Weeks 8-10 Space Literacy Tasks
Term 2 Weeks 9-10
Purpose of these reading activities is to:
increase our knowledge of space exploration
and understand how our knowledge and ideas about
space have changed over time (science). We are also learning
to read non-fiction texts and use our
writing skills to share our understanding of
this topic and our ideas (literacy).
Throughout this task we will need to use the skills of\
‘Thinking’ and using ‘Language, Symbols and Text.’
Learning Intentions
I am learning to skim and scan text to identify the main ideas.
I am learning to locate the key sentences and questions in texts.
I am learning to use sub-headings to guide me to the main ideas in text.
I am learning to summarise the main ideas in the texts I read.
(from the Karoro Programme of work for Reading)
I am learning to write well structured paragraphs.
Success Criteria
I will be successful when I can show….
-I have have scanned text to find key ideas.
-I have summarised the main ideas from the reading.
-I have put my answers in chronological order.
-I have written two well structured paragraphs \
explaining how some of our ideas about space have changed
over time (introductory sentence, supporting detail, concluding sentence).
Read the three paper based reading activities given to
you about Stephen Hawking, Galileo Galilei and The
Telescope. You will be put with a buddy to do this work.
We will mark and discuss our answers together as a class.
To add to our learning we will watch/
read and discuss these following videos or articles.
After we have completed these reading activities
and viewing and discussing the above materials your
task is to write at least two well structured paragraphs
explaining how our ideas about space have changed over time.
explaining how our ideas about space have changed over time.
Write your paragraphs here.
How Our Knowledge About Space Has Changed Over Time!
Over time people have created instruments that have caused
different ideas about space. Firstly, a Dutchman called Hans
Lippershey invented the first refracting telescope which allowed him
to look into our solar system. But the quality of his telescope was poor.
The following year Galileo Galilei built the first astronomical telescope
to look into the night sky. Galileo discovered, when looking at Jupiter,
he saw four objects orbiting the planet. He decided they were moons orbiting
Jupiter. When Galileo announced his ideas people didn’t believe him and thought
the four objects were stars. Galileo also argued the the earth went around the
sun rather than the sun going around earth.The local church disagreed with
that and they put him under house arrest. Later scientists over time proved
Galileo was correct. Over time people have been improving everyone designs
on the telescope, like Niccolo Zucchi (1616), Sir Isaac Newton( late 1600s) and
throughout the 1800s, telescopes( instrument ) grew in size. Over time the
technology has improved and that has allowed our thinking about space to
improve.
different ideas about space. Firstly, a Dutchman called Hans
Lippershey invented the first refracting telescope which allowed him
to look into our solar system. But the quality of his telescope was poor.
The following year Galileo Galilei built the first astronomical telescope
to look into the night sky. Galileo discovered, when looking at Jupiter,
he saw four objects orbiting the planet. He decided they were moons orbiting
Jupiter. When Galileo announced his ideas people didn’t believe him and thought
the four objects were stars. Galileo also argued the the earth went around the
sun rather than the sun going around earth.The local church disagreed with
that and they put him under house arrest. Later scientists over time proved
Galileo was correct. Over time people have been improving everyone designs
on the telescope, like Niccolo Zucchi (1616), Sir Isaac Newton( late 1600s) and
throughout the 1800s, telescopes( instrument ) grew in size. Over time the
technology has improved and that has allowed our thinking about space to
improve.
Over thousand of years our ideas have changed about
our position in our solar system. Firstly, people used to
believe we were the centre of the universe because they believed we
were gods creatures and therefore we were the centre.
In the second century a man named Ptolemy discovered that earth
was the centre of the Universe (this is what he thought at that time).
He thought that the sun/ Rā and all the planets were in a circular
orbit around Papatūānuku(earth). Then Nicolas Copernicus
(1473– 1543) reconstructed Ptolemy’s model of our Universe.
He discovered that the sun was the centre of our solar system and
all the other planets orbit it. Later on scientist like Galileo have proved
we move around the sun. This shows that over time the the ideas about
our position in space have changed.
our position in our solar system. Firstly, people used to
believe we were the centre of the universe because they believed we
were gods creatures and therefore we were the centre.
In the second century a man named Ptolemy discovered that earth
was the centre of the Universe (this is what he thought at that time).
He thought that the sun/ Rā and all the planets were in a circular
orbit around Papatūānuku(earth). Then Nicolas Copernicus
(1473– 1543) reconstructed Ptolemy’s model of our Universe.
He discovered that the sun was the centre of our solar system and
all the other planets orbit it. Later on scientist like Galileo have proved
we move around the sun. This shows that over time the the ideas about
our position in space have changed.
Self assessment
I have an introductory sentence for each paragraph:
I have at least three sentences giving supporting detail:
I have a concluding sentence:
