During our astronomy expedition this year, the Centaur class
decided to create a new version of an Alphabet of Astronomy book that was written nine years ago in the Stargazer Class. While creating this updated version, we learned that there have been some amazing new discoveries and explorations in astronomy over the past decade. Every student played a vital role in creating the Astronomical Alphabet Book.
Students spent many hours researching their topics to ensure that their pages were accurate and up to date. We traveled to our local planetarium several times to get some “hands-on” experience and talk to local astronomy and astrophysics experts.
In addition to writing the book, students also focused on our
solar system as they built actual models of every planet and our sun with their art teacher, Megan Goldberg. These planets will be displayed on campus to demonstrate the relative size of our solar system.
Hopefully you will have as much fun learning about astronomy as we did!
