A Guided Tour of

Stars and their qualities

Nicole Massey

Grade Level: Grade Second

GPS Topic: S2E1 Students will understand that stars have

different sizes, brightness, and patterns

Site #1
Site Title: The Sun
Site URL: http://www.kidsastronomy.com/our_sun.htm

Annotation: Gives details and interesting facts about the sun,

the planets, and comets.

Activity 1: Kids will go to this website and read about the sun
and then view the facts on comets and asteroids. The kids will
then write down a question they want to learn about stars.

Site #2
Site Title: Stars
Site URL:
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level2/sta
rs.html

Annotation: This site gives a wonderful overview on what a star

is and the different sizes of stars.

Activity 1: The children will read about stars and click on the
words in blue to better explain what the paragraph is saying.
Then they will read about the different sizes of stars and see
pictures of certain types. Also be looking to see if the answer to
their question is in this information.
Site #3
Site Title: Connect the Stars
Site URL:
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/games/connect.html

Annotation: This site allows the kids to connect the stars to form
different constellations

Activity 1: The kids will connect the stars to find the

constellation the program is asking. This will allow the kids to
see up close what some of the constellations look like. They will
be asked to write down their favorite constellation.

Site #4:
Site Title: NASA Kids Stars
Site URL: http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/Space/Stars/

Annotation: Website has many different categories the kids can

explore to learn more about our solar system

Activity 1: The children will pick a category that looks interesting

to them and write down five facts that they learned. Then the
class will share what they learned from their category they
picked.

Site #5
Site Title: The Stars- Why do stars twinkle?
Site URL:
http://www.allaboutspace.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/
Annotation: The website explains why stars twinkle and shows
diagrams along with it.

Activity 1: The children will read the paragraph on why stars

twinkle then we will sing the song “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”.

Site #6
Site Title: Stars
Site URL:
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level1/sta
rs.html

Annotation: Website explains about stars but also has a song

about stars.

Activity 1: The Children will listen to the star song and sing
along with it by the words provided to them. When we are done
with the song they will view the “Did you know” question.

Site #7
Site Title: Solar System Coloring Book-Comets
Site URL:
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/coloring_book/java_cb/c
b_comets.html

Annotation: An online coloring book that allows children to color

their own comet.

Activity 1: The children will paint their own comet and then when
they have finished everyone will print their picture off. These
pictures will be displayed later.

Site #8
Site Title: Space Place- Projects
Site URL: http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/projects.shtml
Annotation: The kids will get instructions on how to build a star
finder.

Activity 1: The kids will read along while we follow the

instructions to build a star finder. The kids can then find their
favorite constellation that they found while learning about stars.