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Astronomy ideas for kids

August 9, 2014 Ticia 4 Comments

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We are getting set to start astronomy for our science this year, and so I’m organizing my hands on astronomy ideas from pinterest into something usable, and you get the benefit of that.

astronomy picture

Astronomy Supplies and general ideas

Exploring Creation With Astronomy

Astronomy Notebooking Journal (so excited to try out the older kids version this year)

 CKE Earth and Space

Astronomy videos

 

(for my ease, I’m dividing this up into the segments to go with the Apologia Astronomy book, the earth science post will be divided up to go with the CKE Earth and Science)

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What is Astronomy? activities

The big part for this chapter is the solar system in general, so here’s my favorite solar system activities

Solar System button project

Solar System lapbook (with some early reading and math ideas thrown in)

Solar System bracelet

Solar System cake

10 Ways to explore the Solar System

Would you believe there’s still more generic solar system ideas on my board, these are just my favorite 5.

 

The Sun ideas

Sun unit

Ideas for studying the sun

Sun craft

Solar eclipse

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Mercury and Venus astronomy ideas

Mercury and Venus unit

make a volcano to study Venus

 

 

Earth science ideas

(this is coming soon, that’s a whole separate post because I’ve got so many of them)

 

The Moon activities

Moon unit study

How far can you jump on the moon?

How does the moon orbit around earth?

Phases of the Moon video

Phases of the moon ideas (printable and oreos)

 

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Mars astronomy activities

build a Mars Rover

edible Mars rock

Space Rocks activities

Space rocks hitting earth

Comet craft

 

Jupiter astronomy ideas

 

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Saturn astronomy ideas

 

 

Uranus and Neptune astronomy ideas

 

 

Pluto astronomy ideas

 

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Stars and Galaxies ideas

I could title this section: constellation ideas, because I have so many cool ones

Constellations with rocks and chalk

Printable constellation cards

Constellation sewing cards

Star deck

Birth of Stars

Spiral Galaxy craft

Constellations movement activity

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Space Travel activities

Look at liquids in space

Docking the space station

watch an astronaut with water in space

building Hubble Telescope

 

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See all those sections that are empty?  I’d love to have some posts to add in to them.  So, if you’ve got some space posts make sure to link them up and I’ll add them in to my missing categories.  PLEASE!!!!!!

Also, does anyone know where I can find some cool space pictures to use?  I mean, the pictures of my kids look very cool and all, but really have nothing to do with space.  I’d rather have cool pictures of space.

 

PS: If I didn’t comment on your post yet, that’s because I spent parts of my “no kids” week sick and obsessively reading the last 3 books in the Harry Potter series.

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Now link up your SCIENCE posts, new and old, and then visit some of the other posts linked up and say hi. I’m going to be pinning, commenting, FBing or tweeting all of the posts linked up as the week goes by. At the end of the month I’m going to feature the best posts linked up.

Make sure to include a link back to my blog so people can come back from your post to see what others have done.  By linking you are agreeing I can feature your posts in a round up post later (I may use a picture to feature, but will link back).

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Comments

  1. Susan Evans says

    August 10, 2014 at 10:18 am

    What a fun list of outer space activities! Astronomy is one of my family’s favorite things to study.

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  2. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    August 10, 2014 at 5:27 pm

    I feel like I have seen some very cool astronomy activities for kids lately – and your list is adding to those!

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  3. Natalie PlanetSmartyPants says

    August 10, 2014 at 9:15 pm

    I am so looking forward to this theme on your blog. Also I will be interested to see how you reconcile scientific and religious concepts in astronomy lessons…

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  4. Claire says

    August 11, 2014 at 5:33 am

    T has opted for astronomy as his elective this year. He will be following a lovely free curriculum on NASA. If I remember I’ll try to come back with the website address. I’ll also send him a link to this page, which I’m sure he will be gaining lots of ideas from! Thanks for posting.

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