SPACE KIT
HANDS ON Elementary School Science
By Linda Poore
Westminster College
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Day and night
The moon orbits the earth
Solar and lunar eclipses
The reasons for the seasons
The slant of the sun’s rays
The planets
Solar energy and the greenhouse effect
Stars: Observing constellations
KIT MATERIALS
Thermometers
100 watt bulb
1 stick of clay
Black construction paper
Measuring tapes
24 plastic trays
Solar cell
Styrofoam balls
Space poster set
1 flashlight
Video
4 rolls of adding tape
1 motor
Telescope
Lamp with clamp
Gallon zip-lock bags
2 ‘D’ batteries
120 pins
Toothpicks
Alligator clip wires
SUGGESTED CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Space Songs, by Myra Cohn Livingston
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System, by Joanna Cole
My Place in Space, by Robin and Sally Hirst
Our Solar System, by Simon Seymour
The Long View into Space, by Simon Seymour
Stargaxers, by Gail Gibbons
The Big Dipper and You, by William Morrow
Westminster College SIM
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