Activity Set: Stars
I really like what other participants have suggested as ways of introducing this lesson- by using books or the nursery rhyme Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, or I think it was mentioned in another module- asking a question such as- is there more stars in the sky or grains of sand on earth? I would then ask the children to volunteer any knowledge they have about stars or constellations.
I would hope to use a lot of the activities discussed in this module for the topic stars.
I think it’s a really beautiful topic that integrates well with art.
I would use the Lots and Lots of stars activity to introduce the topic and to get children thinking about the magnitude of stars. I like that this activity compares stars to items the children can count- the marbles, other pupils and so on. I think the art idea of spatter painting would be something that the children would really enjoy also. I would then move on to constellations and would follow the curious minds activity ( seeing stars- looking at the plough in two different ways) with the modifications mentioned for younger classes. I would then give the children time to draw their own constellations, using the space week resource. I think this is a really nice idea and allows the children to be creative- telling us the shapes they see and so on.
I have found this website to have some nice ideas also
I used an app a few years ago when I had 6th class (with parental involvement) that identifies the constellation you are looking at. Pupils used to upload their images onto Google Classroom also. The pupils loved it.
There are many wonderful suggestions on this forum. Thank you everyone for sharing.