Transcript Science Unit: The Sky and the Seasons

Science Unit:
The Sky and the
Seasons
Lessons and
Activities for:
Mrs. Poole’s Class
Let’s Use Our Background
Knowledge!
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What do we already know about the sky?
List the facts you already know about the
sky:
Lesson One:
What Can We See in the
Sky?
Let’s Investigate!
Experiment:
Observing The Sky
You will need:
paper and pencil
*Experiment:
1. Before going outside: Make a sky
chart to record your observations.
Example:
The Sky
Date:
What I
Saw:
2. Let’s go outside to observe!
While we are outside, use your chart to write down the
things that you see in the sky.
Remember recording what you observe is very important!
Science Skill: When you communicate, you can use a
chart to tell about what you observe.
3. Communicate and Record!
• Let’s record all the things our class saw on
the class chart!
• How many different things did we see?
• Would we see different things in the night
sky?
• Find out about the night sky! Tonight take
your chart home to observe the sky at
night and record what you see.
• Tomorrow we will share what we saw and
add them to our class sky chart!
Let’s Learn About:
What We See in the Sky
There are many things to see in the sky in
the daytime. You can see birds and clouds. You
can also see airplanes and helicopters. You may
even see a hot-air balloon!
You see different things at night.
Observing the Sky
Scientists study things in the sky. They
observe stars.
Stars are objects in the sky that give off
light.
Scientists also study the sun. Did you know
that the sun is really a star? The sun is the
closest star to Earth.
At night you can see many stars in the
sky. They are much farther away than the
sun. On many nights you can also see
the moon. The moon is the brightest
object in the sky at night.
Did you know?
Even though the moon is bright, it
does not make its own light. The light we
see is actually sunlight that is reflected
from the moon’s surface.
On some nights you may see Mars and
Venus in the sky. Mars and Venus are
planets. Earth is a planet, too. These
planets are made of rock.
Venus is the
second planet
from the sun.
Mars is the
fourth planet
from the sun.
Earth is the
third planet
from the
sun.
Talk About It!
1. What are Earth, Mars,
and Venus made of ?
2. Name 2 things you can
see in the day sky.
3. Name 2 things you can
see in the night sky.
4. Tell your friend 1 fact
that you learned today.
Way to
go!
You are
such
a smart
class!