Today the 4th graders explored the relationship between distance and light. We started the day by learning and discussing a bit more about constellations and how the "stars" that make up constellations sometimes aren't even stars, but entire galaxies. We thought about how it could be possible that a galaxy, star, and planet could all appear a similar size and brightness in the night sky but be so drastically different in size and amount of energy emitted.

The students worked with their table groups to complete an inverse square law lab that helped demonstrate that the farther the distance between an energy source and its stopping point, the weaker the energy.

We finished the day by having our minds blown by images collected by the Hubble and Webb telescopes. Next week, student will learn what light pollution is and start a research project about light pollution's impact on plants, animals, and humans.