Experience Astronomy Elementary: Activity Supply List
Below is a list of activity supplies neded for each lesson in Experience Astronomy Elementary. For our elementary science classes we try to keep specialty supplies to a minimum in order to make the class and activities accessible for all families.
Week 1: Why God Loves Astronomy
Shoe Box
Scissors
Dark Paper
Straight Pin
Tape
Flashlight
Week 2: Who Moved the Sun
Easel or a portable hard surface
A couple pieces of white drawing paper (large preferred)
Week 3: Blazing Summers, Freezing Winters
Piece of white drawing paper
Ruler
Colored pencils or crayons
Week 4: Spring Forward, Fall Back
Wristwatch or small portable wall clock with hour and minute hands
Week 5: Hello Moon!
Styrofoam ball
Bright light
Week 6: There Are Giants in the Sky!
Mini marshmallows
Toothpicks
Week 7: From North Star to Southern Cross
No supplies needed
Week 8: Stories in the Sky
No supplies needed
Week 9: More Stories in the Sky
Black construction paper
White chalk
Star stickers
Week 10: Watch out for Wandering Stars!
Clay
Plastic straws
Paint and paintbrushes
Toothpicks
Week 11: Around the World
Large Ball
CD
Lamp
Week 12: Blackout!
Dark room
Small ball (like a ping-pong ball, golf ball, etc.)
String
Tape
Lamp
Small portable white surface (piece of paper, small whiteboard, etc.)
Week 13: Bye Bye Moon!
Tennis Ball
Ping Pong Ball
Wood stick (5 ft long)
Glue
Large-beam flashlight
Week 14: Falling Rocks and Shooting Stars
No supplies needed
Week 15: Galileo’s Head was on the Block
8 1/2 x 11 inch sheet of white paper
Piece of cardboard that’s at least 8 1/2 x 11 inches
Tape
2 pushpins
5 inch length of string tied into a loop
Colored pencil or pen
Week 16: Earth: Baby Bear’s Porridge
Permanent marker
Masking tape
8 clean, empty, 12 oz aluminum soda cans
1 full, 12 oz aluminum soda can
1,061 pennies
Week 17: The Man on the Moon
Binoculars (if you have them)
Moon phase calendar (go to TimeAndDate.com/moon/phases)
Week 18: Mr. Golden Sun
Two sheets of the same colored dark construction paper (blue or black)
Sunscreen that goes on skin clear (not zinc oxide sunscreen)
Week 19: Mercury: The Swift Messenger
1 pan 8 to 12 inches long and 4 inches deep
Enough flour to fill the pan about 3/4 full
2 small bottles of colored sugar
1/2 to 1 cup of cocoa powder (NOT hot chocolate mix)
Flour sifter or fine mesh strainer
Handful of small rocks or marbles of various sizes (no larger than 2 inches in diameter)
Ruler or tape measure
Newspaper or plastic wrap
Week 20: Venus: Earth’s Fiery Sister
2 quart-size mason jars with lids
2 thermometers (small enough to fit inside the jars with the lids on)
1 container of play dough
1 tablespoon baking soda
2 tablespoons vinegar
Week 21: Mars: The Red Planet
Crayons, markers, or colored pencils
Week 22: Space Rock ’n’ Roll
20-25 sheets of white copy paper
Marker
Tape
Tape measure
1 – 18 inch piece of string
Scissors
Glue
1 container of play dough or modeling clay
Small ruler that shows millimeters
Week 23: Jupiter: By Jove! It’s a Giant!
No supplies needed
Week 24: Saturn: Put a Ring On it
An unwanted CD or DVD
2-inch diameter Styrofoam ball
Glue
2 toothpicks
Paintbrush
Two or three different colors of glitter, preferably silver, gold, and yellow
A sheet or two of newspaper
Week 25: Uranus: A Topsy Turvey World
No supplies needed
Week 26: Neptune: The Blue Ice Giant
Poster board or larger sheet of paper
Pictures of your chosen planet (to either cut out or copy by hand)
Drawing and coloring supplies
Week 27: Ice, Ice Baby (Too Cold)
Tape measure
A sidewalk that is at least 250 feet long
Small rocks to weigh down your papers
Create signs on pieces of copy paper for: The Sun, Beginning of the Asteroid Belt, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Eris, The Edge of the Solar System
Add to these the signs you made from the activity in Lesson 22 (or make new ones if you want) for: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, End of the Asteroid Belt
Week 28: Planets Galore!
No supplies needed
Week 29: The Immeasurable Heavens
No supplies needed
Week 30: The Heavens Are the Lord’s Heavens
Large poster board
Drawing and coloring supplies
Fast Facts pages from Lessons 16,19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, and 26