My Sky Tonight: Inspiring and engaging activities for 3- to 5-year-old audiences

Can young children understand the complex science of astronomy? While 3- to 5-year-old children are not fluent in reasoning about astrophysics, they are keen observers of the world around them, including the changes they see in the day and night sky. How can we build children’s curiosity about the sun, moon, and stars to encourage early engagement with practices of science—observing, predicting, modeling, and explaining?

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Work Title My Sky Tonight: Inspiring and engaging activities for 3- to 5-year-old audiences
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  1. Julia D. Plummer
  2. Chrysta Ghent
  3. Michele Crowl
  4. Maureen Callanan
  5. Suzanne Gurton
  6. Anna Hurst
  7. Jennifer Jipson
  8. Sasha Palmquist
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Work Type Article
Publisher
  1. Planetarian
Publication Date December 2016
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Deposited February 24, 2025

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  • Added MySkyTonight_team_2016_Planetarian.pdf
  • Added Creator Julia Diane Plummer
  • Added Creator Chrysta Ghent
  • Added Creator Michele Crowl
  • Added Creator Maureen Callanan
  • Added Creator Suzanne Gurton
  • Added Creator Anna Hurst
  • Added Creator Jennifer Jipson
  • Added Creator Sasha Palmquist
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    Related URLs
    • https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ips-planetarium.org/resource/resmgr/planetarian/201612planetarian.pdf
    Publication Date
    • 2016-01-01
    • 2016-12
  • Renamed Creator Julia D. Plummer Show Changes
    • Julia Diane Plummer
    • Julia D. Plummer