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The PTA will be fundraising to get the school some funding for other events and help regain some of the funding that they have to take out for the science night. They will be selling pizzas, chips, and drinks for the students and parents to have something that they can eat and nibble on.

Pizzas at 2.25 for two slices of pizza and 1.75 for a slice of pizza

Chips for 75 cents

Drinks for 1.25$ on the Capri suns, waters, and Coke

estimate 150$ spent on the fundraiser as pizzas, plates, chips and drinks will be bought for the event and making profit of 200-300$ dollars from the student and families.

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The teachers will cover half of the classroom with paper and make their own design of the planet that they are assigned with the colors and what they look up on how their classroom should be.

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Doors Open/Sign in: 6:00 pm-6:30 pm
First Grade Science Play: 6:30 pm-6:50 pm
Welcome Speech and Introductions in English/Spanish: 6:50-7:20
Questions: 7:20 pm-7:30 pm
Dismissed by groups: 7:30 pm-7:40pm

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The budget for the event overall is 2,500$, which is enough to fund the science night fair and provide sufficient crafts to all the families with the extras.

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The Pods of 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th will be used to hold the science activity with the center of the open space used to hold one activity. A volunteer teacher offered her classroom to hold the activity in her room with her matching grade as well.

3rd/Mercury Activity: 3rd grade classroom

3rd/Venus Activity: 3rd grade pod

4th/Earth Activity: 4th grade classroom

4th/Mars Activity: 4th grade pod

5th/Juniper Activity: 5th classroom

5th/Saturn Activity: 5th pod

6th/Uranus Activity: 6th grade classroom

6th/Neptune Activity: 6th grade pod

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As families sign into Science Night they will receive a sheet with the rotation schedule that includes the group number, the pod of the room, the room number, and the order of the activities.

For Example: If I were in group 5, I would look at the table with the group number on the table and sit down just to make sure there is less likelihood of getting lost. Then the parents and the students look at their sheet with the group number and look at the schedule, once released they are in order of activities.

Group 5

Rotation 1: Room 102 Venus with Ms.Teacher

Rotation 2: Room Pod Mars with Ms.Somara

Rotation 3: Room 202 Earth with Mr.Allora

Rotation 4: Room Pod Mercury with Ms.Murphy

Rotation 5: Planet 207 Jupiter with Mr. Gonzalez

Rotation 6: Room Pod Saturn with Ms.Greer

Rotation 7: Planet 212 Uranus with Mr.Galindo

Rotation 8: Room Pod Neptune with Ms. Rodriguez

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TEK: 3.9A Construct models and explain the orbits of the Sun, Earth, and Moon in relation to each other; and

Name for activity: To sun, earth, and the moon (Link)

Materials:

1 x white A4 card thick enough to hold its shape, but not too thick (we used 240gsm card)

Cost for one: 5.92$ x 2 (Quantity) = 11.84$ for 300 sheets of cards

Pair of compasses for drawing 2.5cm, 10cm, and 15cm circles. If you don’t have compasses, just draw around circular household objects of a similar size

Cost for one: 2.70$ x 20 = 54$ for 20 protactors

Colored pencils or felt-tip pens, and HB pencils for drawing and coloring the features on the Sun, Earth, and Moon

Cost for one: 7.97$ x 2 = 5.94$ for 100 color pencils

Paper fasteners. We used small, coloured ones but any will do

Cost for one: 2.67$ x 2 = 5.34$ for 200 fastners

(Optional) 1 x A4 laminating sheet and a laminating machine

Depends on if the school has it, since most schools usually do

The total cost: 77.12$ for station one

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TEK: 3.9B Identify the order [sequence] of the planets in Earth's solar system in relation to the Sun

Name: Race to the planets

Credit: Ms.Duarte (Me)

Materials:

Plastics Spoons

Cost for one: 1.98$ x 6 = 11.88$ for 288 spoons

Cotton Balls

Cost for one 1.98$ x 1 = 1.98$ for 200 cotton balls

Print out-Laminated planet cutouts

printouts for 6 of each planet which is 48 planets

Velcro

Cost for one: 4.97$ x 8 = 39.76$ for 64 velcro stickies

Paper

Cost for one: 4.97$ x 1 = 4.97$ for 100 sheet of paper

white crayon

Cost for one: 5.39$ x 5 = 26.95$ for 60 white crayons

small name plates

Cost for one: 5.92$ x 1 = 5.92 for 150 sheet of cardstock

The total cost: 91.46$ for station two

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TEK: 4.9A collect and analyze data to identify sequences and predict patterns of change in seasons such as changes in temperature and length of daylight; and

Materials:

4 sheets of paper cardstock

cost for one: 5.92$ x 2 = 11.84$ for 300 sheets

paints

cost for one: 19.98$ x 1 = 19.89$ for 24 barrels of 2oz paint

q-tips

cost for one: 2.18$ x 4 = 8.72$ for 2,000 Q-tip

sharpie pens

cost for one: 9.97$ x 4 = 39.88$ for 32 sharpie pens

cost for 79.33$ station 3

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TEK: 4.9B Collect and analyze data to identify sequences and predict patterns of change in the observable appearance of the Moon from Earth.

