by boot | Mar 12, 2025
Have each student select a planet and use the Internet or library resources to prepare a short research project on it, working with an adult if appropriate. Each report should include interesting facts about the planet, including physical description, size relative to...
by boot | Mar 12, 2025
Explain to students that traditionally the teacher asks the questions and the student gives the answers, but today things will be a little different. Today students will make up the questions! Discuss the “Five Ws and one H” question words — Who, What, Where, When,...
by boot | Mar 12, 2025
Have students practice recognizing syllables using the names of the planets. Instruct students to clap their hands to indicate each syllable as you say the planet’s name aloud. Then repeat the exercise, this time having the class say each planet’s name aloud and...
by boot | Mar 12, 2025
Review with students the sections of this book that discuss light pollution. Go over what it is, its sources and how it affects the appearance of the night sky, our environment, and our own health and well-being. Illustrate your points by showing students an image of...
by boot | Mar 12, 2025
Before the blackout in the city, no one in the city notices the night sky. When Phoebe studies the sky, she finds that it is difficult, if not impossible, to see anything. Why is it hard for her and her father to see the stars? What happens to change the...
