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Example letter enlisting parental help with observing at night.


Dear Parent/Guardian,

Your child's homework is very special tonight and he/she will need your
help. We have been learning about star patterns and the children are now
sufficiently familiar with the shapes to go out in the dark and look for
the real thing. Please help by dressing up very warmly and taking your
child to a safe place in the garden or down the road or to a nearby park.
You will need to be away from any tall buildings that obstruct your view of
the sky. Make sure you are not next to a street light or under a tree. If
it is at all cloudy then wait until it is clearer or wait for a better
night.

First of all face north. If you do not know which direction this is then
try to remember where the Sun set and keep that to your left. Each child
has a star pattern called the "Plough". You should now be facing the stars
which form this pattern. Now turn a quarter-turn to your right to spot the
other pattern "Orion".

The observations we are making may require the children to look again an
hour or so later. Please help again by taking your child back to the same
place. The project can be completed by 9pm. This may be a little later
than bed time but please try to be lenient. We have not given your child
any excuse to stay up much later than this.

Thank you and good observing!

Yours sincerely,







Earth and Beyond (ASE: 1997)
[page 44] adapted from Earth and Beyond (1997) by kind permission of the
Association for Science Education