Name: Oreo's Moons

Materials:

8 Oreo Cookies

Cost for one: 2.98$ x 55 = $163.9 for 1,600 cookies

A popsicle stick or other tool for scraping the frosting

Cost for one: 2.97$ x 2 = 5.94$ for 300 popsicle sticks

Printable sheet for phases of the moon

Print out 250 sheet of printable phases of the moon

Pencils

Cost for one: 3.88$ x 5 = 19.4$ for 240 pencils

The total cost: 189.24$ for station four

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TEK: 5.9 Earth and space. The student recognizes patterns among the Sun, Earth, and Moon system and their effects. The student is expected to demonstrate that Earth rotates on its axis once approximately every 24 hours and explain how that causes the day/night cycle and the appearance of the Sun moving across the sky, resulting in changes in shadow positions and shapes.

Name: Become the sun, moon, and stars

Materials:

Fun rewards

Cost for one: 7.46$ x 4= 19.04$ for 352 party favors

Plastic Globes:

earth

moon

sun

the cost for one: 25.47$ x 2 = 51.48$ for 10 planets inflatables

Spray Paint

Yellow

Cost for one: 6.98$ x 2: 13.96$ for two cans of spray paint

Grey

Cost for one: 6.98$ x 2: 13.96$ for two cans of spray paint

Blue

Cost for one: 6.98$ x 2: 13.96$ for two cans of spray paint

Green

Cost for one: 6.98$ x 2: 13.96$ for two cans of spray paint

The total cost: 126.36$ for station five

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TEK: 5.10B Explain how the Sun and the ocean interact in the water cycle and affect weather

Name: Playing with the Water Cycle

Material:

6 sided dice

Cost for one: 7.99$ x 1 = 7.99$ for 50 count of dice

game board

Can be printed and laminated out

score sheet printables

Printed and laminated

game piece for moving around the board

Cost for one: 15.99$ x 1 = 15.99$ for 100 peeples

The total cost: 23.98$ for station six

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TEK: 6.9A (i) Model how the tilted Earth revolves around the Sun, causing changes in seasons

Name: Mellow tilt on Earth

Materials:

1 paper plate

cost for one: 5.18$ x 3 = 15.54$ for 300 plates

4 marshmallows

cost for one: 1.12$ x 6 = 6.72$ for 240 marshmallow (estimate)

4 toothpicks

cost for one: 1.44$ x 2 = 2.88$ for 400 toothpicks

Markers

cost for one: 15.97$ x 1 = 15.97$ for 100 markers

Yellow markers/ colored pencil

cost for one: 0.88 x 18 = 15.84$ for 30 assorted highlighters

Frosting

Can be made by my mom, free of charge

the cost 56.95$ for station seven

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TEK: 6.9A(ii) illustrates how the tilted Earth revolves around the Sun, causing changes in seasons

Name: Showing the Season

Materials:

150 – 200 watt light bulb (not frosted) or a flashlight

cost for one: 5.88$ x 25 = 203.95$ for 25 lightbulbs

lamp or socket for the bulb

cost for one: 22.99$ x 7 = 160.93$ for 28 sockets

extension cord

school janitor will be asked for some

the room that can be made dark

use blackout curtains

cost for one: 12.98$ x 4 = 51.92$ for 4 pair of curtains

Styrofoam balls

cost for one: 10.00$ x 2 = 20.00$ for 40 pieces of styrofoam

large straws or funnel

cost for one: 1.29$ x 6 = 7.74$ for 30 funnel pieces

rubber bands

cost for one: 1.68$ x 3 = 5.04$ for 240 rubber bands

5.5 oz flexible plastic cups

cost for one: 15.49$ x 1 = 15.49$ for 300 cups

scissors

cost for one: 1.47$ x 16 = 23.52$ for 32 scissors

rolls of tape

cost for one: 2.92$ x 8 = 23.36$ for 8 rolls for duct tape.

thumbtacks or sticky dots

cost for one: 4.88$ x 1 = 4.88$ for 300 count for glue dots

protractors

cost for one: 4.97$ x 30 = 149.1 for 30 protractors

rulers with centimeters

cost for one: 1.79$ x 30 = 53.7$ for 30 rulers

Cost of 719.63$ for station 8

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Space Science Night

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The purpose for science night is to make sure that the students are getting interested in becoming some type of scientist in the future. And that parents get a taste for the sciences that their children will learn with the tek and a sheet for the parents on the information of the activity.

