October Apprentice Inspirements

KNOW

* Read Ch. 4 in Dr. Posin's Giants on Nicolaus Copernicus
* Read On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres, by Copernicus, pages 7-16 (up to section #8) of Book 1 online
* Watch this


UNDERSTAND

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* Do a word study using a word from Genesis 1:1,  "In the beginning God created heaven and the earth." 

* Teach us about the solar system.  Ideas to do this:  make a model, a poster, make a working human solar system model (that would take several people), 'dress up' as a certain planet and tell us about yourself (could also be done as a group-each person a planet or the sun), or come up with your own way to teach us something about it.

* What was your favorite section (of 1 through 7) of On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres?  Tell us about it and why you liked it.

*  Make a mnemonic to help us remember the order of the planets.  (words beginning with first letters of planets - M,V,E,M,J,S,U,N,P)


DO TO CREATE INTELLIGENCE

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* Identify 3 constellations visible at this time of year.  Show us what they look like on paper or a poster or some other way and name the individual stars if you can.

* Estimate the number of visible stars in the night sky.  You can use a toilet paper roll and count what you see through that, then count how many times that fits into the sky. What do think about this scripture? Psalms 147:4 "He telleth the number of the stars; and he calleth them all by their names."

* Look at the night sky and identify one of the planets.  This website can help you find out what planets you can observe using any date or location.  Which planet are you especially interested in and why?

* Write a poem or a story about space, the planets, the stars, the universe, or all of them.