Click the link below and read this classic poem. Do you recognize the song within this poem? Did you know there were other verses? With a partner, write another verse to this poem.

 Star: a hot, rotating ball of gas that creates its own light  Constellation: a group of stars that forms a pattern in the night sky  Star pattern: a group of stars that forms a pattern within a constellation

What is a star? What are the largest stars called? What are the smallest stars called? What color are the hottest stars? What color are the coldest stars? What is a star called after it explodes? Are stars only in the night sky?

What is a constellation? Can you name two constellations? What is a galaxy? What constellation is the North Star a part of? What object can be used to study stars?

Psalm 147:4 “He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.” Genesis 1:16 “God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.”