3E.2.1.1.1: Record observations of the sun, moon, and stars and use them to…

Stars and the Night Sky Grades 3–6 · partly supports this outcome

Where the stars go in the daytime, why they wheel across the sky all night and why Orion is a winter sight in Canada but a summer one in Australia. Students sort real star data, spin and orbit as human models and read a printed sky chart. No materials needed: just the printed sheets, in either hemisphere.

• Why do the stars seem to move across the sky? 45–60 min

  Students spin slowly under star posters to feel why the stars rise and set, match star-trail pictures to Canada, Singapore and Australia, and use the Big Dipper and the Southern Cross to find north and south. They explain why Polaris barely moves and why the south has no bright pole star.

• Why do we see different stars in different seasons? 45–60 min

  Students walk a year around a paper Sun, facing out into the night at each season, to find out why Orion fills the evening sky in some months and vanishes in others. They join the dots of a printed sky chart, invent their own star pattern and plan a star count that measures light pollution.

Printable practice for 3E.2.1.1.1

These pages practise a closely related idea; the match to 3E.2.1.1.1 is partial.

• Stars and the Night Sky workbook included with the unit

  2 English-support pages, 2 practice pages, 2 readings, 1 word wall, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.

• Light and Shadows workbook included with the unit

  1 English-support page, 1 practice page, 1 reading, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.

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