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 We do Earth Science for 1 semester and Astronomy for the 2nd semester.  It coordinates with our history when we study the middle ages.

 

Elementary Jr. High High School Memorization   

Elementary

The elementary kids do really well with Exploring Creation with Astronomy.  I found it a little boring to teach from, but the kids really liked it and didn't seem to get bored at all.

 

The kids kept a notebook and I looked for tons of extras to go with our Astronomy -- but we didn't end up using it because we didn't need it!

 

In addition to the above work, I also had some space books  that I'd picked up used (space books were super easy to come by and we found some great websites, too!)

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http://www.cosmos4kids.com - old earth

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I did like the free phases of the moon flashcards - http://www.firstschoolyears.com/science/solar/solar.htm

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One of the great resources I found was the solar system coloring book, although we didn't get to it for our notebooks - http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/our_solar_system/solar_system.html


Jr. High

I'd been looking for a way to deepen and extend our Astronomy lessons. We used Apologia's Astronomy and it's worked wonderful for the 4th, 2nd & K -- but the 6th grader had already absorbed most of the information from her independent reading. So, I as we progressed through each chapter, I made Montessori cards for her (and the others) to extend the lesson. She colored 6 cards of a sun and then using a diagram I found online, sketched in corona, core, convection zone, etc. I copied the cards so she had duplicates and she can match the picture with the label and match the label with the definition. It helped!  So, I took information from each chapter in Exploring Creation with Astronomy and made more cards.
 

 

High School

(these are really just notes for myself -- I haven't used any of these, yet)

Galileo Course for Middle Grades (CHC -DGS) 

ACPL - The Teaching Company
* Understanding the universe [videorecording] : an introduction to astronomy 

Classical Astronomy - http://www.classicalastronomy.com/

Kolbe's Astronomy - http://www.kolbe.org/science_curriculum/

 

Memorization

   9 Planets

(a)    Mercury – 0 moons

(b)   Venus – 0 moons

(c)    Earth – 1 moon

(d)   Mars – 2 moons

(e)    Jupiter – 16 moons

(f)    Saturn – 17 moons

(g)   Uranus – 15 moons

(h)   Neptune – 8 moons

(i)     Pluto – 1 moon

 

 

 

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