Sky School
Ten short space lessons, about fifteen minutes each. Read along or listen, try something at home, pass the quiz, then print your night task and go out with a grown-up.
Grades K–2
- 🌙 Lesson 1: The Moon's shapesI can name the Moon's shapes and say that the Moon's shape changes in a pattern every month.
- 🌍 Lesson 2: Why we have day and nightI can explain that Earth spins, so the Sun seems to rise in the east and set in the west.
- ⭐ Lesson 3: Where do the stars go in the daytime?I can explain that the stars are always there, but the bright Sun hides them in the day.
- ☀️ Lesson 4: Long summer days, long winter nightsI can say that there is more daylight in summer than in winter.
- 🌟 Lesson 5: The Sun is a starI can say that the Sun is a star, and the other stars are suns very far away.
Grades 3–5
- 🕰️ Lesson 6: Shadows tell the timeI can describe how shadows change length and direction during the day, and why.
- 🔆 Lesson 7: Why the Sun outshines every starI can explain that the Sun looks brighter than other stars because it is so much closer.
- 🌌 Lesson 8: Different stars in different seasonsI can explain why we see different star patterns at different times of year.
- 🍎 Lesson 9: Gravity pulls toward the middleI can explain that gravity pulls things toward the middle of Earth, wherever you stand.
- 🪐 Lesson 10: The planets and their pathsI can name the planets in order and explain that the farther a planet is, the longer its year.
For teachers and parents
Each lesson works toward a Next Generation Science Standards performance expectation (1-ESS1-1 and 1-ESS1-2 for K–2; 5-ESS1-1, 5-ESS1-2 and 5-PS2-1 for grades 3–5), named on its page. No sign-in and nothing is saved: the quiz is played in the page, and the night task prints on one page. For more, there is Space Month and the Space pack on Peabody Teach. The space worksheets print two sheets for each band and an answer key.
“Owls are supposed to be wise. Mostly we just stay up late and look at things.”