For the northern hemisphere, make a Big Dipper clock and learn to tell time using the position of the Big Dipper. (1.3 Mb PDF)

Model the phases that the planet Venus goes through and compare them with the phases our Moon goes through. See what Galileo observed that provided him with evidence to question the belief that the Sun and other planets and stars went around the Earth. (1 Mb PDF)

Track and graph the Sun's apparent daily and annual path using data generated by computer software. (3.4 Mb PDF)

Compare the size of the Earth and our Moon as well as other objects through the use of scale models. Also graph the Moon's monthly distance changes - apogee and perigee. (1.3 Mb PDF)

Just where exactly do we live? See how to write out and perhaps even make a display to show your very complete address. (1.2 Mb PDF)

Use a ’ball-on-a-stick’ on any sunny morning when the waning crescent moon is visible to clearly show how moon phases occur.

Determine how much each planet moves along its orbital path each day, and learn how to use a star chart to plot planets' location using celestial coordinates. (1.4 Mb PDF)