Lab Activities on Astronomy

Target Grade: Middle School 6th, 7th, and 8th

What causes Moon phases and eclipses? What causes Earth's seasons? How can my latitude be determined by the Sun? Why do clocks run clockwise and what does this have to do with the sun's movement across the sky? How does our view of constellations change depending on the season or our location on Earth? Lab activities dig into these questions and are great for classrooms or homeschool.

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Astronomy: Modeling the Sun's Apparent Path
Price$3.00
Astronomy: Model the Sun’s Path; Make a Classroom Sundial
Price$3.00
Stars and Constellations, A Celestial Calendar—Understanding the Zodiac
Price$3.00
Seasons and Time Zones: How They Connect to Latitude and Longitude: Lab Activity
Price$3.00
How Earth's Tilt and Orbital Position Affect its Temperature and Season
Price$3.00
Moon Phases: Observe the Daytime Moon to Understand How They Occur
Price$3.00
Moon Phases Activity: An Interactive Model; including Solar and Lunar Eclipses
Price$3.00
Astrolabe: Determine Your Latitude Using World's Oldest Scientific Instrument
Price$3.00
Astronomy: Galileo’s Historic Discovery of Jupiter’s Moons, an Interactive Model
Price$3.00
Light and Optics: Investigating Convex and Concave Lenses—3 Labs
Price$5.00