News from Astronomy Activities: Its a Starry Starry Classroom
From Astronomy to Art this lens will give you dozens of ideas, resources, hints and tricks to create starry-themed activities for both homeschool families and classrooms. Learn about Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Starry Night painting technique. Listen to Don McClean's tribute to Van Gogh. Sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and other sky related songs. Write your own Astronomy stories. Make star...
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On a Starry Starry Night - Sun, 05 Oct 2008
You can learn all about constellations and the animals that are out at night to see them.Make Starry Math Books: - Sun, 28 Sep 2008
Stars for counting, sorting, adding, subtracting...
Use the hole punch to make counting or multiplying books. Punch one star on the first page and write the word or number one.
For multiplying punch one star and write one star times 5 points equals 5 points, 1 X 5 = 5, two stars 2 X 5 = 10 etc.Astronomy, Van Gogh and Mathematics of Stars - Sat, 13 Sep 2008
All rolled into one stellar Unit Study.Make star words light up. - Fri, 05 Sep 2008
Use Glow in the Dark Paint or a Lite Brite cube to practice spelling words.Starry Starry Night by Van Gogh - Thu, 28 Aug 2008
is an inspiring painting to study when introducing a unit about stars and astronomy.Starry Starry Night by Van Gogh - Wed, 27 Aug 2008
is an inspiring painting to study when introducing a unit about stars and astronomy.Rubberband Stars - Mon, 18 Aug 2008
Learn how to make a star using a rubberband, 5 drinking straws or by extending a pentagon.Rubberband Stars - Mon, 18 Aug 2008
Learn how to make a star using a rubberband, 5 drinking straws or by extending a pentagon.China builds observatory at South Pole - Fri, 21 Mar 2008
The Polar Research Institute of China completed installation work last month on the fully robotic Plateau Observatory on the Antarctic icecap peak, which is 13,428 feet above sea level.
Texas A&M astrophysicist Lifan Wang said data from the observatory are expected to provide insights into the universe once possible only through observations from space.
"Dome Argus is believed to be the best site for ground-based astronomy," Wang, h...China builds observatory at South Pole - Fri, 21 Mar 2008
The Polar Research Institute of China completed installation work last month on the fully robotic Plateau Observatory on the Antarctic icecap peak, which is 13,428 feet above sea level.
Texas A&M astrophysicist Lifan Wang said data from the observatory are expected to provide insights into the universe once possible only through observations from space.
"Dome Argus is believed to be the best site for ground-based astronomy," Wang, h...
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