Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
The sky at night - Coggle Diagram
The sky at night
Technology
Lights we use at night
Activity: At home (with adults), learners list or draw three technologies that give light at night (candle, torch, streetlight). In class, they sort pictures into “natural light” (moon, stars) and “man‑made light” (lamps, cars, etc.).
Concept: People use technology such as streetlights, torches, and house lights to see when it’s dark.
Tools for looking at the sky
Concept: People use tools like binoculars and telescopes to see the moon and stars more clearly.
Activity: Learners design and draw a simple “pretend telescope” (e.g. using cardboard tubes). If possible, they build one with recyclable materials and use it during a night‑sky role‑play or picture observation.
Social Science
Daily routines: changing from day to night
Activity: Learners draw a timeline: one picture for “daytime me” and one for “night‑time me.” Then they discuss how the sky looks different (sun vs moon and stars) and how their activities change.
Concept: People do different activities in the day (work, school) and at night (rest, family time, looking at the sky).
Cultural stories and beliefs about the moon and stars
Activity: Learners interview a family member about a story, song, or memory about watching the night sky, then share and maybe draw one scene from the story.
Concept: Different cultures have stories, songs or beliefs about the moon and stars (for example, stories about stars guiding travellers, or the full moon and celebrations).
Natural Science
Changing from day to night
Activity: Learners observe pictures showing day and night, then draw two pictures: “my sky in the day” and “my sky at night.” They label the sun, clouds, moon, and stars as appropriate.
Concept: The Earth turns, so different parts face the Sun; when our side turns away from the Sun, it becomes night. (Department of Basic Education, 2011, p. 33)
Stars
Concept: A star is a ball of hot, glowing gas that makes its own light, just like the Sun; the Sun is our closest star. (NASA, 2023, para. 1)
Activity: Learners look at photos or a simple video of stars at night, then draw their own night sky, including many small stars and one big “sun” labelled as a star.
REFERENCE:
Department of Basic Education (DBE). 2011. Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS): Life Skills Foundation Phase Grades R–3. Pretoria: DBE.
NASA. 2023. Stars. Available at
https://science.nasa.gov/universe/stars/
Accessed 22 May 2026.