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    This document provides 4th grade teachers with astronomy-related resources including websites about meteor showers and the sun, simulation games about planets and seasons, and hands-on activity ideas for students to learn about moon phases and the motion of the sun. Helpful websites include spaceweather.com for meteor shower information and videos comparing the sun to large stars or explaining moon phases. Students can use interactive simulations to calculate their weight on planets or see how seasons are affected by a planet's axial tilt. Hands-on activities teach students about moon phases using Oreo cookies or have them observe and draw the setting sun's changing position over time.

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    This document provides 4th grade teachers with astronomy-related resources including websites about meteor showers and the sun, simulation games about planets and seasons, and hands-on activity ideas for students to learn about moon phases and the motion of the sun. Helpful websites include spaceweather.com for meteor shower information and videos comparing the sun to large stars or explaining moon phases. Students can use interactive simulations to calculate their weight on planets or see how seasons are affected by a planet's axial tilt. Hands-on activities teach students about moon phases using Oreo cookies or have them observe and draw the setting sun's changing position over time.

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    This document provides 4th grade teachers with astronomy-related resources including websites about meteor showers and the sun, simulation games about planets and seasons, and hands-on activity ideas for students to learn about moon phases and the motion of the sun. Helpful websites include spaceweather.com for meteor shower information and videos comparing the sun to large stars or explaining moon phases. Students can use interactive simulations to calculate their weight on planets or see how seasons are affected by a planet's axial tilt. Hands-on activities teach students about moon phases using Oreo cookies or have them observe and draw the setting sun's changing position over time.

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    This document provides 4th grade teachers with astronomy-related resources including websites about meteor showers and the sun, simulation games about planets and seasons, and hands-on activity ideas for students to learn about moon phases and the motion of the sun. Helpful websites include spaceweather.com for meteor shower information and videos comparing the sun to large stars or explaining moon phases. Students can use interactive simulations to calculate their weight on planets or see how seasons are affected by a planet's axial tilt. Hands-on activities teach students about moon phases using Oreo cookies or have them observe and draw the setting sun's changing position over time.

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    Agnes Scott Observatory Tours

    4th Grade Teacher Resources

    One way to get your students interested in astronomy is encouraging


    independent observation! And few things are more fun to observe than a meteor
    shower. Here’s a chart of all the annual meteor showers you may wish to share
    with your students:

    Helpful Websites and Videos:

    http://spaceweather.com/
    Information on meteor showers, comets, and all sorts of cool stuff! This
    website has a live feed of the sun so you can see the position of all its
    sunspots, as well as the current speed of the solar wind. Students can even
    track a specific sunspot to determine how fast the sun is rotating.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gKoN4yPzy4
    This amazing video compares our sun with the truly colossal largest known
    stars.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhokvJZFURg

    This work was supported by a grant from the Georgia Space Grant Consortium.
    This video provides a thorough explanation of the phases of the moon.

    http://www.neok12.com/video/Telescope/zX5f016756667557795f557b.htm
    How do telescopes work? This helpful video explains the basics of what
    telescopes do and how they are used in astronomy.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/0/20937803
    This article gives a more in-depth (but still easy to understand) explanation
    of different telescopes with helpful diagrams.

    Simulations and Games:

    “Planet Hop”
    Students can calculate their own weight and age on different planets in the
    solar system (and check their answers) on this website:
    http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/activity/
    planet_hop.html

    Interactive Seasons Simulation


    Here students can see how a planet’s seasons are affected by axial tilt as
    well as compare the axial tilts of different planets in the solar system. A
    short quiz is available below the simulation. Link to website:
    http://highered.mcgraw-
    hill.com/sites/007299181x/student_view0/chapter2/seasons_interactive.ht
    ml

    Moon Phase Simulation


    Here students can see the relative positions of the Earth, Sun, and Moon
    during the different moon phases. Simple but effective. Link to website:
    http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/moon_phases/index.html

    This work was supported by a grant from the Georgia Space Grant Consortium.
    Setting Sun Activity:

    If you carefully watch the sunset day after day, you will notice that the sun does
    not always set in the same place on the horizon. Here a helpful visualization:

    Have your students draw a picture or take a photograph of the sun a couple times
    a week for the remainder of the school year so they can observe this motion for
    themselves.

    Oreo Moon Phase Activity:

    It’s just like the title suggests—students create moon phases out of Oreo cookies.
    Here is a helpful template for this activity, but students can also create their own:

    http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Phases-of-the-Moon-Oreo-
    Activity-FREEBIE-158654

    Create-Your-Own Star Wheel Activity:

    An easy template to create a star wheel, which is great for finding objects in the
    night sky:

    This work was supported by a grant from the Georgia Space Grant Consortium.
    http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/starclock/starwheel.pdf

    This work was supported by a grant from the Georgia Space Grant Consortium.

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