More Night Sky!

Our class is wrapping up our study of the night sky and you will start to see our projects coming home. Today the kids all brought home their night sky journals where we had charted the moon phases all the way through January, and done lots of activities to discover interesting facts about the moon, sun, and stars! Earlier in the week kids brought home a moveable project showing how the north star stays in one place even as the big dipper appears to change position in the sky! At this point we have many night sky experts in our class and they should be able to tell you lots about the moon and stars at home. You can ask qustions like: What is the brightest star in the night sky? Which star looks the biggest from earth? Which is biggest: the moon, earth, or sun? What does orbit mean? What is a constellation? What is the Big Dipper and what is the North Star? What is a star? Is the sun a star or a planet? What is our closest neighbor in space (the moon)? Why do we have night and day? What are the moon's phases? Bonus if your child can tell you the moon phases in order and what phase the moon is in today-- we have been practicing! Below are a few more photos of us working on night sky projects. We are currently finishing up with cute collages featuring each of the kids as an astronaut floating around the moon and stars!

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