. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. Sky Study 887. "Though I know not what you are, twinkle, twinkle little ; THE STORY OF THE STARS Teacher's Story "Why did not somebody teach me the constellations and make me at home in the starry heavens, which are always overhead, and which I don't half know to this ; —Thomas Carlyle. For many reasons aside from the mere knowledge acquired, children should be taught to know something of the stars. It is an investment for future years; the stars are a con
. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. Sky Study 887. "Though I know not what you are, twinkle, twinkle little ; THE STORY OF THE STARS Teacher's Story "Why did not somebody teach me the constellations and make me at home in the starry heavens, which are always overhead, and which I don't half know to this ; —Thomas Carlyle. For many reasons aside from the mere knowledge acquired, children should be taught to know something of the stars. It is an investment for future years; the stars are a constant reminder to us of the thousands of worlds outside our own, and looking at them intelligently, lifts us out of ourselves in wonder and admiration for the infinity of the universe, and serves to make our own cares and trials seem trivial. The author has not a wide knowledge of the stars; a dozen constellations were taught to her as a little child by her mother, who loved the sky as well as the earth; but perhaps nothing she has ever leanned has been to her such a constant source of satisfaction and pleasure as this ability to call a few stars by the names they have borne since the men of ancient times first mapped the heavens. It has given her a sense of friendliness with the night sky, that can only be understood by those who have had a similar experience. There are three ways in which the mysteries of the skies are made plain to us: First, by the telescope; second, by geometry, trigonometry and calculations—a proof that mathematics is even more of a heavenly than an earthly science; and third, by the use of the spectroscope, which can only be understood after we study physics. It is an instrument which tells us, by analyzing the light of the stars, what chemical elements compose them; and also, by the means of the light, it estimates the rate at which the stars are moving and the direction of their motion. Thus, we have learned many things about the stars; we know tha
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