Seasons and holidays
Fall Leaf Portrait
Find a real fall leaf, look closely and draw its portrait: the veins, the edges and every color.
Thinking sheet · Seasons and holidays
Invent a Constellation
Connect the dots into a brand-new constellation for summer stargazing, then tell its story.
- Grades
- 1–5
- Time
- about 25 minutes
- Topic
- Seasons and holidays
- Kids practice
- imagination, storytelling, space science
What kids do
“Pick some stars and connect them into a picture. Give it a name!”
- Connect stars into a new constellation
- Its name and its story:
- A real constellation I want to find in the night sky:
How to run it
- Look at a picture of the Big Dipper or Orion first.
- Choose 6 to 10 dots and connect them with a ruler.
- Turn off the lights and share with flashlights.
Talk about it
- What did you make?
- Why did people long ago name the stars?
- Where can you see stars best?
Take it further
Go stargazing and look for a real constellation.
Pairs well with
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