International Space Station (ISS)
Find when the ISS will be over Beverly Hills. Type in "Beverly Hills, Michigan": https://www.astroviewer.net/iss/en/observation.php
Spot the Station: https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/tracking_map.cfm
LOOK AT HOW SOME USE SHADOWS TO TELL TIME:
Learn How to Tell Time Without a Clock:
Do NOT download anything. That is not needed and is probably a phishing tactic.
We have observed that shadows made by the sun move. What causes this movement? Does the sun move or does the earth move? Do the stars move or does the earth move?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDHxhhB8710&ab_channel=ThePianoGuys
Check out this page: "Day and Night": https://www.dkfindout.com/us/space/solar-system/day-and-night/ The video is no longer available, but the diagram is very detailed.
More day or more night?
Check out this interactive site to show the seasons as Earth revolves around the sun.
http://sepuplhs.org/middle/iaes/students/simulations/sepup_seasons5.html
Customize a lunar calendar: https://www.vertex42.com/calendars/moon-phase-calendar.html
What will the moon look like tonight? https://www.moongiant.com/phase/today/
The United States Naval Observatory: The Sky This Week: https://www.cnmoc.usff.navy.mil/Our-Commands/United-States-Naval-Observatory/The-Sky-This-Week/
Click the picture of the full moon above to see a Moon Watch Flip Book.
Videos About the Moon:
Scroll down to the bottom of this page to see information about the tides.
Star Gazing
Check out the constellations at night. Here's a good resource for learning and finding the constellations: https://stardate.org/nightsky/constellations
Find resources.
Compare the size of the objects in the sky:
February 2009 2:33 elapsed time
August 2016 6:50 elapsed time
CLICK HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoW8Tf7hTGA&ab_channel=morn1415
November 2017 5:07 elapsed time
Moon Phase Flip Book
https://www.amnh.org/ology/features/stufftodo_astro/moon2.php
Moon Phases
Introduction to the Moon's phases after your lunar calendar is completed.
Lunar Eclipse January 20-21, 2019
When is the next lunar eclipse in our area?
This video has sound, but there is no sound in space. Keep that in mind.
Animated model of the Solar System: http://www.astronoo.com/en/articles/positions-of-the-planets.html
This model below will blow your mind! :) Keep in mind that there is no sound in space.
Watch the "Schoolhouse Rock" video Interplanet Janet. (Solar System)
Weather is: the condition of air around us.
What are the 4 conditions of air?
temperature
wind
humidity
pressure
Here's an example of air taking up space and how powerful wind can be.
Watch the "Schoolhouse Rock" video The Greatest Show on Earth. (Weather)
WaterCycleMovie-NoText.mp4More footage:
Balanced / Unbalanced Forces
Watch the "Schoolhouse Rock" video A Victim of Gravity. (Gravity)
