How A Nebula

Forms Drama Activity

DIVE IN THE SKY

COMENIUS PROJECT

TURKEY

LEARNING OUTCOME

The students will be able to

describe how nebula forms.

Warm - Up

The teacher checks students’

knowledge about stars and nebula by

asking some questions and attract their

attentions.

Presentation The teacher asks some questions like this.

T: At the weekend, I read an interesting article about stars and I wonder “Do you like stars?” Ss: Yes

T: What do you know about them?

For example, what happened to them

when they become old ?

Ss:…………….

( Teacher takes some predictions from students like that and writes on the board.)

T: Can they be injured?

Ss: Yes

Ss: No

( Teacher writes them on the board)

T: Can they disappear?

Ss: Yes

After these questions, teacher

opens PPT about answers of them.

Their answers hide on the topic Nebula

After the presentation, there are

drama activities about Nebula

At this activity, some of the students will be stars, some will be planets and others will be outer space. Firstly, six of the stars will come, they are little stars. Little stars sit then they stand up slowly for showing their growth and they seem like old and tired.

When the stars

grow and old, they

spread gas on

outer space.

For showing this spreading, they

use spray paint. They paint the outer

space blocks that their friends hold on.

After painting this blocks, these

students hold on the blacks on their

heads and make colorful nebula.

And sometimes new little stars born from nebula, so one of the stars go center of the nebula and when the nebula spread, that star grows.

Teacher Instructions

For This Activity • I need 6 students for outer space.

• Others, some of you will be stars and others are planets (teacher gives pictures of stars and planets to the students

• Now, I need 6 stars.

• After these 6 stars come, the teacher tell them ‘ you are so tired and old stars’ ( Teacher gives spray paints to them) you spread a gas on outer space. ( They paint outer space cartoons.)

Outer space students, take

the cartoons and hold on them. Now,

nebula was formed.

TOPIC: Drama about nebula

CLASS PERIOD:40 minute

NAME OF MENTOR TEACHER: RANA KARATAY

STUDENT TEACHER’S NAME: PINAR ÇİLENGER

SCHOOL: PİLOT BİNBAŞI ALİ TEKİN PRIMARY SCHOOL