Today we explored stars and the shapes they make in the night sky.
We had an integrated constellation snack today.
We made shapes with star marshmallows and pretzel sticks.
Then we had our friends guess what shapes we had made.
Next, we welcomed Mrs. Stacie with the NC Museum of Natural Sciences from Raleigh.
She led us in an exercise designed to help our young learners understand how the Earth moves around the sun.
We got to "see" how Earth spins once a day, making day and night, and how it spins around 365 times in a year to make our 4 seasons.
We encountered 4 animals that represented 4 constellations. Here is the vampire crab.
We met a brown water snake to represent Hydra.
Look at this sweet bearded dragon!
Finally, we got to pet Thumper.
We then traced pictures of the animals we met.
And applied stars to our drawings to demonstrate how the dots are connected in a constellation.
We ended our day with a little yoga of the constellations.
Here we have turtle.
These guys are FLEXIBLE and absolutely loved our stretches.
We did tried warrior to remind us of Orion.
What a fun way to stretch our bodies, minds, and build balance.
We had a terrific week together exploring space. I can't wait to see you all in July!
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