Daily Idea #104: Stargazing

Today’s daily idea is actually for tonight. I love stars. I love the planetarium and studying the galaxies. What is out beyond the Earth is fascinating. But we live in a city so sometimes it’s difficult to see what’s in the sky at night. Thankfully, I can drive with the kids about 20 minutes away to see the stars but sometimes we can see the brighter stars and closer planets at home.

For today we are going to look up some common constellations (the Big Dipper, Orion, the Little Dipper…) along with any planets that may be close enough to Earth to see in order to know what we are looking for when looking up at the night sky. Then tonight, we are going to have a little bit of a later night treat (not too late) and drive to a place where the lights are dimmer from the city and see if we can spot the constellations we learned about during the day.