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๐Ÿ”ญ Homeschool Astronomy: Little Lessons for the Whole Year

Then felt I like some watcher of the skies
When a new planet swims into his ken.

โ€”โ€ŠKeats, "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer"

Homeschool teaching tips and little astronomical 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! ๐Ÿ˜Š

โกโ€…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. ๐ŸŒŸ

๐Ÿ”ญ WATCHERS OF THE SKIES: Homeschool Astronomy for April

1 April 2023 by Bob O'Hara

Our homeschool review of the educational wonders that you and your students can watch for in the northern hemisphere night sky during the month of April.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy

๐Ÿ—“ ๐ŸŒท SPRING IS HERE! (Astronomically Speaking)

20 March 2023 by Bob O'Hara

Spring is here! If youโ€™re in the northern hemisphere, that is. If youโ€™re in the southern hemisphere, fall is here! Happy March equinox to homeschoolers everywhere!

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Homeschool Terms & Calendars

๐Ÿ“ก JOIN A โ€œCITIZEN SCIENCEโ€ PROJECT for Einstein’s Birthday

14 March 2023 by Bob O'Hara

You and your young science students can join the search for undiscovered pulsars in deep space, right from the comfort of your own homeschool living room. (Really!) How cool is that?

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Homeschool Holidays & History, Lunar Society Bulletins

๐ŸŒŸ STAR BRIGHT: Sirius for March

11 March 2023 by Bob O'Hara

Make the acquaintance of the brilliant nearby star Sirius, “the dog star,” in the constellation Canis Major this monthย โ€” the brightest star in earth’s night skyย โ€” and make it your homeschool friend for life.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Monthly Great Stars

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐Ÿ”ญ WONDERFUL WORDS: When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer

8 March 2023 by Bob O'Hara

“Till rising and gliding out Iย wander’d off by myself,ย / Inย the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,ย / Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Walt Whitman, contrariwise, for John Herschel and Albert Einstein.)

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Homeschool Language & Literature, Poems-of-the-Week

๐Ÿ”ญ WATCHERS OF THE SKIES: Homeschool Astronomy for March

4 March 2023 by Bob O'Hara

Our homeschool review of the educational wonders that you and your students can watch for in the northern hemisphere night sky during the month of March.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy

๐Ÿ—“ ๐Ÿฆ LEO TERM and the River Houses Homeschool Year

1 March 2023 by Bob O'Hara

We divide the homeschool year into four three-month terms in the River Houses. Today is the first day of Leo Term, our spring term, named for the Great Lion of the Heavens. Leo Term runs from March through May.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Homeschool Terms & Calendars

โ˜€๏ธ ๐ŸŒ HOMESCHOOL SCIENCE & HISTORY: Copernicus and His Revolutions

19 February 2023 by Bob O'Hara

On Copernicus’ birthday, introduce your homeschool students to one of the most important books ever published: “On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres” (1543).

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Homeschool Books & Libraries, Homeschool Holidays & History

๐Ÿ”ญ HOMESCHOOL SCIENCE & HISTORY: The Starry Messenger

15 February 2023 by Bob O'Hara

Remembering one of the great minds of history, the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei (1564โ€“1642), on the anniversary of his birth.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Homeschool Books & Libraries, Homeschool Holidays & History

๐ŸŒŸ STAR BRIGHT: Betelgeuse for February

11 February 2023 by Bob O'Hara

Make the acquaintance of the red giant Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion the Hunter this monthย โ€” aย strange, irregular, enormous variable starย โ€” and make it your homeschool friend for life.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Monthly Great Stars

๐Ÿ”ญ WATCHERS OF THE SKIES: Homeschool Astronomy for February

4 February 2023 by Bob O'Hara

Our homeschool review of the educational wonders that you and your students can watch for in the northern hemisphere night sky during the month of February.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐ŸŒŠ HOMESCHOOL HISTORY & LITERATURE: Remembering Challenger

22 January 2023 by Bob O'Hara

“I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,ย / And allย I ask isย a tall ship andย a star to steer her by.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from John Masefield, for the Challenger Seven of 1986.)

