|
This Sun Unit Study could be a long lasting unit. There are so many avenues to take... The sky is the limit!
The resources listed may not all be available to you but many researches could be done on the Internet alone.
Be sure to make use of your local library and if an item is available through the ILL Service, get it.
May you and your children have lots of fun doing this Sun Unit Study.
In His Service,
Lara
Note: I prepared this unit for my children who (at this writing) are 6 years old, 9 years old and 13 years old.
Gen. 1:14-19; Deut. 4:19; Ps. 84:11; Is. 60:20; Mal. 4:2; Eccl. 12:2; Matt. 5:45; Jer. 15:9; Ps. 136:8 Use concordance, find other verses that talk about the sun.
Copy verses for the week every day. Dictate sentences from the material used throughout the week.
Copy vocabulary words daily. Or use words found in your daily reading. Give a test at the end of the week.
Use some of the links and books listed to put your own unit together. Make a solar system mobile.
My youngest children are using the "Space & the Planets" and the "Let's Investigate Space" workbooks.
Memorize the planets in order.
Prepare a list of questions to start your unit study.
You can use the question list I have prepared or use your own list, created from books read.
Do math work pages from math workbook. Miquon - Making Math Meaningful
Write the solar system rhyme to help you memorize the order of the planets.
Create a word search using information found in the resource material.
Study the life of an astronomer or person who made an impact in the discovery of the solar system. Write a biography about the person you studied.
A few interesting persons: Johann Kepler, Isaac Newton, William Herschel, Weinher von Braun, William Huggins, John Flamsteed, Edward H, Maunder.
As you study the life of an astronomer or other person, find out about his/her background. Did the area he/she came from influence is choice of career? What can you find out about his/her home town?
Where are spacecrafts launched from? Why? How? Does the geographical location matter? In what way? Could it happen elsewhere?
Make a sundial when the weather permits it.
Art may consist of projects that you are doing through the weeks.
A mobile can be made out of a hanger, string and paper plates, or old CDs. The workbooks my children are using have a few projects listed.
I have a little unit that I prepared for my preschoolers. For this unit, I used some of the books listed in the "Book Resources." Several activities could be done for the age level. Click here to see the Mini Sun Unit.
Almanac
Considering God's Creation by Mortimer and Smith Creation Ex Nihilo (AIG) June-Aug 2000 Vol. 22, #3 Creation Illustrated Winter 1998 Vol. 4, # 4
Dictionary DK Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia DK Encyclopedia of Space and the Universe (CD) DK Eyewitness Readers Whatever the Weather DK Picturepedia Space DK Science Encyclopedia DK Spacebusters The Race to the Moon by Philip Wilkinson DK Space Encyclopedia DK Visual Encyclopedia DK Why does lightning strike? by Terry Martin DK Why do volcanoes erupt? by Christopher Maynard Dogs in Space by Nancy Coffelt
How Come? by Kathy Wollard
Kids Discover Solar System Kids Discover Sun
I know About Planets by Chris Jaeggi Incredible Universe by Caroline Bingham Into Space by Anita Ganeri and Jakki Wood I Wonder Why Stars Twinkle by Carole Stott
Let's Investigate Space by Teacher Created Materials
Men of Science Men of God by Henry Morris Modern Earth Science by Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Our Amazing Sun by Richard Adams Our Solar System by Seymour Simon Our Planet Earth by Scholastic
Planets and Stars by Nicholas Booth Postcards from Pluto by Loreen Leedy
Science in the Creation Week by David Unfred Science Notes: Heat by Frank Schaffer Publications, Inc. Science Starter by Time-Life Books Sky and Earth by Time-Life Books Solar System Planets by Lynda Sorensen Solar System Sun by Lynda Sorensen Space and the Planets by Brighter Vision Learning Adventures Space Exploration CD Rom Space Speculation CD Rom Sun by Gregory L. Vogt
The Big Dipper by Franklyn M. Branley The Big Little Golden Book of Planets by Robert Bell The Glow in the Dark Night Sky Book by Clint Hatchett The Inner Planets CD Rom The Magic School Bus Hello Out There by Scholastic Inc. The Magic School Bus Out of this World by Scholastic Inc. The Magic School Bus Sees Stars by Scholastic Inc. The Moon Seems to Change by Franklyn M. Branley The Outer Planets CD Rom The Sun by Michael George The Universe CD Rom
Understanding Weather and Climate CD Rom Usborne Astronomy and Space by Lisa Miles & Alastair Smith Usborne Book of the Seasons by Angela Wilkes
Who Owns the Sun by Stacy Chbosky
Enchanted Learning Solar System
Google Solar System Unit Study
Heart of Wisdom: Refraction & Rainbow
NASA Solar System Lesson Plans
Structure of the Sun Worksheet
Take a Spin Through the Solar System The Earth, the Sun, and the Moon
Unit created by Lara in March 2003.
True Light Academy.
|
