Constellation Box

Over the break Lincoln had to do a report on Saturn to present to his Harmony class. My kids have always loved space, so we decided to get out our Magic School Bus science kit, and do some other fun space things along with Lincoln's report.

One of the things we did was this constellation box. Basically, you paint the inside of a shoe box black. But a small eye-sized hole into one end, and a 3x5 card sized hole in the other end. Then take some 3x5 cards and draw different constellations on them. Use a hole-punch to punch out where the stars would be in the constellation. Then put the 3x5 card over the bigger hole in the box. Look through the small hole. You can see the constellation!