I'm sure if you live in America, everyone in your house was fully aware of the total solar eclipse that happened on August 21, 2017. How could you not?! That's all anyone could talk about and for good reason! What a cool event to witness! There were plenty of places to buy the safety glasses, and if you didn't buy the glasses to check it out, I'm sure you joined us in making a pinhole viewer. They popped up all over Facebook, so it was hard not to, right? My 1st grader loved viewing the eclipse through our cereal box. He was completely amazed by what he saw -- even at the 60% coverage that we got where we live. So cool!


With that said, I realize that the big day has come and gone, but it's still a great topic to cover regardless! Our first day of school was also the day of the solar eclipse, so we're kind of learning about it in reverse. We witnessed it and now we're taking the time to learn about it. My guy can't stop talking about it, so it's been the perfect topic of the first week of school! If you're interested in doing a lesson on it and aren't sure what to use, this is what we have been doing...

First off, we've already chosen to use Apologia's Exploring Creation With Astronomy this year, so it worked out perfectly! We used pages 24-28 in the text book, but also pulled a bunch of other items up to make it fun -- printables, library books, videos, etc. Below is a list of a few of the items that we used...








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