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3/25/2019 3:39:05 PM
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Can't believe I'm saying this, but I need help Offtopic
I was assigned a project in my astronomy class to come up with ideas on how to teach little brats- I mean, kids- the vast intricacies of space.
Keep in mind these Ideas need to be for kids 10 years and under. I currently have two ideas, and I need 3 more. These ideas can range from being about planets to spaceships, to even facts about the sun. So, any help with this issue would be greatly appreciated.
And please, for the love of Bernthal, keep it PG. Please. I need actual help with this issue lol
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6 RepliesTell them the globe myth is just that: A MYTH. Ask them what would happen if they stood on their parents car and jumped while it was traveling at 70mph. Then ask them to visualise the absurdity of being able to stand on a -blam!-ing ball spinning at 1000mph. You could submerge a tennis ball in water, and then spin it for a visual aid. When doing so, ask them to visualise themselves as the water droplets. This should be a good start at breaking down the spherist indoctrination they have be subjected to thus far. It is only through freeing the minds of the next generation that we can hope to dispel the ignorance that has been taught in the West since the dark ages...
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I’m so jealous man. Ive wanted to teach for so long, and teaching kids, some of the brightest of humans, about space sounds amazing. Of course, this could be a class of spoiled Here’s what I would suggest: 1: The Life Cycle of Stars 2: The Planets: Their characteristics and facts of them. 3: (Maybe) The Nature of Gravity - (Try to use Einstein’s theory of Gravity to explain to the kids how gravity works. I can explain more if needed. Good luck on this though brother! Have fun!
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Black holes can rip you apart very fast if you gomthrough one
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Edited by CrazyCobaltMan: 3/26/2019 3:07:32 PMMake a planetarium. Me and my friends made one, but we got off task and made me a suit of armour instead. But still, the kids might like it. Or give them a laptop with Kerbal Space Program running on it. Give them a stock rocket and have them launch it. [spoiler]Sorry Partner, but You’ve Yeed your last Haw [/spoiler]
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Is it possible to make it interactive?
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pass a blunt around while playing space oddity
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YOU CALLED UPON BERNTHAL AND BERNTHAL CALLED UPON ME [spoiler]Rockets. B I G rockets[/spoiler]
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Hubble Ultra Deep Field?
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Get some milky ways, mars bars and galaxy
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Just have them watch Doctor Who and call it a day
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Have them burn ants with a magnifying glass, to demonstrate what happens if you get too close to the sun. (*≧▽≦)ﾉｼ))
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3 RepliesEdited by Spartagnan: 3/25/2019 9:32:37 PMJust have sex with their parents and the kids grades will be fine [spoiler]oh shoot you said keep it PG, umm forget I said that[/spoiler]
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Hand them The Call Of Cthulhu and leave them be for a few. Ok maybe not. Coloring book with fun facts next to the pictures perhaps?
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Load up Star Trek the Menagerie.... the Buttheads will keep them laughing for weeks.
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5 Repliesi have a way with kids... What are you trying to tell them about space?
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4 RepliesMake it a game. Try Space jeopardy. 10 year olds like games, right?
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1 ReplyYou could use visual aids to explain how gravity works. Take a piece of t-shirt, stretch it over the opening of a bucket, secure it with rubber bands, and then use a variety of marbles and weights on it to show how mass effects the fabric of space and other objects.
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You could do something like this - an activity showing the huge scale of the solar system and the distances between the planets. Although you probably need a lot of room.
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1 ReplyJust be sure not to mention Uranus.
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*tosses the movie Gravity at you* Take this
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2 RepliesGive them all milky way candy bars. Then RUN!!
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Edited by BADMAGIK: 3/25/2019 8:27:33 PMBasketball and tennis ball
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Edited by OldboyVicious: 3/25/2019 9:35:22 PMBe like: "Okay, imagine you catch a pokemon, and you have to walk 1000 steps to train it. 1000 steps is about a distance of ______. So if you walked from here to _______, that means you could train ________ pokemons! But. . . at a normal walking pace, that would take _______ years!" And ask a lot of questions where they get to guess stuff. Like "Who can guess at how many miles away the earth is from the sun?" "Okay, raise your hands if you think that our sun is a star!" "How many miles is it from the sun to the nearest star?" So they are interacting a lot. Have google ready and ask them to think of the biggest things they can think of. Then google how many of that thing would make up the same mass. "Earth is _________ square miles. Alright billy, what's the biggest thing you can think of? An elephant? Okay so the earth could fit _______ elephants on it, but then there would be no room for any other animals or trees or people or buildings! Guess how many elephants would fit on Neptune?" "Larry, what's the biggest thing you can think of? Your uncle? Alright, guess how many uncles you can fit in Uranus?" Damn. I just couldn't help it.
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If you’re allowed, visuals work very well for conveying large numbers (diameters, distances, etc.) in a comprehendable manner.
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Hmm, well the PG thing really limits things. There goes showing a video of a hydrogen bomb to show the nuclear fusion that happens in our sun constantly. Hmm. Try something with interesting facts. People always love interesting facts. Research on the most interesting planets found maybe and share some of them out. Of course you will have to explain how vast and ginormous space is. Use things like models and scales to show how vast the universe is, and hopefully the little ones will realize how small they really are and will get the curious about the universe and inspired to explore, just like me as a kid. So we got interesting facts and models. Well we also have nuclear fusion but it probably isn’t allowed in the age group (a shame really). Hmm I will have to think about this one. I will get back to you
