Make the acquaintance of Capella in the constellation Auriga the Charioteer this month — one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere sky — and make it your homeschool friend for life.
🔭 Homeschool Astronomy (Post Archives)
Then felt I like some watcher of the skies
When a new planet swims into his ken.
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 archive 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. 🌟
🔭 WATCHERS OF THE SKIES – January 2020
A homeschool review of wonders to watch for in the northern hemisphere night sky during the month of January 2020.
🗓 ⛄️ 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 solstice to homeschoolers everywhere!
🌟 STAR BRIGHT: Aldebaran for December
Make the acquaintance of the 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 2019
A homeschool review of wonders to watch for in the northern hemisphere night sky during the month of December 2019.
🌠 🦄 HEADS UP: Possible Meteor Storm Thursday Night (21–22 November 2019)
This Thursday night (21–22 November 2019) there may be a significant, though brief, meteor storm associated with the annual Alpha Monocerotid meteor shower. Be sure to take your homeschool astronomy students outside for a look!
🌠 🦁 LEONID METEORS for November 2019
Take your young homeschool astronomers outside this week and look to the constellation Leo for the annual Leonid meteor shower.
🖋 🌠 WONDERFUL WORDS: Of Poems and Meteors
“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.)
☿ 🌞 HORACE the Astronomical Otter and the Transit of Mercury
An otterific round-up of this week’s big astronomical event, the 2019 Transit of Mercury — another one won’t occur until 2032! (And don’t miss the futuristic painting of the Mercury transit of 1914!)
🌟 STAR BRIGHT: Algol for November
Make the acquaintance of Algol in the constellation Perseus this month — one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere sky — and make it your homeschool friend for life.
☿ 🌞 TRANSIT OF MERCURY, 11 November 2019
Homeschool tips on how to observe next week’s transit of the planet Mercury across the face of the sun — if you miss it, you’ll have to wait until 2032 to see one again.
🔭 WATCHERS OF THE SKIES – November 2019
A homeschool review of wonders to watch for in the northern hemisphere night sky during the month of November 2019.
