:Planets
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Approach: Station Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus:   Solar system 

Resources:  Picture in recording book
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Questions/instructions:

Imagine you are going for a trip in a spaceship.

The picture shows the places you will visit.

There is a sun, five planets and a moon.
 
% responses
y4
y8
1. Write number one beside the star.
sphere in middle
34
60
2. Write number two beside the coldest planet.
furthest planet
44
62
3. Write number three beside the planet with the longest year.
furthest planet
40
54
4. Write number four beside the planet with the strongest gravity.
furthest planet
20
19
5. Write number five beside the moon. moon of furthest
planet
29
50
6. What other things aren’t in this picture that you might expect to find in space?





comets
7
18
meteors
11
21
asteroids
9
18
satellites/rockets/spaceships
14
20
black holes
7
13
other stars/constellations
33
40
other valid response
48
60
 
Total score:



8–12
2
7
6–7
7
23
4–5
25
32
2–3
46
31
0–1
20
7
Commentary:
This was one of the least popular tasks, perhaps because having so many answers the same was regarded as trying to trick the students. About 25 percent more year 8 than year 4 students scored four or more. 
 
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