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As part of their new unit on the moon, first-graders in Jennifer DeLuca and Karen Vaiano’s classes at East Broadway Elementary School built models of the moon, sun and earth on Feb. 27. Prior to the project, classes discussed facts that they knew about the moon and shared questions that they had about it. The project allowed students to receive a better understanding of the word orbit through a hands-on activity. The classes watched two educational
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East Broadway students explore orbits videos about how the moon orbits the earth and how the earth orbits the sun. They were then given clear instructions on how to build their own model of the movement using paper, crayons, glue and scissors. With the help of DeLuca and Vaiano, each student colored the earth, sun and moon to their liking and glued the pieces together to form a working orbit that they could take home.
Photos courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools
East Broadway first-graders worked on coloring their models of the earth, sun and moon.
First-grader Aubrey Sabell with her brightly colored sun.
East Broadway first-grader Nicholas Custodio with his finished earth, sun and moon project.
First-graders Logan Dall’Aste (right) and Emma Kast (left) colored their projects together.
First-grade teacher Karen Vaiano helped students assemble their models.
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