Planet Order Sort- a SMART Notebook Activity

This was my first time using SMART Notebook.  After getting to know the program a little, I decided to use the SMART Lab to build my activity.  This is a great tool for creating interactive activities and was very user friendly.

I chose to focus this activity on fourth grade's study of the solar system, specifically focusing on:

VA SOL 4.7 The student will investigate and understand the organization of the solar system. Key
concepts include
a) the planets in the solar system;
b) the order of the planets in the solar system

The activity has the students put the planets in our solar system in order from the sun.  A student will be chosen at random from the hat (an add on in the SMART Lab) and come up to the board.

He or she will drag and drop the names of the planet to the correct places on the right.  If they get it wrong, the planet name will not stick to the box.  If it is correct, it will stay in place and show a green checkmark.

Once all of the planets have been put in order, the game will finish and someone else can have a chance.

This was fun to create.  I think next time I would add a timer to the game so that kids could time themselves while playing and then try to get better at it the next time.  One thing I wish I could do was customize the background of the game.  They had some fun themes to choose from but they weren't space themed.  If there was a customized choice, I would have added a space background with the planets shown in order so that the students could have a visual to go along with the list.