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Date of the Event: November 8 (Friday)
Time: 6:30-9:30pm (doors open at 6:00pm)

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SPACE SCIENCE: The students will become astronauts as they experiment and make discoveries about space and the night sky with their parents.

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Station one: 77.12$

Station two: 91.46$

Station three: 79.33$

Station four: 189.24$

Station five: 126.36$

Station six: 23.89$

Station seven: 56.89$

Station eight: 56.95$

Total funding on Stations: 1,364.07$ - 2,500$ = 1,135.93$

Fundraising cost: 150$

1,135.93-150$: 985.93$ for cost after fundraising

Speaker Activity: 300$

985.93$ - 300$ = 685.95$ for Speaker activity

Total Spending Overall: 685.95$ for overall left from the budget

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Location: Berry Elementary
Layout: The layout of the school is simplified into groups of grades with the standard requirements for schools in the cafeteria, gym, playground, library, and others. We will only be using the pods from the upper grades and the cafeteria for the students.

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The location of the event will be at Berry Elementary using:
- the cafeteria - entrance doors - the classrooms of grade bands 3-6th.

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The Hallways would be decorated like space with several stars and asteroids. With the comets giving direction of the rotation/planet that they are supposed to be heading in the right direction.

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The Science coordinator, Stem lab teacher, Vice Principal, along with other science teachers will be the organization committee to make sure that the space can be used. With addition on input from teachers to make sure that anything that will be too messy has a contingency plan.

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Teacher assistants will be assigned certain tasks to get done in a specific order:
-Decorate the hallways and pods
afterward:
- Have a small group set up at the front to make sure it looks ready for parents and students
-Have a big group of TAs set up the cafeteria to make sure all the decorations and balloons were set up on time.

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Teachers will be assigned certain tasks to get done in a specific order:
-Decorate the pods and doorways, classrooms
-Set up for the science experiments
-Make sure that all teachers have items needed on the experiment list and instructions
- Make sure you are coordinating with your reading/history teacher who is helping you with the facilitation

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Every Science Teacher will have to come up with an activity given the TEKS of space provided and pick an activity to hold in the classroom or common area of that grade.
They will be taking hold of that station with supplies for their specific activity stored in the empty classroom and setting up for each round.

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Teachers Assistants (TA's), Teachers from 3rd-6th, PTA group, and Parent Volunteers help out

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The Grade Level Bands are 3rd-6th Grade.

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Children will be arriving in their best astronauts-themed costumes as they will be exploring space and all it has to offer.

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The teachers will either wear their best space costume made from scratch or things that they have at home. To ensure that the spirit of space is invested in the students and they get the feel of space science night.

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The student from the theater club for elementary will be creating a play based on a historical space event like the space dog Laika and how she went to the moon and came back (even though she never did).

The teacher from the theater club will also receive 300$ to ensure that she has money to input into the production with the props, makeup, paint for props, and costumes for the kids that decide to participate.

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Email: leslieduarte1224@gmail.com

Berry Elementary Schools Number: xxx-xxx-xxxx

School email: berryelementary@aisd.net

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https://tea.texas.gov/academics/instructional-materials/review-and-adoption-process/science-grade-6.pdf
3rd Grade Activity 1: 3.9A Construct models and explain the orbits of the Sun, Earth, and Moon in relation to each other; and
3rd Grade Activity 2: 3.9B Identify the order [sequence] of the planets in Earth's solar system in relation to the Sun
4th Grade Activity 1: 4.9A Collect and analyze data to identify sequences and predict patterns of change in seasons such as changes in temperature and length of daylight; and
4th Grade Activity 2: 4.9B Collect and analyze data to identify sequences and predict patterns of change in the observable appearance of the Moon from Earth.
5th Grade Activity 1: 5.9 Earth and space. The student recognizes patterns among the Sun, Earth, and Moon system and their effects. The student is expected to demonstrate that Earth rotates on its axis once approximately every 24 hours and explain how that causes the day/night cycle and the appearance of the Sun moving across the sky, resulting in changes in shadow positions and shapes.
5th Grade Activity 2: 5.10B Explain how the Sun and the ocean interact in the water cycle and affect weather
6th Grade Activity 1: 6.9A (i) Model how the tilted Earth revolves around the Sun, causing changes in seasons
6th Grade Activity 2: 6.9A(ii) illustrates how the tilted Earth revolves around the Sun, causing changes in seasons

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The guest for science night will be parents and guardians of the children who are eager to experience fun science activities with a space theme. The amount of families can range from 200-300 families as not every student can assist and not every family has the time.

