Space Theme / Solar System Theme
Pratt's
Educational Resources
Desert Blossom
Learning
Themes
QuickCraft Solar System eBook
(QuickCraft theme eBooks
are really popular on my site.)
Our Solar System Craft eBook
Over 150 activity pages of Outer Space activities. Printable
ready to go activities printed to A4. Teacher/parent
resources, Space Activity sheets, craft and cooking recipes, Space
poems written by an award winning poet. Activities include
Alien printable board games, space sunglasses, tell a story space
pictures, eclipse activity, constellation activities, Martian and
robot finger puppets, space mazes, space snap, Martian masks and
do much more.
Click
here to read more and find more theme eBooks that are
available from QuickCraft.
Book & eBook
from Teacher Created Resources
Links
NASA
- Honey, I Shrunk the Solar System
Constellations
Theme
Moon Theme
Asteroid
Make Asteroid
Potatoes & Facts @ NASA
Rocket and Rocketship
Color the
Letters @ KidsRCrafty: Y-Z Puzzle (Rocket)
Connect
the Dots: Rocket @ Boeing
Delta
III Rocket @ Boeing
Dot Rocket
Puzzle
Family
Works! Coloring Book Page: Dot to Dot Rocketship
Make a Pop
Rocket (and Information) @ NASA
Rocket
Coloring Page @ Bears
Rocket
Dot-to-Dot (1-17) @ SC State Fair
SAFE:
Rocket
Coloring Page
Star Theme
Sun
Theme
Telescope
Craft
Cover a paper towel (toilet paper) roll with construction
paper. Have the child decorate it. Have the child look
through it and pretend s/he see various objects in space.
Space Theme
Hands-on Space Activities
Exploring
Space,
Grades
1-3
(Scienceworks
for
Kids
series)
3D Solar System Kit
Space Books / Planet Books / Solar
System Books
Search
for Space Books at Amazon.com
Harold's Trip to the Sky
by Crockett Johnson
Me and My Place in Space
by Joan Sweeney
There's No Place Like
Space by Tish Rabe
Scholastic Science Reader:
Solar System by Gregory L. Vogt
The Solar System by
Melvin and Gilda Berger
Time
For
Kids: Planets!
by Editors of Time
For Kids
Planet Activity
Props: Color (or paint) a white paper plate yellow. Label it
"Sun". Label 9 white paper plates: Mercury, Venus, Earth,
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. Have a
child stand first in line (holding the "sun" plate). Have the
children (child) put the planets in order.
Solar System Music / Solar System
Song / Space Music / Space Song
I have revised this song since pluto is no longer considered a
planet. (It is now a dwarf planet.) Go to: NASA
- Honey, I Shrunk the Solar System to read more about this
event.
There Are Eight Planets
Copyright © 2003-2010 Barbara Pratt. All rights reserved.
Tune: Mary Had
A Little Lamb
There are eight planets,
eight planets, eight planets.
There are eight planets
that orbit the sun.
First is Mercury,
Mercury, Mercury.
First is Mercury
that orbits the sun.
Second is Venus,
Venus, Venus.
Second is Venus
that orbits the sun.
Third is Earth,
Earth, Earth.
Third is Earth
that orbits the sun.
Fourth is Mars,
Mars, Mars.
Fourth is Mars
that orbits the sun.
Fifth is Jupiter,
Jupiter, Jupiter.
Fifth is Jupiter
that orbits the sun.
Sixth is Saturn
Saturn, Saturn.
Sixth is Saturn
that orbits the sun.
Seventh is Uranus,
Uranus, Uranus.
Seventh is Uranus
that orbits the sun.
Eighth is Neptune,
Neptune, Neptune.
Eighth is Neptune
that orbits the sun.
Pluto is now a dwarf planet,
dwarf planet, dwarf planet.
Pluto is now a dwarf planet
that orbits the sun.
(At the end of the song, you can say, "Hoorah", etc. and spread your
arms out)
Space Crafts / Solar System Crafts
Shoe Box Planet Mobile
Make a sun and 8 planets out of paper. Decorate the circles
how you would like them (the sun is usually yellow). (You
can glue them on cardboard.) Hole punch a hole. Place
string or yarn through the hole. Tie off. Make holes
on the top of a shoe box. Make a space background. Tie
the sun first and then the planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
Hanger Planet Mobile
Make a sun and 8 planets out of paper. Decorate the
circles how you would like them (the sun is usually yellow).
(You can glue them on cardboard.) Hole punch a hole.
Place string or yarn through the hole. Tie off.
Tie on a hanger. (If you use a metal hanger, make sure
to put some tape on the pointy end.)
By using our 70-291
and 70-649
facility,you can carry study material anywhere along with you.The E20-001 and 220-701 are also
accessible at reasonable prices.Our ccent is rare.
Space Activity Guide and More
World Space Week
Including an Teacher Activity Guide
Space Printables / Astronomy Printables
Astronomy
@ Enchanted Learning There is information, coloring pages,
calendar, etc.
