Enriching elementary minds and bodies during an at-home summer
Learn the names of stars and constellations with this cool interactive map! Can you find a constellation in the night sky? Check out this cool interactive sky map where you can click and learn the names of stars. See if you can find the same stars in the night sky at your house. What is …
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Whip up a sweet snack that’s out of this world! Kids of all ages will have fun preparing, baking and decorating sugar cookies to look like stars, planets or moons. What You Need Start with some plain sugar cookies: Make your own, or pick some up from the store. Here are a few simple recipes: …
Write your own rap to share some facts about the planets. What You Need Instruments Household items that you can use as a rhythm instrument (example: wooden spoons, a table top) If you don’t have any instruments or household items, you can always clap your hands. What To Do Figure out the rhythms of each …
Use this funny fill-in to create your own unique space story. Visit this fun site from National Geographic and fill in the blanks to create your own funny space story. You’ll need to know the difference between different parts of speech, like nouns, adjectives, and verbs. A noun is a person, place or thing. (The …
Prepare for blastoff! Journey beyond Earth with this trip through space! Check out this National Geographic site where you can visit and learn about each planet. What You Need Crayons or markers A small notebook or 6 pieces of blank paper, folded together to make a booklet What To Do Label your passport. Make …
What does Jupiter sound like? How about Mars? Find out in this creative activity for all ages. A composer named Gustave Holst (1874-1934) composed an orchestral suite called “The Planets.” Pick one of the planets to listen to at the bottom of this page. What You Need Your imagination Paper Crayons, pen or pencil A …
Let’s get lost in space! Listen to astronauts read stories from the International Space Station! Learn some fun facts about astronomy! Discover the darkest corners of the solar system and then go beyond them with a trip through the Biggest, Baddest Book of Space! Explore out of this world with these fun space stories! Mae …
How big is Mars? What about Jupiter? Find out for yourself with this big-time activity. The planets in our solar system are so huge and so far apart that it can be hard to imagine how they compare. Find out for yourself by crafting some planets of your own. But get ready, because to build …
This yoga activity can help you feel rocket-fueled and ready to reach for the stars! When Dr. Mae Jemison (the first Black woman to become an astronaut and travel into space) was a child, she dreamed of dancing in space surrounded by millions of stars. (Want to learn more about Mae Jemison? Visit our virtual …
This camping trip between Teddy Roosevelt and his journalist, John Muir, is the reason that America has national parks, national forests and national sanctuaries. What To Do Listen to this read-aloud of The Camping Trip That Changed America. List the things that Teddy and John saw on their camping trip. Draw a picture of one …
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