Astronomy Merit Badge

Wednesday night the deacons spent some more time learning about astronomy. Gentry, Rhett, David,Tyson, Jaxon, Thomas and Kayden spent time fulfilling these requirements:

1. We learned about the composition of the sun and how its' weather can affect the Earth.
2. We learned what sunspots are and what causes them.
3. We learned why there are red, yellow and blue stars and what makes them that way and examples of each.
4. We learned where our sun is in comparrison to other stars in the galaxy and universe.
5. We learned how and why the moon has phases and how eclipses occur.
6. We learned why the moon orbits the Earth and why one side always faces us.

Remember to sketch the big dipper in the early evening and again late at night.

Also remember to sketch Venus or Saturn at the same time of night once a week for 4-weeks