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Week 2

Welcome to the second week of Cosmoto's Space and Astronomy Camp! The theme for this week is the Night Sky. Have fun exploring the activities below with your child. You will need to print out the cutout sheets below to assemble the projects for this week.  Be sure to supervise your child as he/she is completing the activity.  

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Learn about the different types of objects in the night sky, then practice identifying constellations with a hands-on activity.

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Learn about how astronomers study the night sky using spectroscopes, then build your very own spectroscope to analyze different light sources.

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Build Orion and the Big Dipper out of marshmallows and toothpicks.

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        NASA

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of NASA

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Moon Phase Modeling with Cookies

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        NASA

Learn why the moon goes through phases, then model the different phases of the moon using cookies.

Printable Cutout Sheets

Constellation Build

Star Hunt

Build a Spectroscope

Moon Phases

Science Museum Space Exploration

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Images of Pillars of Creation, Future Mars Base, Curiosity Rover, Milky Way, Moon, and International Space Station are courtesy of NASA. Image of Earth's atmosphere courtesy of Science Museum of Exploration.

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