Planetarium Field Trip

Yesterday I accompanied Hersh on his very first school field trip.  It was to the Rock Creek Park Planetarium.  Hersh's class has been studying outer space, the moon, planets, constellations, etc. this school year, and visiting the Planetarium was a perfect way to enhance the exploration.

The question that Hersh wanted answered by the park ranger was, "Why is the moon sometimes orange?"  As Hersh relays the answer, "The atmosphere gets in the way of the light, and makes it orange!" When asked what he liked best about the Planetarium, Hersh answered, "The Sea Monster."  Part of the show was the telling of the story of Cetus, Andromeda, and Cassiopeia--Cetus is the sea monster.  We'll have to add Cetus to the constellations that Hersh likes to try and find each night, in addition to Orion, Cassiopeia, the Big Dipper, and the Pleiades.  It was a really wonderful morning.