Sun, Moon, and Stars - Week 5

Cheri did her lesson at the park this time. The kids always love that. She gave them a lesson on the birth and life of a star. The kids held a black plastic sheet to represent space. The two sparkle balls represent 2 hydrogen attracted to each other to create a star.

Then Miss Cheri showed them some pictures of star nurseries, a nebula.

 We learned a little about gravity. The kids tried to guess which ball had more gravity.

Then, of course, we had to try tossing our big ball. The kids did this a few times. It was too fun not to.

We talked about photons and how light particles travel. So we then had a relay race with the big ball as a traveling photon.

Here's where the kids got to create their own star nursery...

Sun, Moon, and Stars - Week 4

To go along with our sun, moon, and stars theme, Theresa did a lesson on astronauts. First, she taught the kids a few facts about rockets and astronauts.

Then we gave her a countdown for the take off of a rocket. Make sure those rocket boosters come off! She told them about all the stages the rockets go through to get to the moon.

Then we had our astronaut training. The kids had to pick up the playdough with a robot arm and open and close a latch with astronaut gloves on.

Time to shoot off a rocket. All the kids had a blast with this project. I think they would have done it all day if we would let them. Even the little ones got a turn.

Sun, Moon, and Stars - Week 3

Brandy taught the kids all about the moon and sun this week. She started out showing them how the sun shines on our earth, giving us light and energy.

Then she pulled out her fun science pop-up books and showed the kids the planets and talked about the moon, too. 

We talked about the surface of the moon and how craters and man's footprints are never blown away - well, unless Julie takes her big broom up there and sweeps them away. 

Time for a song...  

Then, everyone squeezed into the bathroom where it is dark, and we made our own eclipse.

No one complained about this craft: moon stages with oreos. 

Zane was sure to copy all the moon stages correctly in his moon book.

Snack time. Our snacks looked a bit like our solar system. Careful, that orange might be hot. ;)