Space View Slides
SPACE VIEW
DETECTIVES
Can we see a dog from space? Let's find out!
Mission Start: Kindergarten - Grade 1
GAME: Big or Small?
BIG!
Stretch your arms out wide like a giant!
Small
Curl up into a tiny ball!
"I say an object... you show me if it's BIG or Small!"
Mission Briefing
WATCH: 0:35 - 2:40
Embedded media
Watch what astronauts see!
Be ready to talk about it!
The Big Scale Test
CONTINENT
Visible from Space!
YOUR HOUSE
Too Small to see!
Mission Checklist
1
Grab your Space View Sorting Sheet and your cutouts!
2
Carefully CUT out each Earth object.
3
GLUE them in the right column: Space View or Ground View!
READY FOR LAUNCH?
Space View Worksheet
Space View Sort
Mission: What can we see from the ISS?
Name
Date
Mission Instructions
Look at your cutout pictures. Think about being high up in space! Glue the big things we can see in the Space View column. Glue the small things in the Ground View column.
Space View
BIG THINGS
Ground View
SMALL THINGS
Space View Cutouts
Space View Cutouts
Cut along the dotted lines! ✂️
Continents
House
Oceans
Dog
Clouds
Car
Ice Caps
Trees
Mountains
!
Teacher Tip: Print one sheet for every student. Make sure students have scissors and glue ready before starting the SciShow Kids video!
Space View Teacher Guide
Teacher Guide
Space View Detectives
Grades K - 1
Learning Objective
Students will distinguish between large geographic features (visible from space) and small objects (not visible from space) to understand perspective and scale.
Materials Needed
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Space View Slides
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Sorting Worksheet
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Image Cutouts Sheet
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Kid-safe Scissors
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Glue Sticks
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SciShow Kids Video
Mission Prep
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- Print 1 Worksheet and 1 Cutout sheet per student.
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- Cue video to 0:35.
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- Clear space for the "Big or Small" game.
Mission Plan
1
Warm-Up: Big or Small?
5 Minutes
Goal: Build physical awareness of scale.
Action: Name objects from the list below. Students stretch WIDE for big things and CURL UP for small things.
A Ladybug (Small)
The Ocean (Big)
A Pencil (Small)
North America (Big)
Your Classroom (Small)
A Giant Mountain (Big)
2
Video Mission
10 Minutes
Watch SciShow Kids (0:35 - 2:40). Focus on visibility from space.
Discussion Stop-Points
- At 1:00: "Could we see our school from space? Why or why not?" (Too small! Distance makes things look like dots.)
- At 2:20: "What do the mountains look like from up high?" (Wrinkly skin on the Earth!)
3
Space View Sort
15 Minutes
Distribute the Space View Worksheet and Cutouts. Students must decide if an object is large enough to be seen by an astronaut on the ISS or if it requires a ground-level view.
Space View Continents, Oceans, Clouds, Ice Caps, Mountains
Ground View House, Dog, Car, Individual Trees
4
Mission Debrief
5 Minutes
Review the columns together. Ask: "If you were a bird flying above our playground, what would you see? What about if you were an astronaut?"