Planets in Space is packed with supplies and learning experiences centered around the solar system! Learners will read a non-fiction picture book about the planets, explore and experiment to learn about the sun and each of the eight planets, create art projects and an interactive game, use stamps and ink to design planet fact cards (to be used in the game!), organize a small-world galaxy, assemble an edible space rover, build a space probe, play a game to discover how many moons each planet has, complete math problems to reveal and how long it takes for each planet to orbit the sun, and much more!
We’ve divided the learning experiences into eight sections, and we recommend doing the activities in the order suggested as some build upon the next. However, you don’t need to complete all the lesson activities at once if that’s too much for your schedule. Just pause, and pick up where you left off next time. Doing these activities two days a week will take four weeks to complete the unit. The activities in this kit were designed for K to 4th graders. But we know kids are at all different levels and interests, so feel free to skip or add-to an activity if it isn’t right for your child(ren). That’s what Schoolhouse Discoveries are all about - having fun learning and finding ways that best fit your needs.