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Materials:

1 x white A4 card thick enough to hold its shape, but not too thick (we used 240gsm card)

Pair of compasses for drawing 2.5cm, 10cm, and 15cm circles. If you don’t have compasses, just draw around circular household objects of a similar size

Colored pencils or felt-tip pens, and HB pencils for drawing and coloring the features on the Sun, Earth, and Moon

Paper fasteners. We used small, coloured ones but any will do

(Optional) 1 x A4 laminating sheet and a laminating machine

Notes: the students will also

Procedure:

Have the student draw two rectangles at a length of 1.5cm by 11cm and another by a length of 24cm by 2cm.

Once they are done they will put a dot 1cm away from the end.

Then use a compass to draw circles at the diameters of 2.5cm, 10cm, and 15cm.

Using a full Moon photo for reference, sketch and blend the lunar surface features.

Then find a photo of Earth from space and colour in the world’s features.

Finally, add the solar features using photos from the Solar Dynamics Observatory as a guide.

Carefully cut out all of the shapes, making sure to cut around any prominences that protrude from the limb of the Sun

Using the compass point, pierce a hole through the center of each circle and through the dots you marked on the straight pieces.

(optional)Lay the pieces out on the laminating sheet, making sure each piece has plenty of space around it (we secured them in place with a tiny piece of double-sided tape).

Carefully guide the sheet through the laminator.

Let it cool before picking it up.

Cut the pieces out again, leaving a sealed-border around each piece.

If you cut too close to the edges, the sheet will delaminate.

The thicker your card, the wider the border will need to be.

Once your pieces have cooled, pierce the holes again.

With paper fasteners, attach the short and the long arms to the back of the Earth piece.

Attach the Moon to the end of the short arm and the Sun to the end of the long arm.

All the pieces should freely rotate.

Your model is now ready to use.

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Materials:

Spoons

Cotton Balls

Print out-Laminated planet cutouts

Velcro

Paper

white crayon

small name plates

Name: race to the planets

Procedure:

The students will get in groups of 5-6 children in which they will compete in a relay race to get all the planets in order from the sun in the way that they choose as long it is correct.

The teacher will set up the classroom with sticky velcros, and they use the other half of the laminated planet cutouts which will be stuck in the soft part.

The students will then use the spoons to stick the flat end into the mouth and use the dome part to hold the cotton ball.

They run or walk along the tape with the spoon in their mouth with the cotton ball that sits on top of the spoon basin.

They will then choose a planet to put in the velcro available to them with not correcting the students as they will have to be able to put them in order in order to win

If they disagree they will also have to wait till get back to their team in order to communicate it and go again with a spoon to fix it

The only manner they have to restart it is if the cotton balls are falling in which they have to restart the relay

Picture of Activity:

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Materials:

Paints

sharpie pens

cardstock paper

q-tips

Name: Imagine seasons

Procedure:

The teachers will have stations where the children and parents are given paints, q-tips, sharpie pens, and cardstock paper.

The students will first draw a tree with the four papers put together in order to prepare for the next activity

The students would wait for the instructors to describe some of the conditions that happen in a season and the students will have to guess what the season is.

They will be described and have to mirror the effects of the seasons in the picture.

The students will end up with four seasons and showcase the different conditions they have in the viewpoint of the students

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Materials:

8 Oreo Cookies

A popsicle stick or other tool for scraping the frosting

Printable sheet for phases of the moon

Name: Oreo's Moons

Procedure:

Slowly twist an Oreo open to leave as much frosting on one side of the cookie as possible. If it doesn’t work, eat the cookie and try again!

Use the popsicle stick or scraper to create the phases of the moon out of the frosting.

Arrange the phases of the moon in order.

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Materials:

Fun rewards

Plastic Globes:

earth

moon

sun

Name: Become the moon, the sun, and the earth

Procedure:

1. Rotate:

both students should spin slowly in a counterclockwise motion

2. Revolve:

the student who is the Sun stays in place as the student who is Earth slowly walks counterclockwise around them

3. Rotate and revolve:

the students combine the two movements so that the Sun is rotating and Earth is revolving around the Sun while rotating.

