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2007 Texas Reading Club Manual
Bulletin Board
Use black or dark blue kraft paper to create a night sky. Write “Can You Find Your
Way?” across the board. Use die-cut stars to make constellations such as the Big Dipper,
Little Dipper, and Orion that point to the North Star, as well as other constellations that
you may choose.
Refreshments
Serve mini-sized Milky Way bars, chips, sodas, and other celestial snacks. If you are a
little more adventurous, let the teens make constellation cookies. Provide sugar cookies,
chocolate icing, and white chocolate chips. Each teen ices a cookie and then creates a
constellation by placing the white chips in the icing. For more elaborate snacks, check out
the ideas suggested by NASA,
www.nasa.go v/lb/audience/foreducators/informal/features/F_Host_a_Star_Party.html,
which includes recipes for banana rocket ships, galaxy green punch, crescent moons, and
more.
Incentives
Oriental Trading Company, ww w.orientaltrading.com, has many star-themed items, such
as gel stress relief stars and magnetic star sets that may be given as incentives.
Stories to Tell
Tell the story How The Moon, Stars, And Sun Got Into The Sky, available on the Scouting
B ear’s Cave web site at www.scoutingbear.com/audience/moon.htm.
Games and Activities
Celestial Scavenger Hunt
Begin by giving the teens one constellation with a question on the reverse side, and a
library constellation map. When they find the answer to the first question, let them
navigate with the constellation map of the library and locate the next question and
answer. They write the answer to each question on the answer key.
Invite them to have refreshments as they finish.
After the teens navigate through the library to the final constellation, invite them to have
refreshments and discuss the process of following stars to find your way. Provide prizes
to the teen with the most correct answers or most questions answered. Talk about how
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