We examine some simple star patterns, see telescope views of some objects up now, and stay up late to see meteors, and to find the north star. We imagine what it would be like to travel to another place on earth to see the sky and take a pretend trip to the north pole. Then we take a fast trip to the moon, see the earth and planets orbiting the sun, and finally return to earth before sunrise tomorrow morning. The place where the sky seems to touch the ground. Moon - A rocky world orbiting the earth.
Astronomy is an observational science.
Controlled experiments are usually not possible because we cannot manipulate celestial events. But we can still learn about things in space by observing them and asking questions. Students should begin to do this with things in their local environment before attending the planetarium program. This is, in fact, the way scientists explore nature from the smallest atom to the farthest galaxies in the universe. Suggested pre-visit activities.