Starry Night Middle School
Making astronomy easier to teach
35+ Seats
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Our Price: $79.95 Per Seat
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Meeting all your curriculum standards is easy with Starry Night Middle School, an integrated space science curriculum solution written for teachers by teachers.
Designed for the 6th through 8th grade classroom, Starry Night Middle School introduces astronomy through innovative lessons correlated to national and state/province standards.
Starry Night's realistic depiction of the universe and its stunning 3D graphics and multimedia make even the most complex and abstract astronomy topics easy to teach and understand.
Students will instantly grasp how movements of the Earth create seasons, why the night sky appears to move, and much more.
Complete with assessment tests, detailed lesson plans, hands-on activities, student worksheets and computer exercises, Starry Night Middle School is sure to spark your students' fascination with the Universe.
Starry Night High School is:
- U.S. and Canadian curriculum specific
- Full of pre-tested activities and exercises
- Designed specifically for middle school students
- Hands-on and interactive
- Fun and simple to use
Integrated solution complete with:
- 24 detailed lesson plans
- Interactive computer exercises
- Hands-on classroom activities
- Conceptual background
- Discussion questions
- Assessment tests and answer keys
- Resource lists
- Appendices
- Glossary of astronomical terms
Reviewers praise Starry Night!
"The Starry Night series includes multimedia astronomy programs that have all been highly recommended in this system. There are separate editions designed for middle school and high school classes, a 'Pro' edition for real enthusiasts, and accompanying curriculum materials. Considering the wealth of material included in each package, the appropriate edition from the Starry Night series would be a worthwhile purchase for a school."
-- NSTA Recommends
"The wonders of the universe open up to younger students through a program as visually exciting as it is intellectually stimulating ... Starry Night Middle School excels at all teaching levels for the self-directed student, home-schooler or amateur stargazer."
-- Joseph Szadkowski, The Washington Times
"A planetarium in your classroom! With this CD-ROM students can see how the sky looks from anywhere on Earth or from any body in the solar system and identify each constellation. Includes a teacher's manual, reproducible activities, tests, and more."
-- Learning Magazine
"For many, astronomy is more than just a matter of popping out and taking a peek at the stars - it's a serious hobby, and the Starry Night range is simply the best software we've seen to support that legion of amateur astronomers."
-- Popular Science
2006-Starry Night Middle School- CODIE Award Finalist "Best Instructional Solution: Science"
2006-Starry Night Middle School- BESSIE Award "Best Software in Middle School:Science"
Explore Starry Night Middle School!
- Sample Lesson Plan (PDF)
- National and State/Province Standards Correlations (PDF)
- Table of Contents (PDF)
Starry Night Middle School's Student Interface
The Welcome Screen introduces the student to using the SkyGuide interface and gives an overview the lesson.
Question 1: Is the Earth much closer to the Sun at any time during its motion around the Sun?
Question 2: Record the time of sunrise and sunset and the approximate direction of the Sun when it is at its highest point.
Question 3: Describe how the motion of the Sun is different in summer and winter.
Question 4: What do you notice about the tilt of the Earth as it circles the Sun?
Question 5: How much sunlight does North America get compared to South America?
Question 6: On which continent does the Sun shine more directly?
Extra credit can add another level of understanding beyond what is covered in the basic lesson.
Resources show other places in Starry Night where the lesson subject is covered.
Includes:
- Three-ring binder with teacher materials and reproducible student worksheets and assessment tests
- Award-winning Starry Night planetarium software version 5.0
- SkyTheater DVD
- Introductory astronomy book (PDF)
- And MORE!
Award-winning Starry Night software allows you to:
- Travel through time from 4713 BC to 9999 AD
- Visit 2.5 million stars
- View exclusive Tully database and explore 13,000 deep space objects of the NGC-IC catalog
- Fly through the universe in spaceship mode to experience the vastness of space
- Plan observing sessions using SkyCalendar full of upcoming astronomical events
- Turn on custom constellation illustrations to view the animals and people from Greek and Roman mythology.
What are people saying?
"The universe is a big place. As a professional astrophysicist and dedicated educator, I know the challenge of finding fertile means to explain abstract cosmic topics. Starry Night makes teaching space science easy, and, dare I say, fun. Written by teachers for teachers, this brilliantly integrated curriculum tracks national science standards, and comes complete with assessment tools, detailed lesson plans, hands-on activities, student worksheets and, of course, the award-winning Starry Night software. For all your students, but especially for those who think astronomy is above their heads, you'll be amazed by how swiftly the universe comes down to Earth."
-- Neil deGrasse Tyson
Astrophysicist and Director, Hayden Planetarium
American Museum of Natural History