Moon and Constellations

Some friends came over on Friday to finish up our Space unit.  This is where all those pinterest ideas came in handy. 
   We did glitter constellations 

 Solar System resists

 Planet Project:Distance of planets from the sun in toilet paperI found the actual distances here 

Neptune and Pluto are really far away..

  Moon phase viewer 

Phases of the moon with oreos

Even Wall-E showed up...  

These are great websites: Planets4Kids NeoK12- we found tons of videos here on the planets and solar system
I loved this video on the relative size of the planets. There were so many other ideas I wished we had time for, but alas, the week went by fast! Star WheelSolar System Sugar CookieMake Your Own ConstellationsConstellation books Maybe we'll do some things this summer...Daniel was so into this unit.  He could answer every review question I asked.  He might grow up to be an astronomer one day.