Teacher

Candidate

Alexa Alibayof

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visit
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Age/Grade level

Kindergarten

Name of Lesson

What Astronauts Eat in Space: Measuring for Astronaut Pudding

Content area (s)

/developmental
domain(s) addressed
This lesson is:

Cognitive development, fine motor development, language

development.

Rationale

After learning about gravity the class will begin studying astronauts.
We will be discussing a day in the life of astronauts as part of our
social studies unit.
25 minutes

1) Children will learn that lack of gravity changes how astronauts eat
food.
2) Children will measure ingredients and describe how they are
measuring.
3) Children will compare two ingredients and describe which one has
more and less.
K.MD.1: Describe measurable attributes of objects.
K.MD.2: Directly compare two objects with a measureable attribute in
common, to see with see which object has more of or less of the
attribute, and describe the difference.
Vocabulary: gravity, more of, less of, tablespoons, measure.

Timeframe
Objectives

Common Core Standards

Language Objectives
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Technology

The Weebly School

An introduction to a new activity, following a lesson on gravity.

Smart board, milk, instant pudding, measuring spoons, Ziploc bags,

worksheets.

Smart board to show a video

Procedures (step by step) Whole group

Following our experiment on gravity and astronauts, we will discuss

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how astronauts eat in outer space. First the teacher will review that
we have gravity on earth and gravity pulls objects down. The teacher
will review that in space there is no gravity and object float in the air.
Then, the teacher will ask, how do you think astronauts eat in space
without gravity? Do they cook food in space? Do they bring food with
them from earth? What do you think would happen if something spills
in space?
Have the children close their eyes and imagine they are eating chips or
bread in outer space where there is no gravity. Have them imagine
what it would look like if they spilled a cup of water.
Teacher will ask, do you think it is easy or hard to eat in outer space?
The teacher will explain that astronauts put all of their food in bags
and drink from straws so that their food stays fresh and does not spill.
Then, the teacher will show the students a video on the smart board
with a narrator demonstrating how food looks in space, how its eaten
and what is eaten.
http://kinooze.com/how-do-astronauts-eat-in-space/
After the video, the teacher will ask what parts of the video they
remember made it easy for astronauts to eat. The teacher will remind
the students that, It is easy for astronauts to eat soft foods in
baggies. The teacher will lead a brainstorm activity. Its almost snack
time on the space ship! Lets imagine that we are in charge of making
snacks in baggies for astronauts to eat in space. What should we put
on our snack menu? The teacher will write the classs ideas on chart
paper.
Then, the teacher will tell the class that they are going to make a
special astronaut treat. The teacher will demonstrate on the carpet
each ingredient being added to the Ziploc baggy. Teacher will pour
each ingredient into measuring cup and into the baggy while
verbalizing what is being added and the amount that is being added.
8 tablespoons of milk, 1 tablespoon of pudding go into the bag. Do I
have more milk or more instant pudding? How do you know? Then
the teacher will close the baggy and give each child a chance to squish
the bag to mix the ingredients. Children will be divided into two
groups and sit at their seats. One teacher will be assigned to each
group. The recipe will be left on the smart board for the children to
refer back to.
Small group/individual work
Each child will be given an amount of milk, instant pudding and a
Ziploc baggy. Each child will have a measuring cup and measuring
spoons. One teacher at each group will lead the children through
measuring and pouring.
While making astronaut pudding, the teacher will observe and use a
checklist to assess how the child uses new vocabulary and how the

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child can orally explain that eating from a Ziploc is helpful for an
astronaut. After making astronaut pudding, The children will write the
ingredients for astronaut pudding on a worksheet and indicate which
ingredient is used more and which ingredient is used less.

For children who require an extra challenge, no prompting from the

teacher will be used when the children measure ingredients. These
children will also be asked how the ingredients can be manipulated if
he/she wanted more instant pudding than milk.
For children who require supports, visuals will be placed at their seats
or ingredients will be pre-measuring and the children just pour.
Children will further apply this knowledge about food in space to their
everyday lives.
Think about the foods you eat everyday. What would it be like to eat
those things in space? For homework, children will color in on a
worksheet foods that would be difficult to eat in space (in red) and
foods that might be easier (in green).
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