One of the concepts students learn in 5th grade is how the Earth rotates and revolves and the effects of those different movements. I wanted to collect some information on what students knew already about how the Sun and Earth interact with each other and how the Earth's movements cause day and night. I decided to have students use Play-Doh to create models of the Sun and Earth and then explain their thinking in a Flipgrid video. I introduced the activity to students in small groups of four while the rest of the class worked on other assignments in Google Classroom. Here are the directions I created: I gave students a few minutes to create their models: Then, we went over the directions for their videos. I wanted to do this in small groups so that students would have a chance to ask questions before they started. Once students understood what to do, I sent them out to record their videos: I'm really excited to hear their...