Category: Science: Astronomy
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Astronomy Unit Study
I have been wanting to collect all my astronomy activities into one huge go-to Astronomy Unit Study post, and finally, here it is! We are taking a day off school today thanks to finishing all I had planned yesterday. Yay! The littles have a friend coming round, and the older ones are fan girling over […]
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Astronomy Unit Study: Unit 13 – Stars and the Kuiper Belt
The last post for our astronomy unit! This week we learnt all about the Stars and the Kuiper Belt. Stars and the Kuiper Belt: Reading and Note Taking I had the girls partnership read their way through the penultimate chapter: They wrote notes, trying to include all they remembered: Stars and the Kuiper Belt: Twinkling […]
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Astronomy Unit Study: Unit Eight – Space Rocks
Space Rocks: Reading We did most of our reading from the Apologia text book, the chapter on Space Rocks. This was a topic which fascinated my girls, particularly Abigail, who had great fun presenting her own hypothesis on the exploding planet! Space Rocks: Writing The girls wrote notes in their notebooking journal: Filled in a […]
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Astronomy Unit Study: Unit Six – The Moon
Welcome to unit five of our astronomy studies! Lately, we have been learning all about The Moon. As before, we have been using Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Astronomy. Also, I have access to Everyday Astronomy from School House Teachers, as well as lots of bits and pieces I used with my older ones that I […]
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An Activity to Illustrate the Flight Path Trajectory to the Moon
Learning About the Flight Path Trajectory to the Moon In order to send a spacecraft up to the moon one does not actually send it towards the moon. If one did, said spacecraft would very definitely miss the moon altogether and be lost at space forever. Instead, the Flight Path Trajectory to the Moon needs […]
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Stem Activity: Design a Lunar Landing Module
We have been finishing the moon chapter in our Apologia Astronomy book, and having waaay too much fun! There was one activity which, thanks to Gary, expanded into a really fabulous STEM activity. The challenge was to build a Lunar Landing Module out of junk. I asked if Gary would mind doing it with the […]
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Astronomy Unit Study: Unit Four – Planet Venus
Welcome to unit four of our astronomy studies! Lately, we have been learning all about Planet Venus. As before, we have been using Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Astronomy. Also, I have access to Everyday Astronomy from School House Teachers, as well as lots of bits and pieces I used with my older ones that I […]
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Interviewing the Sassy Sol!
Each Thursday the older girls get out of maths to spend some time doing a bit of school work with the little ones. They are (un)surprisingly enthusiastic about this. I mean no maths….what more needs to be said? This morning they were putting on a reader’s theatre type play as Charlotte became an interviewer and […]
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Astronomy: Unit One – The Solar System
For our study into the solar system, we used the Apologia Text Book and accompanying Notebook. I also have access to Everyday Astronomy from School House Teachers, as well as lots of bits and pieces I used with my older ones that I have collected over the years. Goals for Studying the Solar System Learn […]