Week of January 28 - February 1

StarLab is at Old Union this week! All students got a "refresher" on how the Earth rotates around the Sun before we went into our very own little planetarium. We got to see the "real" stars in the night sky, as well as what we call the "dot to dot" canister of StarLab. {The "dot to do" canister makes it easier to pick the constellations out of the sky because each shape is outlined for us.}


All students got to see a variety of constellations, including Orion, Cassiopeia the Queen, King Cepheus, Leo the Lion, and lots of others. Ask your student to tell you about the constellations we saw in StarLab this week. If possible, you could go outside with your student after it gets nice and dark, and go star gazing!

If you're interested in discussing these constellations with your student at home but are unable to go star gazing outside, you may consider downloading one of the following apps to your smartphone:

• Star Walk
• Pocket Universe
• Sky Orb
• Starmap
• Planisphere
• Stars New
• Star Guide