HOOP TRIP TO THE PLANETS Jeannette Smith & Jillian Dale

HOOP TRIP TO THE PLANETS Objective: The class will practice locomotor movement skills while learning the order and facts about each planet. Grades Kindergarten through Second 25-35 minutes

Indiana Academic Standards: INTASC Standard 7: Planning for Instruction Multiple content areas Whole brain pedagogy Multiple accommodations NASPE Standards 1 & 2 Motor Skills Movement instruction and principals Indiana Academic Standards: Kindergarten: K.1.1 First Grade: 1.1.1 Second Grade: 2.2.2 Locomotor skills

Prepare for Launch! Equipment and Preparation: Nine planetary stations Manipulatives with planet facts Planet models Numbered cones Hula hoops for each student

Introductory activity Planet Order Stretch Say planet names in order while stretching head to toe. Use for closing activity.

HOOP TRIP TO THE PLANETS Blast Off! On earth, students enter space ships. Class counts down to blast off! Students use first locomotor skill to fly to first planet. life on mars! Students will land on each planet and exit space ship. Students will pass around model planet. Students will learn about each planet. Students will answer questions about that planet. Next scheduled launch! Students will enter space ships again. Students will use a different locomotor movement to get to the next planet. Students will fly back to earth after visiting each planet.

Assessments and safety concerns Informal, Formative Assessment Watch children complete locomotor movements between planets Verbally quiz children about facts and order of the planets Safety Concerns Plenty of room Open clear space No running or sprinting locomotor movements

Physically impaired students: Learning impaired students: Accommodations Physically impaired students: hula hoops Participate in reading facts Simplified locomotor skills Arm movements Learning impaired students: Slow pace of lesson Use picture books instead of facts More whole brain techniques Simplified facts gifted students: Speed pace of lesson Use more complex facts Quiz with harder questions

References Ansel, K. (2001). Classroom teacher integrated. Retrieved from http://www.pecentral.org/lessonideas/ViewLesson.asp?ID=2431#. VF_V73ktDIU Mars. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://kidsastronomy.com/mars.htm