3RD GRADE PROGRAM
Title: The Sun and the Four Seasons
During your visit to the planetarium for the 2002-2003 season, your
students will be actively involved in the following learning:
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Identify each of the nine
planets in relation to the sun )distance from the sun) and engage in a
short discussion on each
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Discuss the Sun and its
relationship to other planetary objects/size
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Explore why we have the
changes in the seasons, the time of the year that these take place, and
the importance of the sun's path as it moves across the sky
4th GRADE PROGRAM
Title: Above and Beyond
During your visit to the planetarium for the 2000-2003 season, your
students will be actively involved in the following learning:
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By learning how to locate
the Big Dipper and how it can help us find our directions
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By investigating the
brightness of different stars and discovering what causes a star's color
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By discussing and locating
famous constellations, and seeing how they can be used to guide us to
other interesting objects in the night sky
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Discover the major
attributes of the planets
5TH GRADE
PROGRAM
Title: The Motions of the Sky
During your visit to the planetarium for the 2002-2003
season, your students will be actively involved in the following learning:
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Discover the
physical characteristics of the moon
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Explore how the
phases of the moon occur
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How the sun and the
moon interact to give us solar and lunar eclipses
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How the path of the
sun across the sky and how that path and tilt of the earth create the
different seasons
