Super Novas!

Using the star cookie tray, I made star ice cubes and dyed them yellow. Once frozen, I popped them out, and we used tools to smash the stars to make them explode. 

**This demonstrates a super nova. Stars explode when they die, so we reenacted it!**

Moon dough!

To make this moon dough, you can use whatever amount of flour and water you want/need to make the dough crumbly yet elastic. (Typically you need more flour than water.)

Star Addition

Pick an orange and pink number.

Count the stars.

Find the yellow number for the total.. :)

Edible Solar System

Using different sized food items in order to represent the sun, planets, our moon, and asteroid belt. :)

Phases of the Moon!

We made the phases of the moon using Oreos cookies. Fun! We took the Oreo cookies apart, and we used spoons to carve out the phases of the moon. Easy and delicious! ;)

**I found the phases of the moon clipart on Google Images.**

Fizzy stars

For the Presidents Day and the solar system, we made fizzy stars!! 

What to do:

1. Mix baking soda and water together and pour into a star cookie tray. Add food coloring to the stars.

2. Freeze the stars.

3. Once frozen, pop them out, and pour vinegar on them. The stars dissolve and melt! :)

Homemade constellations

We learned about the solar system, so we made our own constellations. Fun! Cut out black circles from construction paper, and tape it to the flashlight. Poke holes on the black circles, and turn on the flashlight. Point the flashlight at the way to see the "stars." Pretty cool!! 

**We also did several worksheets that I downloaded from www.teacherspayteachers.com**