Notebooking Page: Solar Eclipse!

Did you know that this Friday is the next total solar eclipse? I wonder what it is about the eclipse that so enraptures the human spirit. I guess because it's so far out of the daily norm. At any rate, don't forget the safety rules (no looking directly at the sun!) and best of all, enjoy yourselves!

**Solar Eclipse - Half-Inch Primary Paper**

**Solar Eclipse - Three-Quarter Inch Primary Paper**

**Solar Eclipse - One Inch Primary Paper**

**Solar Eclipse - Wide Rule Paper**

**Solar Eclipse - Wide Rule Paper (with more complicated picture)**

Oh, and here is NASA's page about the coming eclipse: NASA, Solar Eclipse 2008

Notebooking Page: The dwarf planet Ceres

Here's a self-directed learning story for you: Ceres - the mythical goddess, not this dwarf planet - was indirectly responsible for me spending a whole two years learning everything there was to learn about Greco-Roman mythology. She was known by another name during the months she spent mourning for her daughter in the Underworld, and that is the root of my real first name. I was totally fascinated and studied the mythologies incessantly for most of my upper elementary/ junior high years!

**The dwarf planet Ceres - Half-Inch Primary Paper**

**The dwarf planet Ceres - Three-Quarter Inch Primary Paper**

**The dwarf planet Ceres - One Inch Primary Paper**

**The dwarf planet Ceres - Wide Rule Paper**

Notebooking Page: The dwarf planet Eris

Well, if Pluto had to get demoted, at least they gave him some other dwarf planets to keep him company - Eris and Ceres. Here are the pages for Eris:

**The dwarf planet Eris - Half-Inch Primary Paper**

**The dwarf planet Eris - Three-Quarter Inch Primary Paper**

**The dwarf planet Eris - One Inch Primary Paper**

**The dwarf planet Eris - Wide Rule Paper**

Notebooking Page: The dwarf planet Pluto

Poor little Pluto. Years as the smallest of the big guys, then he gets demoted. Man, the god of the underworld just can't catch a break, can he? ;-)

**Pluto - Half-Inch Primary Paper**

**Pluto - Three-Quarter Inch Primary Paper**

**Pluto - One Inch Primary Paper**

**Pluto - Wide Rule Paper**

Notebooking Page: The planet Neptune

I still find it hard to remember to stop at Neptune as the last major planet! I wonder what the new mnemonic device is for remembering the names and order of the planets since they dropped Pluto - anyone know?

**The planet Neptune - Half-Inch Primary Paper**

**The planet Neptune - Three-Quarter Inch Primary Paper**

**The planet Neptune - One Inch Primary Paper**

**The planet Neptune - Wide Rule Paper**

Notebooking Page: The planet Uranus

We're nearly through the Major Planets!

**The planet Uranus - Half-Inch Primary Paper**

**The planet Uranus - Three-Quarter Inch Primary Paper**

**The planet Uranus - One Inch Primary Paper**

**The planet Uranus - Wide Rule Paper**

Notebooking Page: The planet Saturn

Truckin' it on through the solar system, the next stop is the lovely ringed Saturn:

**The planet Saturn - Half-Inch Primary Paper**

**The planet Saturn - Three-Quarter Inch Primary Paper**

**The planet Saturn - One Inch Primary Paper**

**The planet Saturn - Wide Rule Paper**

Notebooking Page: The planet Jupiter

I remember once doing a science report/project on the planet Jupiter - our group had to pretend we were a travel agency trying to get people to come visit. That was a fun group project! Hmmm... actually, that's not a half-bad homeschool idea!

Here are some notebooking pages for the planet:

**The planet Jupiter - Half-Inch Primary Paper**

**The planet Jupiter - Three-Quarter Inch Primary Paper**

**The planet Jupiter - One Inch Primary Paper**

**The planet Jupiter - Wide Rule Paper**

Notebooking Page: The planet Mars

Traveling quickly through the solar system, we are now debarking at the planet Mars:

**The planet Mars - Half-Inch Primary Paper**

**The planet Mars - Three-Quarter Inch Primary Paper**

**The planet Mars - One Inch Primary Paper**

**The planet Mars - Wide Rule Paper**

Notebooking Page: The planet Earth

Next in the astronomy series, our own home, the planet Earth:

**The planet Earth - Half-Inch Primary Paper**

**The planet Earth - Three-Quarter Inch Primary Paper**

**The planet Earth - One Inch Primary Paper**

**The planet Earth - Wide Rule Paper**

Notebooking Page: The planet Venus

Next in our Astronomy series, the planet Venus:

**The planet Venus - Half-Inch Primary Paper**

**The planet Venus - Three-Quarter Inch Primary Paper**

**The planet Venus - One Inch Primary Paper**

**The planet Venus - Wide Rule Paper**




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Notebooking Page: The planet Mercury

What better time to start gazing at the night skies than spring and summer, when the weather is so beautiful? Let's start with the first planet in the solar system, Mercury:

**The planet Mercury - Half-Inch Primary Paper**

**The planet Mercury - Three-Quarter Inch Primary Paper**

**The planet Mercury - One Inch Primary Paper**

**The planet Mercury - Wide Rule Paper**


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