The Sun & Solar Eclipse Elementary Science Unit Plan

This unit would be great for all elementary kids and even up into middle and high school. I did many of these activities with my high school astronomy students when I was a teacher in a public school. All of the science and the activities are explained below, and I have also created a printable unit plan with book list, project list, writing activities, and links. It is meant to be a handy tool that you can print off and work from. Because we lean towards an unschooling model of homeschooling, I planned out a bunch of interesting and fun activities that I could do with my kids to teach them about the sun and the upcoming solar eclipse. We aren't sitting down to do one project per day or anything like that, but I am strewing the materials for the activities and making suggestions to them here and there, and we are getting through my plan. I have a bunch of really great books on the sun, including a couple specifically about eclipses. I like some of these books better than others,