotter (by doing my hands like hand fan). As it becomes smaller, it throws a gas. Then, they become cold (acting out) and become a star.
- 18. The teacher starts lesson with the bottle nebula which was prepared at home because it takes long time in the class.The teacher explains the kinds of nebulae by PowerPoint.
- 19. The teacher needs 12 students for activity. Eight of students become a circle and four of them stand outside of the circle. The students become stars. The teacher gives them stars and they hang.
- 22. Students in the circle keep colorful pompons to show nebulae’s colors .They are gas clouds (give them cloud pictures) The students get hotter and smaller
- 23. The two students get out from the circle. They turn to star. The teacher gives them stars, Then, they act out the nebula.
- 27. FOLLOW UP Make Your Own Nebulae
- 28. The teacher gives them papers. The teacher gives them gouache and sponges. They color their paper with their friend. Then, the teacher puts them some glitter on their work..
- 30. The teacher shows them her nebulae as an example and shows them how to do. She gives them freezer bags to wear to their hands because they make their hand dirty without it.
- 33. Firstly, The teacher wants to buy glove but their hands too small to wear it. Therefore, it is useful to use freezer bags. Also, she gives them construction papers with paper behind them because they can paint their desk, too.
- 35. They make their own nebulae and present their nebulae’s each other.
- 36. APPENDIX The Nebula Bottle Pour the water, add blue color and put some glitters.
- 37. Then put cottons till the water absorbs them.Pour the water again and add the other pink color and glitters and cotton until the end of the jar.
- 38. Materials for this bottle • Jar • Colorful glitters and glue • Food coloring • Water • Cotton
- 40. This drama and activity was developed by Rana KARATAY and her University student from Anatolia University at Elt Department Simge Selin ÇAM.