Thursday, 25 February 2016

Star Constellations, Craters, Our Solar System and a Bit of Face Painting

The kiddies spent a while looking for the treasure I told them was hiding in the room.

They finally found the chocolate stars I'd hidden in the foil moon rocks. There was much squealing.

We started our astronomy work with the basics of our solar system.









This poster shows a million dots! We used it to gain some sort of perspective of the distances, quantities and sizes of space facts.


Space worksheets and hands on activities.










Making a planet with bubbles.



Flour with a covering of turmeric to represent a planet.

Understanding how craters are formed by meteorites,



We used this smashing book to learn about the 88 star constellations which cover our sky.



Making constellations in the understairs Secret Spy Lab, using a torch and card.



Using the idea of star constellations to learn about grid references.