Secrets of the Sky Online

What: Online
When: Terms 1 to 4, Virtual program
Thursdays only
10am, 11.30am, 1pm
Duration: 45 minutes
Curriculum links & Accessibility & Access Fund
Year level: Years 3 to 6
Minmum student numbers: Minimum 20 students
Maximum student numbers: Maximum 120 students
Cost: $90 per 30 students + education service fee
Booking information: Bookings 13 11 02
School visit information

Join a live, online session with a science educator, taking students on an adventure through the night sky and beyond. This astronomy program is perfect for schools unable to visit the Planetarium on site.

Students will experience

An online, live presentation with a science educator.
A guided tour the night sky, looking at constellations and planets that can be seen in the night sky at the specific time of year.
Interactive elements during the program that get students thinking.
A Q&A with the presenter.

Students will learn

How to identify different elements in the night sky, including constellations, stars and planets.
About some of the Boorong constellations (the constellations of the Wergaia First Nations peoples from northwest Victoria).
About the movements of the Earth and the Moon, including why we always see the same side of the moon.
Some basic information about Stellarium, a program they can use to keep exploring the night sky.

Victorian Curriculum links

Science: Foundation to Level 2

Earth and space sciences

daily and seasonal changes in the weather and the environment can be observed and affect decisions made in everyday life
VC2S2U07
Earth is one of 8 planets in our solar system; observing the sky reveals patterns in the changing positions of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars
VC2S2U08

Science: Levels 3 and 4

Science as a human endeavour

data from observations obtained through scientific inquiry can be used to develop explanations of natural phenomena
VC2S4H01

Science: Levels 5 and 6

Earth and space sciences

the force of gravity keeps Earth and other planets in the solar system in orbit around the Sun; cyclic observable phenomena, including variable day and night length, can be related to Earth’s tilt, rotation on its axis and revolution around the Sun
VC2S6U07