Julia Gallery - The Solar System

We took a break from school over the Christmas holidays both so we could enjoy the holidays but also so that I could regroup a little and do some planning for the rest of winter and spring. One of the priorities on my list was science. All Julia wanted to do was study space. Of course.

That's a little easier said than done. We've already read most of the astronomy books at the library (including astronaut biographies, space shuttle designs, the solar system, etc.) so I was looking for something more systematic and in depth but also something that wasn't geared toward much older students. I finally found an outline for a great unit study that had all the aspects I was looking for -- planetary bodies, the sun, stars and constellations (along with their stories), asteroids, history of the space program, rockets, shuttles, and even biographies of astronomers for kids going back to Galileo! It's fantastic!! 

One of Julia's first assignments was to draw the solar system and ta-da - here it is!

The Solar System (including Pluto which Julia has a soft spot for!)