co-op class - astronomy

(picture and idea taken from The Crafty Classroom.)

week 4-

This week we talked about Jupiter and the weather on Jupiter. I brought in a hurricane tube since The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is a lot like a hurricane here on Earth. We also made a mosaic of Jupiter out of dried beans.

materials-
4 different colors of dried beans

card board

glue
black construction paper
picture of Jupiter

directions-

1. cut out a circle from the cardboard

2. draw an oval near the bottom for The Great Red Spot

3. glue red beans in the oval

4. starting at the top of the circle, glue different colors of beans in alternating colors to represent the colors of the atmoshere of Jupiter

5. after it dries, glue the planet onto a piece of black construction paper