Additional Learning Resources for The Build Your Masterpiece Class Mini Adventures in Italy Galileo Spotlight:
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Book List:
I, Galileo by Bonnie Christensen
Galileo’s Telescope by Gerry Bailey and Karen Foster
Who Was Galileo? by Patricia Brennan
Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei by Peter Sis
Explorers on the Moon (The Adventures of Tintin) by Herge
The Moon Book By Gail Gibbons
There Once Was An Old Astronaut Who Swallowed the Moon by Lucille Colandro
My Little Half Moon by Douglas Todd Jennerich
Engineering the Leaning Tower of Pisa by Adam Furgang
Leaning Tower of Pisa by Nicole K Orr
20 Fun Facts About the Leaning Tower of Pisa (Fun Fact File: World Wonders!) by Emily Mahoney
The Leaning Tower by Raz Kids (reader) Find this book on Raz Plus HERE. (Subscription require, they also offer free trials! We love them!)
This Galileo Week + Mini Adventure Spotlight is found in our Moon Day Learning Pack, and pairs well with T is for Texture from The Masterpiece Alphabet, as well as the rest of the Adventures in Italy 1-6.
The Spotlight of Galileo Additional Learning Resources:
Enjoy these videos along with our Spotlight, coloring pages and worksheets today!
Learn About Galileo For Kids:
Learn what Galileo really saw through his telescope:
Learn more about Galileo:
Learn more about Galileo and Jupiter’s Moons:
What was your favourite part about these videos?
Feel free to use the worksheet included in the Mini Adventure, to write or dictate the things your kids liked the most. My favourite part was learning about how he observed the chandelier swinging while waiting in church, and how that inspired him to do more research about it!
What have you observed that has lead to further experimentation?
Art Project: Pendulum Painting
Watch the following tutorial vidoes to see how to set up this project. Please note that on these types of videos that tend to show the best version possible, and I would suggest to mention to your kids that it’s an experiment, and let’s see what type of painting we can make! To get the perfect spin and circle painting can take many attempts, and tries. It does depend on the tools you use, and the paint fluidity. Have fun!!
I hope you guys enjoy creating Pendulum Art with your kids! We had so much fun with this hands on art project! Share your Pendulum Painting Art with us on Instagram and tag us to be featured!
Read this post here too see when we created Pendulum Art while writing this Adventure two years ago!
(Please note, the oldest version of the Build Your Masterpiece is shown in some of the pictures, and the recipe we did was different - and will be found in another Adventures in Italy all about Rome, that is in the works!)
Recipe: Let’s Make Herbed Focaccia Bread!
The holes we poke in the dough look so much like the craters on the moon, don’t they?
Read this post to see how we made this recipe, included in this Mini Adventure. (Plus, the recipe is also shared there too!)
