Illustrating Space Theories

​After seeing our projection of outer space, the children shared many theories about planets and outer space at meeting. The children still had countless ideas to share. We suggested they map out their ideas on paper. It didn’t need to look perfect, just get something on paper, even it’s just to help them remember their ideas so we could share them later.  Here are some of their thoughts.

Joslin & Margaret's Theory:

​Joslin & Margaret: The green spots are germs. They’re good germs. They help him grow.This (blue spot) is a microphone. You say here what you want him to do and he does it. The sounds goes into the germs and then the germs say it to the planet.

Joslin's Theory:

Joslin: These are a bunch of little swirls. They are active in space. The pink things are trying to hit the swirls. Then there’s an earthquake that…when the rocks it, its going down, down, down. And crack! Hit! Earth quake! And it shakes like this {shakes arms}.

Lou Lou's Theory

​Lou Lou: The flying saucer takes all the grouchy stuff away so it doesn’t hurt the moon. It eats all of them since it makes the moon sick. That rock is almost kind of broken, and that one too.  The little rocks come from our ground and goes up to the moon. The orange protects the moon so it doesn’t get too sick. It needs rock medicine. It’s like a bandage. Its called tape moon, it tapes the moon. It’s to make it better.  This orange is to protect that rock because it doesn’t float like the unicorn rock. It’s to hold it up.  You press a button and it {shoooo sound} holds everything up so it doesn’t  {crashing sound}. That orange is a moon tree.  It comes from inside of the moon and pops up and helps everything. And gets all those green things. They are bad for the moon. Those are….moon….moon kale. 

Elle's Theories:

​Elle: The dust planet is sinking more and all the constellations and stars have more gasses coming out.

​Elle: This is Saturn and a storm is passing all around it and the galaxy goes all over. These are rocks meteors, in outer space. They are hitting the dust storm in outer space. The rocks are shooting stars. They are floating down to earth.

Sally's Theory:

​Sally: 1: This is the moon where aliens live. 2: Pluto when he was big. 3: The star Pluto wished on so he could be smaller. 4: Rocket ships crashed into earth 100 million years ago and exploded all around Earth with trash. 5: Pluto when it was little. 6: This is when Pluto was about to die and he was a grandpa. 7:When Pluto died and exploded.