Friday, March 28, 2025
Under the direction of Science, Technology, Art, and Math teacher Adrien Kaye, Sea
Cliff School fifth graders took part in an educational hands-on astronomy learning
experience with their younger first grade peers.
On Feb. 26 first graders were thrilled to be brought up to the fifth-grade classrooms and hallways to learn about the cosmos.
In numerous small groups, the older Sea Cliff students demonstrated how the Earth
revolves around the sun traveling in a path or orbit and completes one revolution in
approximately 365 days, which we call a year.
Other fifth graders taught their younger friends how the Earth also rotates on its axis, which is an imaginary line through the North and South poles, causing day and night.
In addition, the first graders learned how the moon has different phases which are caused by the changing positions of the moon, earth, and the sun. As the moon orbits the Earth, different parts of it are illuminated by the sun causing it to appear to change shape.
Sea Cliff fifth graders worked very hard to teach the first graders about astrological
patterns in the solar system. During their presentations, they demonstrated not only
their expertise and their critical thinking skills, but their ability to communicate
with their friends and younger peers.
After the demonstrations, first-grade students went back to their classrooms to reflect on what they learned, while the fifth graders debriefed about the teaching process.
