Anytime is a great time for your kids to learn all about the stars and the phases of the moon!!

 

When you were young didn't you love to get a blanket and lay outside at night and just to look at the stars and try to find

The Big Dipper?

 

Do or did you know that: 

• there are groups of stars that have names?  

• sailors used the stars to be able to sail across the ocean without GPS?

• we don’t see the same stars in the sky all year round

• you can tell the direction you are looking at by knowing about the stars

• for thousands of years different cultures have told stories about the stars

 

Your child will learn: 

• How to use a star map to locate and identify constellations in the night sky.

• How and why the stars appear to move in the sky throughout the night, and from season to season.

• Why the shape of the moon changes

• What the phases of the Moon are

• Names of the full moons

• What are Eclipses 

 

You will create/receive:

• Tips of how and when are the best times to stargaze 

• Star maps for each season

• Constellation booklet to help you identify the stars you see at home

• Moon phases journal 

• Create the phases of the moon out of Oreos

 

Provided with the class will be: ​

• A link to a OneNote Notebook with activities all about the constellations and phases of the moon.

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