What is in Outer Space?
- Objective:
- To identify objects in outer space
To differentiate between objects in our atmosphere and those in space
- Activities:
- Class or group discussion about what is in our sky and what is in outer space followed by a worksheet
- Materials:
- For each student:
- For lesson:
- pictures of outer space items such as planets, stars, comets,
Sun, Moon, etc. (if desired)
- Procedure:
- In class or group discussion, ask what can be seen when students look up at the sky, during both night and day.
- Explain that some of these objects are close enough to us (in our atmosphere) so that a plane can go higher than them. (birds, clouds, telephone poles, rainbows, airplanes, etc.) Others are so far away that it is not possible to visit them (with the exception of the Moon). These objects are in outer space. If desired, pictures of these can be shown to the students. (Sun, Moon, planets, stars, comets, shooting stars, etc.) In the planetarium we see the outer space objects.
- Have the student name objects in outer space.
- Have the students circle or color in the pictures on the worksheet that are found in outer space.
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