Starry Night Middle School Browser-Based Homeschool Edition (Grades 5-8; 3 Users)

Why Starry Night Middle School?

Starry Night Middle School for grades 5-8 is the only space science curriculum that combines an interactive sky simulator, lesson plans correlated to state and national standards and extensive teacher resources in one easy-to-use package.  

Important Advantages of Starry Night Middle School

1. No need to update software. You are always using the latest version every time you login.
2. Easier installation and maintenance.
3. Works over the internet with a modern web browser.
4. Accessible on most devices, including Desktop Computers, iPads, Chromebooks, and Tablets.

Here's how it works

Students log in to the Starry Night curriculum and begin by opening the Product Tour which explains how to use the application.  Students then navigate through the 26 logically flowing lessons, running the many simulations and making observations.  They answer questions inside of the application.  The homeschool instructor is given a comprehensive teachers guide containing assessments, answer keys and helpful resources.  Starry Night is scalable therefore you can use as little or as much of the curriculum as you wish.

What Makes Starry Night Middle School Great!

• Teachable Moments feature keeps content fresh and relevant by providing educators with auto updates of new lessons, exercises, simulations, and phenomena!
• Built-in lesson plans correlated to state and national standards that meet curriculum needs 
• Accurate visualizations and simulations that allow students to make precise observations of Moon phases, motions of the Sun and planets, seasons, eclipses and much more
• Interactive computer exercises and hands-on activities that encourage questioning, experimentation and exploration and accommodate diverse learning styles Pre- and post-assessment resources with recommendations for improved student performance 
• Flexible teaching models for easy adaptation to pacing and classroom needs 
• Opportunities to develop key skills: observation, data collection, analytical thinking and discovery 
• Extensions that connect to topics in math, physics, language arts, social studies and technology

The Latest Innovations

• All Exercises underwent a comprehensive review and update 
• Exercises have been enhanced with Guiding Questions, Key Concepts, Did You Know's, and dozens of new images to help illustrate phenomena 
• Expanded asteroid catalog with highlighted/highlightable families and groups
• Analemma can now be drawn on a planets surface 
• Exclusive Extragalactic 3D Database includes over 100,000 galaxies encompassing over 1 billion lights years of space 
• Stunning new user interface with Search, locates sky objects, and more
• New highly detailed surface textures of planets and major moons 
• Expanded set of “Space Missions” including 30 new detailed and accurate 3D models of spacecraft and their trajectories. Updates to new/ongoing missions 
• Hundreds of unique object descriptions for stars, planets, moons, satellites, deep sky objects and, more
• Restyled SkyGuide with updated tours and media  
• Updated Messier catalog with new visually stunning images for star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies  

Starry Night embraces the 5E method of science instruction and lesson planning: Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate and Evaluate. These are the STEM cornerstones of good science.  Lessons correlate to both the NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards), the US National Science Education Standards and the Common Framework of Science Learning Outcomes in Canada.

Correlations

• Correlations by State/Province