What we're learning
Eighth grade is currently working through an astronomy unit. They are creating planet cereal boxes to explore each planet a little further and also making models of the rotations and revolutions that occur within our planet. Here is what eighth grade is learning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIbfYsQfNWs
- The planets (we seem to have forgotten our planets since fifth grade!)
- Moon phases
- Seasons
- Rotation vs. revolution
- Galaxies
- Eclipses
- Life cycle of a star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIbfYsQfNWs
Oreo Moon Phases