Science

**Science** [] **Boys and girls remember to go on the blog and play the games to learn more about the Sun, Moon and Stars.**    **Star Quiz Study Guide** **The test is on Wednesday, October 19, 2011**
 * **For the test make sure you look at the vocabulary words**
 * **Investigation 3: The Stars** ||
 * ** [|Astronomer] ** || ** [|Magnify] ** ||
 * ** [|Axis] ** || ** [|Matter] ** ||
 * ** [|Big Dipper] ** || ** [|Milky Way] ** ||
 * ** [|Black Hole] ** || ** [|Observatory] ** ||
 * ** [|Constellation] ** || ** [|Planetarium] ** ||
 * ** [|Galaxy] ** || ** [|Rotate] ** ||
 * ** [|Gravity] ** || ** [|Telescope] ** ||

> **Listen to the Podcast to get all your answers- Click here to listen to the Podcast**
 * Make sure you know about: **
 * ** Who is Galileo? **
 * **What are telescopes? Read or listen (podcast) more about telescopes**
 * **Why do you see different stars in winter and summer?**
 * **Why do stars appear to move in the sky?**
 * **When is the best time to look at the stars?**
 * **Why does the Sun look bigger than the other stars?**
 * **Why do the stars look so small?**
 * **What are constellations? When do you see them? Name a few constellations.**
 * **You see different stars at different times of the year. Explain**

**Sun Quiz Study Guide** ** Vocabulary **
 * The **Sun** is the star that appears to rise in the morning, cross the sky, and set at night.
 * A **compass** is a tool used to determine direction.
 * A **shadow** is a dark area where an object has blocked the light.

** Concepts ** **Please visit this website to learn about shadows: ** []
 * The Sun appears to rise in the east, travel from east to west across the sky, and set in the west.
 * The Sun appears to travel across the sky because the Earth rotates on an axis.
 * On the side of Earth that is facing the Sun it is day.
 * On the side of the Earth that is facing away from the Sun it is night.
 * A shadow happens when light from the Sun is blocked by an object.
 * Shadows change shape and direction because the Sun’s position in the sky changes.
 * Shadows always point away from the Sun.
 * Shadows are long and point northwest in the morning, are short and point north at noon, and are long and point northeast in the afternoon.