Independent Choice Board: Science Explorers
Instructions:
Choose 3 or 4 activities from the board below. Each activity takes about 20 minutes.
Read the instructions, have fun, and be creative!
The Solar System Climate Zones Asia The Eclipse
1. Science Ad: 1. Weather 1. Landmark 1. Eclipse Play:
Create a colorful ad Comic: Draw a Puzzle: Create a Write a short play
to encourage 4-panel comic crossword or word where the Sun, Earth,
people to visit one about a plant or search using and Moon talk about
of the planets. animal living in famous Asian what happens during
Include fun facts, one of the landmarks, natural an eclipse. Act it out if
drawings, and a climate zones. features, and you want!
catchy slogan like Show how it animals. Include a
"Visit Mars—the survives the list of clues!
Red Planet weather.
Adventure Awaits!"
2. Alien Friend: 2. Climate 2. Animal Poster: 2. Eclipse Poem:
Pretend you meet Song: Make up Choose an animal Write a short poem
an alien from a song about found in Asia (like a about a solar or lunar
another planet. one of the panda or tiger). eclipse. Use words to
Write 3 things you climate zones. Draw the animal describe what it looks
would tell them Sing about the and write 3 facts like and how it feels
about Earth and weather, about it. to see one.
draw what the alien animals, and
looks like! plants. You can
even record it!
3. Solar System 3. Climate 3. Asian Animal 3. Eclipse Word Art:
Puzzle: Create a Detective: Adventure: Write a Write 3 eclipse-
crossword or word Write clues short story about related words (e.g.,
search using about a plant or traveling through "solar eclipse,"
names of planets animal from a Asia to meet "shadow," "orbit") in
and facts about the specific climate animals like big, colorful letters.
solar system. Add zone. See if pandas, tigers, and Decorate the words
clues for each someone can elephants. Include with drawings that
word! guess what it is! where you find explain their
them and what you meanings (e.g., draw
learn. the Sun, Earth, and
Moon for "solar
eclipse").
