For the best results, the teacher should make sure the students understand the importance of observing from the same location each time. 4. and 5. The student should included drawings which can be any variation of that shown. The teacher can determine what should be included in the journal or the students can design their own entries either as a group or individually. The teacher should discuss the possibility of bad weather and clouds affecting their observations.
Extra observations can produce better results even without bad observing conditions.
The student should prepare a discussion of what was observed and why. The background information should provide a general description of what the student has seen. The relative positions of the stars will not change. This will mean the planets and moon pass the meridian later each night. 3., 4., and 5.