Astronomy Unit Study Resources

We've wrapped up our last unit study of the school year! While all of the children will still be doing independent work and we will be trying to finish our United States study, I will not be starting another unit study with the children this school year. Yes, the 2009-2010 school year is starting to wind down here!

The two main resources that we used for our Astronomy study were:

• A Journey Through Learning Astronomy Lapbook
• Stratton House Astronomy Curriculum

All of the other resources I borrowed from our local library. I would recommend all of the following resources except "Space Science in Action" DVDs. While I usually adore educational DVDs from Schlessinger Media, the silly attempts to make the videos funny detracted from the educational value for my family. The "Space Science for Children" videos were excellent.

• Space Science for Children, All About the Moon, Schlessinger Science Library (DVD)
• Space Science for Children, All About Stars (DVD)
• Eyewitness Planets (DVD)
• Space Science for Children: All About the Earth (DVD)
• Space Science for Children: All About the Sun (DVD)
• Space Science in Action, Planets & The Solar System (DVD)
• Space Science in Action, Moon, Schlessinger Science Library (DVD)
• Space Science for Children, All About the Planets, Schlessinger Science Library (DVD)
• Bill Nye the Science Guy, Outer Space Way Out There! (VHS)
• The Moon by Ralph Winrich (First Facts, 2008)
• Stars by Gregory Vogt (Earlly Bird Astronomy)
• The Moon by Laura Hamilton Waxman (Early Bird Astronomy, 2010)
• Venus by Adele Richardson (First Facts, 2008)
• Meteors and Comets by Gregory L. Vogt (Early Bird Astronomy, 2010)
• The Solar System by Laura Hamilton Waxman (Early Bird Astronomy, 2010)
• Mercury by Adele Richardson
• Constellations (A True Book) by Paul P. Sipiera
• Mercury by Gregory L. Vogt
• Earth by Jeffrey Zuehlke (Early Bird Astronomy, 2010)

We completed some great hands-on projects with the Astronomy unit as well. We made a scale model of the solar system, built solar system models, and took an interplanetary hike.