Telescopes

Telescopes book cover — Before After Reading Activities Before Reading Building Academic Vocabulary and Background Knowledge Before reading a book it is important to tap into what your child or students already know about the topic This will help them develop their vocabulary increase their reading comprehension and make connections across the curriculum about in the book’s chapters 1 Look at the cover of the book What will this book be 2 What do you already know about the topic 3 Let’s study the Table of Contents What will you learn about 4 What would you like to learn about this topic Do you think you might learn about it from this book Why or why not 5 Use a reading journal to write about your knowledge of 6 Read the book 7 8 After reading the book complete the activities below In your reading journal record what you learned about the topic and your response to the book this topic Record what you already know about the topic and what you hope to learn about the topic Content Area Vocabulary Read the list What do these words mean astronomer atmosphere celestial convex focal point infrared lenses optical parabola reﬂ ecting refracting After Reading Comprehension and Extension Activity After reading the book work on the following questions with your child or students in order to check their level of reading comprehension and content mastery 1 What are some of the things astronomers study using telescopes Summarize 2 How have telescopes helped us learn more about the universe Infer 3 How is a refracting telescope different than a reﬂ ecting telescope Asking questions 4 If you could look into a telescope what would you like to see Text to self connection 5 Why does the Hubble space telescope produce such clear images Asking questions Extension Activity Make A Simple Telescope Have an adult help you follow the instructions at this site http kids nationalgeographic com explore nature make-a-telescope Use your telescope to study the night sky What do you see

Telescopes — page 1 — The First Telescopes Tumans have always studied the sky At first Il they used their eyes to view celestial objects It was difficult to see stars and planets so far away Many remained hidden sight from

Telescopes — page 2 — In the early 1600s Hans Lippershey was a Dutch lens maker He designed the first practical telescope A telescope is an optical tool It is used to make objects appear closer In 1608 Lippershey placed two lenses in a tube When looking through the device he saw objects appear three times larger Hans Lippershey 1570 1619 5

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