Teacher
Virtual
Age
Ages 7-13
Duration
45 minutes
Summary
Have you ever wondered how the constellations got their names?
In this interactive session:
- Youth will investigate the myths or stories behind specific constellations in the night sky.
- Youth will work with their own cluster of stars to create a constellation and a story to go with it.
- Youth will learn about current astronomical events, how to locate constellations in the night sky, and explore what they can find in the night sky right now.
This covers current events in the night sky and is relevant to October of 2020. This program can be requested for students or classrooms by contacting Angela Brisson at aebrisso@ncsu.edu for a live version of the current events of the night sky.
This session aligns with the following NC teaching standards for grades 2 through 7
Second Grade
- Science 2.E.1 Understand patterns of weather and factors that affect weather
- Language Arts L.2.4 Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies: context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials
Third Grade
- Science 3.P.1 Understand motion and factors that affect motion
- Science 3.E.1 Recognize the major components and patterns observed in the earth/moon/sun system
- Social Studies 3.H.1.3 Exemplify the ideas that were significant in the development of local communities and regions
- Social Studies 3.H.2.2 Explain how multiple perspectives are portrayed through historical narratives
- Language Arts L.3.4 Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials
- Language Arts L.3.6 Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships
Fourth Grade
- Science 4.E.1 Explain the causes of day and night and phases of the moon
- Language Arts L4.4 Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials
- Language Arts L.4.6 Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being and that are basic to a particular topic
Fifth Grade
- Science 5.E.1 Understand weather patterns and phenomena, making connections to the weather in a particular place and time
Sixth Grade
- Science 6.E.1 Understand the earth/moon/sun system, and the properties, structures, and predictable motions of celestial bodies in the Universe
Seventh Grade
- Language Arts L.7.4 Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 7 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials
- Language Arts L.7.6 Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; develop vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression