Music of the Stars

Music of the Stars?

Fourth-graders from Westshire and Samuel Morey visited the Montshire Museum just before Spring Break in order to spend some time in the Star Lab. Once inside the portable, inflatable dome, students were able to view an accurate model of the sky as it would appear that night. They spotted important constellations, like Orion and the Big Dipper, as well as planets, like Venus, Jupiter, and Mars, and the moon. We learned how to use the pointer stars of the Big Dipper to find the North Star, which is the one star in the Northern Hemisphere that remains in the same location throughout the year.

While one group was in the Star Lab, the other group was free to explore the museum's other exhibits. By far the most popular was the special exhibit called Making Music: The Science of Musical Instruments.