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In this activity, learners make "solar cookies," edible models of the Sun's outer layers using sugar cookies and toppings.

In this activity, learners experiment with shadows and light sources to understand the relationship between the angle illumination and the shadow's length.

This demonstration activity models how Venus appears from Earth.

In this activity, learners investigate the Earth's rotation and how to tell the time of day without a clock. Thsi simple activity only requires a paper plate, a pencil, and sunshine.

In this activity, learners use a simple 3D model to discover why the Moon has phases.

In this activity, learners make flipbooks of drawings showing the progression of a Total Solar Eclipse.

In this two-part activity, learners explore the Earth and Sun's positions in relation to the constellations of the ecliptic with a small model.

In this activity, learners use an astrolabe to measure the altitude of objects. Learners will first practice taking measurements by measuring the altitude of trees and buildings.

In this activity, learners explore the relative size of the Sun and Earth as well as the distance between them.

In this activity, learners build a simple pinhole viewer. They use this apparatus to project images from a variety of light sources, including a candle, the Sun, and the Moon.

In this three part activity, learners explore and experiment with shadows to learn about the Sun's relative motion in the sky.

In this activity, learners explore how light and dark colored objects absorb the Sun's radiations at different rates.

In this activity, learners investigate the concepts of relative size and distance by creating a basic model of the solar system.

In this activity, learners use chocolate to explore how the Sun transfers heat to the Earth through radiation.

In this activity, learners model the flow of energy from the sun as it enters a photovoltaic cell, moves along a wire and powers a load.

In this activity, learners will measure the length of their shadow from the Sun and compare it three to four months later.

In this activity, learners explore properties of water and watch evaporation happen by "painting" with water in the sun.

This is a classic exercise for visualizing the scale of the Solar System.

Using information from the My Place in Space lithograph, learners write and/or draw a postcard to friends and family as if they had gone beyond the interstellar boundary of our Solar System, into the

In this activity, learners observe the moon each night for a month and draw their observations in a Moon Watch Log.