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The Sky at Night, Reference list: - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Telescopes collect light and make distant objects appear closer (ASSA, n.d.).
    - - Inquiry questions:
        
        "How does the tube change what you see when you look through it?"
        
        "Why do scientists use telescopes instead of just their eyes?"
      - Process skills developed: Investigating, Problem-solving, Communicating.
- - - - Inquiry question: "How would you find your way home if you had no map, phone, or GPS?"
  - - - In some traditions, day and night symbolize constant devotion and the cycle of existence (Wisdom Library, 2024).
      - Inquiry question: "How might people's beliefs about day and night be different from what scientists tell us?" (Wisdom Library, 2024)
    - - African folktale: The Moon Woman pours sacred water daily, causing the moon to wax and wane (folktales.africa, 2025).
      - Inquiry questions:
        
        "What does the Moon Woman's story teach us about why people long ago respected the moon?"
        
        "Why do different cultures have different stories about the same moon?"
- - - - Constellations are groups of stars that form patterns. Different cultures saw different pictures (NASA, 2022).
      - People used constellations for navigation and to name stars and meteor showers (NASA, 2022).
    - - Activity based on NASA (2022): Learners create their own constellation and tell a story about it.
      - Inquiry questions:
        
        "Why do you think different people saw different pictures in the same group of stars?"
        
        "How did you decide where to put the holes in your constellation?"
      - Process skills developed: Creating, Communicating, Classifying
  - - - The moon has eight phases: new, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full, waning gibbous, third quarter, waning crescent (NASA Space Place, 2023).
    - - Activity adapted from National Geographic Kids (2018) explanation of reflected light.
      - As the moon orbits Earth, sunlight lights up different parts, changing our view (NASA Space Place, 2023).
      - Inquiry questions:
        
        "What do you predict will happen to the light on the ball when you move it to the side?"
        
        "How does the shadow on the ball change when you move the torch to a different position?"
      - Process skills developed: Observing, Predicting, Comparing