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Homeschool Holidays & History, Homeschool Language & Literature, Poems-of-the-Week

๐ŸŒŸ STAR BRIGHT: Capella for January

14 January 2023 by Bob O'Hara

Make the acquaintance of Capella in the constellation Auriga the Charioteer this monthย โ€” a nearby four-star system and one of the brightest lights in the northern hemisphere night skyย โ€” and make it your homeschool friend for life.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Monthly Great Stars

๐Ÿ”ญ WATCHERS OF THE SKIES: Homeschool Astronomy for January

7 January 2023 by Bob O'Hara

Our homeschool review of the educational wonders that you and your students can watch for in the northern hemisphere night sky during the month of January.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy

๐Ÿ—“ โ›„๏ธ WINTER IS HERE! (Astronomically Speaking)

21 December 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Winter is here! If you’re in the northern hemisphere, that is. If you’re in the southern hemisphere, summer is here! Happy December solstice to homeschoolers everywhere!

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Homeschool Terms & Calendars

๐ŸŒŸ STAR BRIGHT: Aldebaran for December

10 December 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Make the acquaintance of the ancient red giant Aldebaran in the constellation Taurus the Bull this monthย โ€” one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere skyย โ€” and make it your homeschool friend for life.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Monthly Great Stars

๐Ÿ”ญ WATCHERS OF THE SKIES: Homeschool Astronomy for December

3 December 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Our homeschool review of the educational wonders that you and your students can watch for in the northern hemisphere night sky during the month of December.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy

๐Ÿ—“ ๐Ÿ—ก ORION TERM and the River Houses Homeschool Year

1 December 2022 by Bob O'Hara

We divide the homeschool year into four three-month terms in the River Houses. Today is the first day of Orion Term, our winter term, named for the Great Hunter of the Heavens. Orion Term runs from December through February.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Homeschool Terms & Calendars

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐ŸŒ  WONDERFUL WORDS: Of Poems and Meteors

15 November 2022 by Bob O'Hara

โ€œStars, Iย have seen them fall,ย / But when they drop and dieย / No star is lost at allย /ย From all the star-sown sky.โ€ (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from A.E.ย Housman, for the annual Leonid meteor shower.)

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Homeschool Language & Literature, Poems-of-the-Week

๐ŸŒ  ๐Ÿฆ LEONID METEORS for November 2022

14 November 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Take your young astronomers outside this week and look to the constellation Leo for the annual Leonid meteor shower.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy

๐ŸŒŸ STAR BRIGHT: Algol for November

12 November 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Make the acquaintance of the variable star Algol this monthย โ€” “the demon star” in the constellation Perseus the Hero and one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere skyย โ€” and make it your homeschool friend for life.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Monthly Great Stars

๐ŸŒžโ€‰๐ŸŒโ€‰๐ŸŒ• WONDERFUL WORDS: โ€œThe stellar gauge of earthly showโ€

7 November 2022 by Bob O'Hara

“Is such the stellar gauge of earthly show,ย / Nation at war with nation, brains that teem,ย / Heroes, and women fairer than the skies?” (An extra homeschool poem-of-the-week, aย sonnet-masterpiece from Thomas Hardy, for this week’s lunar eclipse.)

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Homeschool Language & Literature, Poems-of-the-Week

๐ŸŒžโ€‰๐ŸŒโ€‰๐ŸŒ• LUNAR ECLIPSE Mondayโ€“Tuesday Night (7โ€“8 November 2022)

6 November 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Invite your young homeschool astronomers to view the total lunar eclipse coming up on Mondayโ€“Tuesday night (7โ€“8 November 2022).

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy

๐Ÿ”ญ WATCHERS OF THE SKIES: Homeschool Astronomy for November

5 November 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Our homeschool review of the educational wonders that you and your students can watch for in the northern hemisphere night sky during the month of November.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy

๐ŸŒŸ STAR BRIGHT: Alpheratz for October

8 October 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Make the acquaintance of the young double star Alpheratz in the constellation Andromeda this monthย โ€” one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere skyย โ€” and make it your homeschool friend for life.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Monthly Great Stars

๐Ÿš€ HOMESCHOOL SCIENCE: Remembering Space Pioneer Robert Goddard

5 October 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Robert Hutchings Goddard, the inventor of the liquid-fueled rocket and the father of modern space flight, was born on this day in 1882 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Invite your young homeschool scientists to learn about him this week.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Homeschool Holidays & History

๐Ÿ”ญ WATCHERS OF THE SKIES: Homeschool Astronomy for October

1 October 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Our homeschool review of the educational wonders that you and your students can watch for in the northern hemisphere night sky during the month of October.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy

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