“I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, / And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from John Masefield, for the Challenger Seven.)
🔭 Homeschool Astronomy (Recent Posts)
Then felt I like some watcher of the skies
When a new planet swims into his ken.
A collection of great homeschool teaching ideas, resources, and little lessons on stars, planets, constellations, comets, meteors, galaxies, space exploration, and other astronomy-related topics from the River Houses Homeschool Network. Add your name to our free River Houses mailing list and get posts like these delivered right to your mailbox every week! 😊
❡ Star bright: This Homeschool Astronomy collection also includes our special series of monthly Great Star posts that introduce you and your students to twelve of the brightest stars of the northern hemisphere night sky. 🌟
🔭 🌒 SATURDAY STARS: Telescope Tips from the U.S. Naval Observatory
If you got a new telescope for the holidays (or if you already have an old one), why not set it up this week and have a nice long look the moon, our nearest celestial neighbor.
🌟 STAR BRIGHT: Capella for January
Make the acquaintance of Capella in the constellation Auriga this month — a nearby four-star system and one of the brightest lights in the northern hemisphere night sky — and make it your homeschool friend for life.
🔭 WATCHERS OF THE SKIES – January 2021
A homeschool review of educational wonders to watch for in the northern hemisphere night sky during the month of January 2021.
🗓 ⛄️ WINTER IS HERE! (Astronomically Speaking)
Winter is here! If you’re in the northern hemisphere, that is. If you’re in the southern hemisphere, summer is here! Happy December 2020 solstice to homeschoolers everywhere!
🌟 STAR BRIGHT: Aldebaran for December
Make the acquaintance of the ancient red giant Aldebaran in the constellation Taurus this month — one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere sky — and make it your homeschool friend for life.
🔭 WATCHERS OF THE SKIES – December 2020
A homeschool review of educational wonders to watch for in the northern hemisphere night sky during the month of December 2020.
♃ ♄ SATURDAY STARS: The Coming Great Conjunction
Get your young astronomers ready to observe a notable celestial event next month: a Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, the first one in twenty years.
🌠 🦁 LEONID METEORS for November 2020
Take your young astronomers outside this week and look to the constellation Leo for the annual Leonid meteor shower.
🖋 🌠 WONDERFUL WORDS: Of Poems and Meteors
“Stars, I have seen them fall, / But when they drop and die / No star is lost at all / From all the star-sown sky.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from A.E. Housman, for the annual Leonid meteor shower.)
🌟 STAR BRIGHT: Algol for November
Make the acquaintance of the variable star Algol this month — “the demon star” in the constellation Perseus and one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere sky — and make it your homeschool friend for life.
🔭 WATCHERS OF THE SKIES – November 2020
A homeschool review of educational wonders to watch for in the northern hemisphere night sky during the month of November 2020.
