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The Stars

From StoryBots

The Stars
2 minPre-KK1stScience
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Summary

The StoryBots explore stars -- what they are and why they twinkle at night. A bright, catchy short that drops easily into a lesson, a center, or a brain-friendly review.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

Looking up at the sky and naming what we see -- the sun, moon, stars, and planets -- is how astronomy begins.

  1. What did this video teach you about space?
  2. How is the thing in this song different from Earth?
  3. What would you still like to find out about it?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: space, sun, moon, star, planet, orbit.

Try it: Draw what you learned about and label two facts from the video.