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Kindergarten Teacher Resources

One way to get your students interested in astronomy is encouraging independent

observation! And few things are more fun to observe than a meteor shower. Here’s
a chart of all the annual meteor showers you may wish to share with your students:

Helpful Websites and Videos:

http://spaceweather.com/
Information on meteor showers, comets, and all sorts of cool stuff! This
website has a live feed of the sun so you can see the position of all its
sunspots, as well as the current speed of the solar wind.
Constellation Activity:

This activity will help students identify common constellations in the night sky.

http://www.astrosociety.org/edu/family/materials/constellationdetective.pdf

This work was supported by a grant from the Georgia Space Grant Consortium.
Oreo Moon Phase Activity:

It’s just like the title suggests—students create moon phases out of Oreo cookies.
Here is a helpful template for this activity, but students can also create their own:

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Phases-of-the-Moon-Oreo-Activity-F
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More Astronomy Crafts:

This page has everything from a paper sun activity to instructions on building a
solar system model! Easy-to-do crafts that your students will love.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/astronomy/

This work was supported by a grant from the Georgia Space Grant Consortium.