Homeschool Science - Free Class - Space

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September Stars

Stories of Stars Nature series https://issuu.com/librariesofhope3/do...

Week 1 Our Solar System

Curiosity question: (https://www.howweelearn.com/) If the earth is moving so fast why can’t we feel it?
Book: Usborne Science Encyclopedia pg. 154-171 https://www.amazon.com/Usborne-Scienc...
Video: The helical model of our solar system    • The helical model - our solar system is a ...   and how our planets move    • How We Figured Out That Earth Goes Around ...  
Activity: Vortex Here’s a link if you want to be macgyver and make your own    • Spandex Gravity Well (+instructions to mak...  

Week 2 Telescopes

Curiosity Question: Some large telescopes have mirrors made of more than 90 segments that move separately from each other. How did we get such a complicated item into space?
Book: Usborne Science Encyclopedia pg. 220-225
Video: James Webb Telescope discoveries    • Incredible Discoveries Of The James Webb T...   and How we study the stars    • How do we study the stars? - Yuan-Sen Ting  
Activity: Make a telescope https://learning-center.homescienceto...

Week 3 Planets

Curiosity Question: Our solar system has 4 small rocky planets and 4 giant gas planets with liquid or solid cores. Which one are we? Which are closest to the sun?
Uranus’ clouds are made up of hydrogen sulfide, meaning they smell like rotten eggs. What would you make clouds smell like?

Book: Space pg. 130-165 https://www.amazon.com/National-Geogr...
Video: The planets    • Solar System 101 | National Geographic   and for big kids Vsauce    • How Earth Moves  
Activity: Make a solar system Sun: Candle, Mercury and Venus: rocks, Earth: blue rock, Mars: red rock, Jupiter: Ammon’s glitter bottle, Saturn: Ice cube, uranus: ice and water, Neptune: ice
Here's a link for how to make your own glitter bottle if you're feeling super motivated https://www.bakerross.co.uk/craft-ide...

Week 4

Curiosity question: A black hole could fit in your pocket and some people in Switzerland are trying to make super tiny black holes. Why would they do that?
Video/Activity: https://www.superchargedscience.com/h...
For big kids: Secrets of the universe    • Black Holes, The Big Bang, And More Of The...   first 22 minutes