Take Action Project: Time Capsule and Letter
Summary:
Students will learn how to create a time capsule with a corresponding letter with help from Chelsea Blake, an archeological conservator from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. They’ll learn three main steps to create their time capsule: determine a clear message, select artifacts that align to the message, and write a letter to clarify their message. Students will then plan and create their own time capsule and letter.
Final Project
Create a time capsule, including a letter, to educate people in the future about some of the conditions humans would need to survive on a different planet.
Connections to Other Resources
This Take Action Project is used in the Exploring New Worlds full project.
Overview & Materials
Subject: Physical Science, ELA
Grade: 3-5
Student Handouts (Download)
Project Materials
Student Lessons
Project Notebook
Aligned Standards
Common Core English Language Arts (CCSS):
CCRA.R.5: Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
CCRA.R.6: Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
CCRA.W.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
CCRA.W.5: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
CCRA.W.6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.
National Arts Standards:
- Anchor Standard #1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
- Anchor Standard #2. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
- Anchor Standard #3. Refine and complete artistic work.
- Anchor Standard #4. Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.
- Anchor Standard #5. Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.
- Anchor Standard #6. Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work
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