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Materials:

6 sided dice

game board

score sheet printables

game piece for moving around the board

Name: Weather the cycle

Procedure:

RULES OBJECT OF THE GAME Score the most points in 10 turns by moving through Earth’s water cycle. Players gain points by landing on spaces representing Earth’s water cycle. Each space is marked with the number of points it is worth.

PLAYER ORDER & STARTING POSITIONS Players roll a 6-sided die to determine Player Order for each turn. The Player with the highest number chooses their starting position first and the Player with the lowest number chooses last. If more than 1 player roll the same number, each of those players roll again. The starting positions are the Clouds, Mountains, Glacier, Lake, River and Ocean (marked in rectangular spaces). Players cannot choose the same starting position and don’t gather points when rolling for starting position. Hint: Choose a starting position that puts you close to a space with a lot of points!

MOVING YOUR PIECE Players take turns rolling a 6-sided die based on player order. Players can choose any path in order to win. However, players must follow the natural flow of Earth’s water cycle (follow the arrows). Example: If you are in the Ocean, you cannot travel upstream into a River. Players must move the same amount of spaces as their dice roll and collect the number of points of the space they land on. Example: If your turn ends on Clouds, you collect 1 point for that turn.

The STORM ZONE consists of the Rain Cloud, Thunderstorm, Tropical Disturbance, Tropical Depression, Tropical Storm, and Hurricane spaces.

Hint: Lower dice rolls in the STORM ZONE will get you more points! Careful: If you land on the Rain Cloud space, you must follow the rain path back to the Ocean and work your way back to the STORM ZONE.

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Materials:

1 paper plate

4 marshmallows

4 toothpicks

Markers

Yellow markers/ colored pencil

Frosting

Name: Mellow Tilt on Earth

Procedure:

Put your groups names on the back of the paper plate

2. Draw an oval around the inside of the plate following the shape of the plate. This is going to represent the Earth’s orbit.

3. Color a yellow circle in the center of the oval you drew. This is going to represent the Sun.

4. Label the four seasons (summer, fall, winter, spring) on each side of your plate

a. spring (top) fall (bottom)

b. summer (left) winter (right)

5. Have each person grab a marshmallow and put a toothpick through the middle of the marshmallow (from top to bottom)

a. the toothpick should be coming out of both ends of the marshmallow

b. these marshmallows represent Earth

6. Using a marker draw a dotted line around the center of the marshmallow. This line represents the equator

7. Label the Northern Hemisphere (NH) and Southern Hemisphere (SH) on your marshmallow.

8. As the Earth revolves around the sun we experience summer and winter depending on the tilt of the Earth’s axis

9. According to the tilt of the Earth’s axis place one marshmallow next to each season in the correct position so it is representing each season

a. to make sure the marshmallows stay in place use the frosting in the plastic cup. Do not over use the frosting!

10. Once you are done placing your marshmallows in the correct positions answer the questions on the back of this worksheet

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Berry Elementary Presents
Science Night Space
3rd-6th Grade
Nov 8th, 6:30PM-9:30PM

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Materials:

150 – 200 watt light bulb (not frosted) or a flashlight

lamp or socket for the bulb

extension cord

the room that can be made dark

Styrofoam balls

large straws or funnel

rubber bands

5.5 oz flexible plastic cups

scissors

rolls of tape

thumbtacks or sticky dots

protractors

rulers with centimeters

Name: Spin the Earth

Procedure:

Making a Model of the Earth Push the straw through the center of the Styrofoam ball. This represents the axis about which the earth rotates. One end is north and the other end is south. Place a rubber band around the center of the ball (the earth’s equator). Looking at a globe or a map, find your approximate latitude, and place the tack or dot there. (For example, San Francisco is at 37.75˚ north, so placing the tack not quite halfway between the equator and the North Pole is an acceptable approximation.) Use the scissors to make a hole in the bottom of the plastic cup, near the side, as shown above. It should be just large enough to accommodate the diameter of the straw. Take an 8-cm piece of tape and stick a 2-cm piece to the center of the 8-cm piece (sticky sides together). Place the straw into the hole in the cup, and use the modified tape to hold the straw against the side of the cup, yet still allowing the straw to rotate in the hole. Your model should look something like the picture on the left. Use a protractor to check the angle of the earth’s tilt. It should be 23.5 degrees.

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The Poster fits in with the space theme, providing information on the location, time, date, events, and sign-in times, and letting parents know there is going to be food.

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Letter for Funds/Donation Supply/ Volunteer

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Letter for Funds/Donation Supply/ Volunteer

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The Students will receive a flyer that informs the parents and guardians about the supply donation, and volunteering that can happen at school or from their very home. They will be given more information once they contact the teacher about the supplies that every grade is responsible for bringing for the station that they are responsible for.