Day: October 14, 2008

This lesson is s general introduction to astronomy including safe daytime observing. Our main class activity for the next month (yes, 4 weeks!) will be recording the appearance of the moon on every clear day possible. If your child misses a few days of observing, we will combine our observations in class. The star chart …

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The fall 2008 session is just getting underweigh. The 4th and 5th grade sessions will be covering the same material although the in-class discussions may be a little different to accomodate the children’s specific questions and interests. The overall theme will be the solar system and we will survey the different parts comparing and contrasting …

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This is information for members of the PS102 Astronomy Club and their families. The intent of this section is the provide access to the club meeting materials and additional resources to help your children learn more about astronomy and develop a general interest in science. For the 2008 spring session, I tried to put the …

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