A galaxy is a huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems, all held together by gravity. The planet we live on, Earth is part of a solar system in the Milky Way galaxy. When you look up into the night sky, the stars you are looking at are all part of our galaxy.

Beyond our galaxy, there are many more galaxies that we cannot see with the naked eye. According to NASA, some scientists think there could be as many as one hundred billion galaxies in the universe.

Use your imagination and a few simple supplies to make a painting of the galaxy. Download our free printable art project and template below to get started!

SUPPLIES:

• White acrylic paint
• Watercolors
• Paintbrush
• Coarse salt
• Watercolor paper

INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 1: Drip several colors of watercolor paint onto watercolor art paper.

STEP 2: Spread the paint around with a large paintbrush. Repeat with more drips.

STEP 3: After the last set of drips, add a handful of course salt to the paint puddles and let dry.

STEP 4: Now splatter a few drips of white paint on top of your
‘galaxy’ to add stars.

Part of mathematics is patterns and pattern recognition.

An easy way to do that is to use LEGO.

1.  In the simplest variant, show the model, or a photo of a model and let the children build the same.
   The simplest variant here is to just look at the shape, the next step is to have the right colors with.
   (Also mention the colors and shapes to enhance the vision and hearing combination.)
2. It will be a little more difficult if you only tell what the model looks like. First you take a yellow piece and then…
   The variant can be made for a child to tell as well. Or that the children sit back to back, one tells, the other builds and then they change.
3. If you then want to add another level, you can tell / show a basic structure and then say how many times it should be repeated.
   This is where the programming idea of loops comes in.