| Name of Lesson |
Description |
Grade(s) |
| Number of Stars |
Using a statistical sampling method students will count
stars and then estimate the number of stars visible in the
entire sky using some geometry.
|
middle-high school |
| Eratosthenes Measurement
|
Students will measure the altitude of the Sun and combine
this with data from observations in the Planetarium to
calculate the Earth's diameter.
|
middle-high school
|
| The Planisphere
|
Students will assemble a paper planisphere and learn how
to use it for determining what will be visible during the night
sky at different times during the year.
|
upper elementary-high school
|
| Reasons for Seasons
|
Students will observe the apparent path of the Sun for the
first day of each season and plot the paths for comparison.
|
upper elementary-high school
|
| Sky Motions
|
Students will assemble and use a 'Big Dipper' sky clock and
use it to compare the apparent motions we see in the night sky
as the Earth rotates. The story 'Follow the Drinking Gourd' will
be shown to illustrate one way this knowledge wasput to use.
|
primary-upper elementary
|
| It's Just a Phase
|
Students will observe the phase changes our Moon undergoes
and assemble a manipulative to use for determining time, directions,
and Moon phase.
|
middle-high school
|
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