Look Up!
Directions:
The night sky at home may be a familiar sight, but how about the stars at your vacation destination?
If you've traveled some distance, see if anyone can pick out some "home" stars on a clear night. Are they in a different spot in the sky? What about the constellations? Are they positioned differently than they are at home? (You might want to make a trip to a bookstore before you go and purchase a stargazing book.)
If you're visiting someone who lives out of the city and therefore away from reflections of buildings and car lights, your kids will probably be amazed at what they can see. Keep their eyes fixed on the heavens and see if anyone can find a shooting star.
You might also take advantage of a brilliant sky and ask your kids to invent a few constellations of their own. With so many stars to see, perhaps your kids will envision a celestial theater inhabited by such notable constellations as the Great Northern Chinchilla and Uncle Jack's Mustache!
© 2005 by Steve and Ruth Bennett. Excerpted from 365 Unplugged Family Fun Activities with permission of its publisher, Perseus Books Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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