Star Party Kit Materials

2019: The Moon and Beyond

Poster
Bookmark
Tips for Hosting a Successful Skywatching Event (with Moon Observing Tips)
Web Resources: Skywatching 101
Web Resources: The Moon and Beyond
April 2019 star map for North Carolina Skies
Breakfast Moon, written by Meg Gower and illustrated by David Barker
Margaret and the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing, written by Dean Robbins and illustrated by Lucy Knisley
Field map of the Moon
Skywatcher's Guide to the Moon
Moon Observation Journal
Moon Phases and Eclipses: activity instructions, moon phase cards
Sizing Up the Moon activity
Craters on the Moon activity
Toad in the Moon: activity instructions, other materials
First Words graffiti wall: banner, sign
Oral history activity

2018: Anyone Out There?

Star Party Poster
2018 Tips for Hosting a Successful Skywatching Session (with "Anyone out there?" sky tour)
Web Resources: Anyone Out There?
Web Resources: Skywatching 101
Activity: Life in the Extreme (from Night Sky Network)
Activity: Imagining Life (from NISE Network)
Activity: Ice Orbs (from NISE Network)
Activity: How Do We Find Planets Around Distant Stars (from Night Sky Network)
Star Maps: Where Are the Distant Worlds (from Night Sky Network)
Kepler Star Wheel
Children’s book: Older Than the Stars

2017: Star Light, Star Bright