Human night vision can become as good as a cat’s, if we let our eyes adjust for at least 45 minutes in the dark. You can use a flashlight to get there, but then turn it off and allow your eyes to adjust to the dark. What do you think this means for your own exploration of the dark? How much do you see if you use a flashlight? Only that one circle of light, right? Find a safe place to stand or sit in your yard. ('To Know the Dark' by Wendell Berry, from The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry. Optional: If you have access to a smartphone or tablet, download a free star gazing app such as Star Walk or Sky View.Prepare scent containers – put one scented item in each container, close the lid and be sure it does not leak.

Collect materials: flashlight with red filter pieces of construction paper of different colors or crayons or colored markers small containers with lids scented items such as cinnamon, mint, play-doh, vanilla wint-o-green lifesavers.Are there any special events happening such as a meteor shower or visible planets? Will the international space station be visible from your location? Check a website such as or to print a star chart and find out what constellations are visible tonight.Through a series of outdoor, nighttime experiments learn how animals are active at night and how human eyes can adjust to the dark. How do humans and other animals adapt to the night? Objective Applying: Apply an abstract idea in a concrete situation to solve a problem or relate it to a prior experience. Interpret or summarize the ideas in own words. Space Systems: Stars and the Solar System Thinking Skills: Understanding: Understand the main idea of material heard, viewed, or read.

Strengthened Sense of Excellence Additional Standards: NGSS:ģ-LS3-1.Ěnalyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.ĥ-ESS1-2. Grade Level: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade Subject: Literacy and Language Arts,Science Lesson Duration: 60 Minutes State Standards: Hawai'i HĀ standards:

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