1st Grade Research and Inquiry Resources • Children will use the
computer to do research and inquiry on telescopes. • Children
will learn more about how things in outer space look through a
telescope. • Children will complete a worksheet by drawing
different objects as seen through a magnifying glass. • Have
children look at the pictures on the Web site that were taken
using a telescope. Give them different arts and crafts
materials, such as pipe cleaners and yarn, and have them
construct one of the planets, the sun, or the moon, now that
they have seen some of these up close. • Have children gather
the different objects shown on the worksheet. Pass magnifying
glasses out to the children. Have them examine the different
objects using the magnifying glasses. Ask them to compare what
they see to their drawings of what they imagined they would see.