Recount - School Trip to Planetarium
Paragraph 1 - Introduction
Who? (Main characters)
Parent -helpers
Class 3-25
teachers
When?
Where?
What?
Why?
- as part part of Science lesson
- going to planetarium to learn about Planets.
How? (How it started? how it happened?)
Main Body
Paragraph 2 - Event 1: Before reaching Planetarium, Bus to Planetarium
Paragraph 4 - Event 3: At the Planetarium - The Movie/Video + lunch
Paragraph 3 - Event 2: Quiz & Scavenger Hunt + explanation of how far apart is the Moon from the Sun?
hearing: Noisy chatter on the bus
- fun /interesting quizzes (noun phrases)
- scavenger hunt in groups + search for things outside the room
Sight: - miniature rockets made out of cardboards and paper
- painted
- stand up cardboard of astronauts
explanation of how far apart is the Moon from the Earth?
- the presenter asked for volunteers to help demonstrate the distance between Earth and Moon
- engage students by asking them to pretend they are the moon (holding plastic moon) and to stand at a distance where they think it would be from the Earth. + movement
- involved the students
- i guessed it was.....
- answer was revealed and it was...151.64 million km
Paragraph 5 - Conclusion: Journey back to school
feel/touch: tired/exhausted
- dozed off
- startled by loud laughter/scream/yelling
- snapped out of the reverie
- when you entered, it was pitch dark - as dark as a moonless night
- 5min later, they turn on the video, and the ceiling room was dotted with small specks of lights that looked tiny stars
- video on the ceiling
Feel: uncomfortable & comfortable at same time
hearing: so silent you can hear a pin drop
- scrambling for seats
- scrambling for seats
lunch - senses
seats started moving/shaking when an asteroid flashed past - Startled
wave of hot when sun moved past
felt like we were floating