Sky Paths: Studying the Movement of Celestial Objects

This lesson plan is part of the Center for Educational Resources (CERES), a series of web-based astronomy lessons created by a team of master teachers, university faculty, and NASA researchers. The activities in this lesson are designed to give students solid experiences of observing, organizing, comparing, and describing the movement of objects they see in the sky. Students will also learn how early cultures created stories to explain objects in the sky, and make their own stories to explain their observations. This lesson contains expected outcomes for students, materials, background information, follow-up questions, and assessment procedures. Educational levels: Intermediate elementary, Primary elementary