Directions: Fill in each part of the App Lesson with your own original ideas.

Please look at the

sample provided on the class website. Provide 3 to 4 apps/steps for students to complete along
with a creative title, helpful description, and relevant SC teaching standards.
• There must be one app per step.
• Android apps can be used as long as all included apps are from the same platform.
• Lessons must cohesively link together 3 to 4 apps going from one focus/step of the lesson
to another.
• Lessons may include direct instruction provided the lecture contents are explained.
• Lessons may utilize web browser apps like Chrome or Safari to access website-based
tools. Link to the website in the write-up and the web browser app in the App Store web link
area.

Title: Planets

Relevant SC Standards:
4.E.3A.1 – Develop and use models of Earth’s solar system to exemplify the location and
order of the planets as they orbit the sun and the main composition (rock or gas) of the
planets.
4.3.3 – The student will demonstrate an understanding of the locations, movements, and
patterns of stars and objects in the solar system.
4.E.3B – Earth orbits around the sun and the moon orbits around earth. These movements
together with the rotation of earth on a tilted axis result in patterns that can be observed
and predicted.

Description: This app lesson will develop fourth grade students’ solar system understanding and
knowledge.

Instructional Objective: Students will be able to understand how solar systems work and
identify different planets and provide information regarding a selected planet.

Step 1 Content-Based or Skill-Based App: Students will open up Padlet and add posts to my
previously created board titled “What do you know about planets already”

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/padlet/id834618886

Step 2 Content-Based or Skill-Based App: Students will use the app called A Solar System
Journey to explore the solar system and read about planets. From this app, students will make
their decision as to which planet they’d like to present to the class

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/a-solar-system-journey/id444804070

Step 3 Students will create a presentation using Google Slides. They will take the information
they collected from their classmates on padlet and the solar system app to compile information
into their presentation.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-slides/id87947810