THE SKYHOOD ACADEMY

first light

Understand a little more each time you look up. Twenty complete lessons, practical activities and knowledge checks.

Start with the sky you can see.

Explore the physics behind the wonder.

Ask the questions that shape research.

Use light-travel time and scale models to make very large distances understandable.

Understand the Sun’s planetary family and the clues it preserves about formation.

Explain phases, distinguish them from eclipses, and choose a useful night to observe.

Learn how a three-dimensional universe becomes a useful map of directions.

Connect Earth’s tilt to daylight, solar height, and changing observing opportunities.

Learn to turn curiosity about the sky into observations you can check.

A different way to learn.

Test your knowledge or find a term that’s new to you.