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The Farthest We've Ever Gone in Space

From SciShow Kids

The Farthest We've Ever Gone in Space
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Summary

“The Farthest We've Ever Gone in Space” is a short SciShow Kids science video for the K–5 classroom. It looks at space and the patterns we can spot in the night sky. Quick to drop into a science lesson, a center, or a few spare minutes before the bell.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

This video explores objects in space and the patterns we can see in the sky.

  1. What object in space does this video explain?
  2. What pattern could you look for in the real sky to see this for yourself?
  3. How is this object different from the Earth we live on?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: space, orbit, star, planet, pattern.

Try it: On a clear night, draw what you see in the sky and label anything you recognize.