Winter Homeschooling – Activities and Free Downloads. 5 Days of Look Alive. Day 2 – Look to the Sky.

I love this series, winter homeschooling – ideas and free downloads because it gives us a variety of sweet freebies to choose from when the days are long and cold.

The next thing I look to for inspiration when I want a change is the sky.

So today, in Day 2. Look to the Sky, I have some great downloads and ideas for some hands-on fun.

Scholastic has a nice download that explains how some people get comets and meteors mixed up, so it gives some nice easy explanations. It says to use for grades 3-5. Click here to download it.

If you have a highschooler, check out this lesson plan page Meteor Monitor.

Here is what it says: Student’s measure sporadic meteor activity. In this physics and astronomy lesson plan, students construct a dipole antennae, and build, test and wire a full wave diode rectifier between the dipole antenna and the laptop.

Comet Cookies

Then of course no unit study is near complete unless some eating or snacking is involved, both of which we enjoy.

So this next download is extremely helpful too because besides having the fun recipe above, it explains the difference between meteor, meteoroid and meteorite. 

This lesson plan even has some Meteor Math.

Click here to download the activities above called Meteor, Meteoroid, Meteorite: What’s the Difference?

The next resource I have for you is from the BBC Learning Astronomy resources.

It has a star map for the current year, eclipse guide, a Nasa sun poster, make a telescope craft (middle picture above), a star party pack (star biscuits above) or how to host a star party and how to buy a telescope guide to name just a few.

You want to be  sure to download all of the fun and free freebies.

I love these freebies for learning about the sky.

So I read this quote as I ponder the lessons we can learn from the sky.

Maybe it will spark you to keep looking to the sky to keep your day lively.

By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me.

The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green.

The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet.

~Thomas Merton~

Grab the rest of the winter homeschooling ideas below!

Hugs and love ya,