Description
What’s included in the Curious Trails Night Sky Unit Study:
WEEK ONE: STARGAZING GUIDE
• Discover the celestial sphere and how stars move through the sky each night.
• Learn tips for stargazing with your family.
• Make a planisphere to help you spot constellations.
• Celebrate the movement of the stars with your new star spinner.
• Extend our learning with a study on Armillary Spheres.
WEEK TWO: MOON PHASES
• Learn about the moon phases, lunar eclipses, and solar eclipses.
• Explore the different features of the moon’s surface.
• Make a moon phases calendar and track its changes in your journal.
• Check out the moon’s changing face with a flip book activity.
• Extend our learning by creating our own moon landscape art.
WEEK THREE: COSMIC SCAVENGER HUNT
• Discover how to spot planets, galaxies, and even the International Space Station!
• Create a Night Sky Journal and earn badges for objects we find.
• Celebrate what we’ve learned with a night sky mobile.
WEEK FOUR: TELESCOPES
• Lean how light travels in a refractor and a reflector telescope.
• Be introduced to the Hubble and James Web Space telescopes.
• Experiment with lenses to make objects appear closer.
• Study the amazing images captured by Hubble’s cameras and recreate your favorite.
NIGHT SKY UNIT CELEBRATION
Study poetry & copywork while enjoying your Vanilla Almond Star cookies.
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