Thanks to a generous grant from the Runkle PTO and the gracious hospitality of our librarian, Ms. Gallo-Toth
This past Friday morning, March 20th, all three first grade classes experienced the awesome beauty of the night sky from within the Runkle Library thanks to a visit from Boston’s Museum of Science Portable Star Lab. Mike A., an instructor from the MOS Portable Star Lab, served as guide and instructor to the first grade classes who attended three separate sessions.
Inside the domed space of the darkened Star Lab, the first graders had a chance to see what the night sky looks like at various stages of the evening. Mike, the MOS instructor, pointed out various constellations and planets visible to the naked eye in the South (Orion) the West (Venus) the North (the Big Dipper which is part of The Great Bear constellation) and the East (Saturn). He also pointed out many constellations we had never seen or heard about – Cassiopeia, her daughter Andromeda, Perseus and the Gorgon Medusa, as well as Hercules. Not only did we have a lesson in the stars, we had an excellent lesson in Greek mythology!
The portable Star Lab visit was the perfect ending to our study of objects in the night sky – we really learned a lot and the Star Lab was incredibly cool!
All three first grades say :
“Thanks so much to the PTO and Ms. Gallo-Toth for making this wonderful experience possible!”
Ms. Dixon, Ms. Guzzi and Ms. Halwick
First Grade Teachers