Monday

1. Find a flashlight, black paper, and white paper.
2. Shine the light on the black paper, and on the white paper.
3. Do you see the sun at night or daytime?
4. When do you see the moon?
5. Write down your answers in your journal.
I see the sun…I see the moon and stars at…
6. Read the book, Now I Know Our Friend, the Sun.
7. Draw a picture of what the sky looks like in the daytime.
8. Draw a picture of what the sky looks like at night.

Tuesday

You will need a partner. Work as a team!

1. Get a thermometer, black paper, a flashlight, watch, and temperature chart. Click here to go to the temperature chart.
   Note: Be careful not to break the thermometer. Do not touch the mercury if it is broken.
2. Have an adult shake the thermometer so it is at room temperature.
3. Hold the flashlight about two inches above the thermometer for three minutes.
4. Every three minutes, have an adult look at the temperature. Have your partner write it on the chart.
5. Have an adult shake the thermometer so it is at room temperature.
6. Hold the flashlight about two inches from the thermometer at an angle.
7. Every three minutes, have an adult look at the temperature. Have your partner write it on the chart.
8. Look at what you wrote. Is it hotter when the flashlight was above the thermometer or at an angle.
9. Write down in your journal what you think.
10. I think the sun is hotter when…

1. You need glow in the dark stars.
2. Stick them on your wall.
3. Get a flashlight.
4. Turn off your lights.
5. Can you see your stars glow?
6. Think about the moon glowing too.
7. Read the book, Now I Know Stars.
8. What does the moon look like?
9. Does it always look the same?
10. Sometimes you only see ¼, ½, and ¾. Sometimes you see the whole moon.
11. Draw pictures of what of the moon when you see the whole moon, ¼, ½, and ¾.

1. Connect to the Internet
2. Click on this link, http://www.tcsn.net/afiner/intro.htm
3. Look around and learn about the solar system.
4. Write two sentences in your journals about something neat you found.

1. Connect to the Internet
2. Click on this link, http://www.tcsn.net/afiner/intro.htm
3. Go to the link to visit the sun.
4. Read the sun notes.
5. Look at all the pictures.
6. Create a two-page power-point presentation about the sun.
7. Have two things you learned about the sun on it.
8. Have pictures of the sun on it

Monday

You will need a partner. Work as a team!

1. You need a box with a cover, a flashlight, black paper, scissors, tape, and a pencil.
2. Pretend to be a scientist. You need to find out how to make stars shine on the wall with the box, paper, and flashlight.
3. You will have to poke holes in the paper with a pencil. Use all your materials.
4. How can you do this? Be creative!

Tuesday

You will need a partner. Work as a team!

1. Keep working on your project with the boxes.

Wednesday

1. Cut out seven stars.
2. Stick them on the wall in the shape of the "Big Dipper."
3. You now have a constellation. (That’s a big word!)
4. Astronomers study stars in the sky.
5. Click on this link to look at some more constellations. http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/1364/Constellations.html
6. Draw Orion, Leo, and the Big Dipper in your journal.

1. Send an e-mail to your local radio station, and ask them a question about
the sun.
2. When they write back, write two sentences about it in your journal.

1. Materials you may need: construction paper, markers, crayons, glue, pencil, and scissors.
2. A museum has asked you to create a brochure about the sky.
3. In your brochure write at least three sentences about the sky.
4. The sun is…
5. The moon is…
6. The stars are…
7. Include lots of pictures.
8. Have fun!