Our Trip to the Planetarium

On the bus.

The Planetarium

"The Star Machine"

Today we had the opportunity to go to the Elgin Planetarium. While we were there, we learned a few things about the earth, sun, and moon, but mostly we learned about stars. We sat in a big dome and were able to look at pictures of these things. We learned that blue stars are the hottest stars and red ones are the coolest. We also learned a little bit about constellations. We were given the opportunity to find constellations in the night sky. When we look in the Northeastern sky, we can see the big dipper! The big dipper actually points directly at the "North Star" which is also the handle of the little dipper! We looked in the Southwestern sky and found the constellation "little dog". We realized that "little dog" looks more like a hot dog! It was quite an interesting trip and we all had a great time!