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