STEM CLUB: Constellations, a Century apart (ON DEMAND)

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Lifelong Learning, Virtual
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Join NASA Solar System Ambassadors Linda McKenna and Mark Brown as they explore our night skies! This online program will explain how to easily locate common constellations this time of year over Sarasota County, and how the skies may have looked different in 1921.

The Live STEM Club in April has moved!

Join us on Saturday, April 10 at 11 a.m.

Register for the live event here!

NASA Scientists will talk about the James Webb Space Telescope and the Virtual Reality program that was developed for it!

 

Supplies used for the Constellations program:

1. Print: DIY Constellations packet

2. Pencil

3. Toilet Paper Roll

4. Push Pin (thumb tack)

5. Piece of thick cardboard (e.g., shipping box)

6. Tape (office supply tape)

7. Flashlight or cell phone flashlight

 

Additional Resources:

Make marbled sun art on NASA's SpacePlace

Make an edible sun with a recipe from University of California: Berkeley's Multiverse space

Six Simple Astronomy Experiments You Can Do At Home

Current Informational Astronomy For What's Currently in the Night Sky or Space Missions

Matching Game with Constellation Cards

2020 When to See Planets in the Night Sky

Updates On Your Cosmos and World