Astronomy:
Surfin' Through the Solar System (grade 3) pdf For younger
children, page 14-a coloring page, can be used
Bry-Back
Manor Activity Sheets For younger children and children with
special needs
Coloring &
Activity Book (pdf)
ColoringBookFun: Miscellaneous
Pages: Dot to Dot Pictures Shooting Star (1-13)
Crayola
Activity Book: Earth's Rotation
Distances
Between the Planets (Printable)
DLTK-Kids:
Outer
Space
Crafts and Coloring Pages
Downloadable
Backgrounds, Rose Center for Earth and Space @ American Museum of
Natural History
Free
Resources: Worksheets, Puzzles, and More at Tipztime
Worksheets & Games
FunSchool
- Connect the Dots: Space Shuttle
Funstuf
@ lds.org: Scrambled Solar System (puzzle)
Moby's
Mobiles (moon, stars, planet)
NASA Kids
Coloring Online and off-line. Including Solar System
coloring page.
Parenting
Preschool Preschool Print-outs Space word search, simple space
addition, space word list, and space writing paper
Printable
Word
Search @ Lesson Plan Central
Sky Maps Each Month
Solar
System Coloring Book at Kids Space (online & offline
coloring pages)
Solar
System Puzzle Kit: Spacelink - NASA (pdf) Information and an
eight-cubed paper puzzle
Solar
System Theme Unit at abcteach.com Shape books, puzzles, and
other printables
Space
Coloring Book @ NASA Space Shuttle, Living in Space, Living in
Space2, Shuttle Space Suit, Ed White EVA, Johnson Space Center,
International Space Station , Careers in Aerospace, Mercury,
Gemini, and Apollo, Saturn V Rocket, Galileo to Jupiter, Voyager,
Hubble Space Telescope, The Lunar Rover, The National Aerospace
Plane, X-15 Tilt Rotor Aircraft, The X-29 Forward-Swept Wing
Aircraft
Zoom
Astronomy - Enchanted Learning Software There is information,
coloring pages, calendar, etc.
Solar System Activities
Space /Astronomy Cooking and Snacks
Hands-On
Activities - Edible Solar System @ NASA
Space Pudding
@ KinderArt
Space
Snacks @ Perpetual Preschool
Space /Astronomy Early Elementary Links
Cosmically
Cool Mobile @ KinderArt Ages 4-10
Mrs.
Vig's: Space
Space at Nuttin
But Kids
Space
@ Perpetual Preschool Songs, art, science, games, other fun
Space Theme
@ Preschool Education
The Solar System
and Astronomy: PreK-3
There might be more listed below.
NASA Links
APOD: 2000
November 27 - Earth at Night
Imagine the
Universe! For children ages 14 and up
Maps of the Solar System
NASA Kids Homepage
Make
a
Pop Rock
NASA Quest >
Solar System Online
Space
Calandar See what is happening in space now.
Solar
System: NASA
Solar System
Simulator
Space
Day
(NASA): Education Activities, links, and more
NASA
- Educationi Materials
StarChild:
A Learning Center for Young Astronomers For children in grade
school under 14 including games
The Jovian
System (Jupiter)
The Planets
The
Solar System
The Space Place
For children and teachers
Space /Astronomy Links
3D
Tour (LPI)
A to Z
Stuff: Space, Solar System Theme: Lesson Plans and Resources
K-12
A Virtual Journey
into the Universe
About.com
- Space and Astronomy for Kids
Amazing Space Web- Based
Activities Online space cards and more information
Astronomy
@ Enchanted Learning There is information, coloring pages,
calendar, etc.
Astronomy and space for kids
Astronomy Links
Astronomy.com: Astronomy
News, Pictures, Planets and Comets
AURA (Association of
Universities for Research in Astonomy)
Balloon
Powered Hovercraft
Childfun: Theme: Space and Planet
Activity Theme
Curious About Astronomy?
Ask an Astronomer
Earth and Moon Viewer
Explorezone.com
Exploring
Planets in the Classroom: hands-on science activities
Exploring The Planets
Family
Works! Coloring Book Page: Dot to Dot Rocketship
Images
Introduction
to
the Nine Planets This site has the description of each planet,
links to other space sites, etc.
Introduction to the Windows
of the Universe
Largest
Scale Model of the Solar System
Lunar and Planetary Institute
(LPI)
Muddle Puddle Home
Education: Space Activities for many subjects and songs
National
Geographics Virtuual Solar System
Proteacher Space
Lesson Links K-5
Rader's COSMOS4KIDS.COM New
5/5/2011
Science
Explained's
Astronomy Page
Science U: Observatory
Sky and Telescope: The
Essential Magazine of Astronomy
Solar
System Scale Models
Solar
System Unit at homeschoolfamilies Unit including links
Solarviews.com
Southwestern
Consortium of Observatories for Public Education Apache Point
Observatory, Kitt Peak National Observatory, McDonald Observatory,
National Solar Observatory, and Whipple Observatory
Space Day There are different
resources. Under the "Teachers Space" you can download pdf
files. There are lesson plan, links, etc.
Space.com: space news, games,
entertainment and science fiction
Space.com: TeachSpace
science lessons and student activities
The module of lessons changes each month.
The
Discovery Channel - Astronomy Lesson Plans
theKidzpage.com:
Outer Space Puzzle Page
The Nine Planets for Kids
The Solar System -
Pictures of the planet
"This website has over 50 web pages with over 200 pictures. This
website has 2 purposes: To give a pictorial overview of the solar
system and to quiz you about these pictures. After each page
there are some review questions about the pictures on that page.
There are also 15 picture quizzes with 75 questions - each question
comes with a picture. ..."
The
Wonderful Sky Teacher Guide (pdf)
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Barbara Pratt. All rights reserved.
