As I was driving a shuttle van back to Frisco Elementary School
the other night, a 4th grade girl remarked to me, "I can't
believe that was a real laser!" in reference to our exciting
star gazing opportunity earlier that evening. I have been lucky
enough to be a part of the Keystone Science School's 4th Grade
Astronomy Night two years in a row, and will always remember the
shrieks of excitement as boys and girls see the moon's craters
up close, or learn that the magnificent star they're looking at
is actually Jupiter. My favorite way to explore the night sky
will always be to take it all in at once, gazing up towards
trillions of celestial objects beaming down at me, feeling proud
to be able to identify even a small number of them by name. And
though the stories attached to the constellations we recognize
are only reflective of the prominent cultures of our past and
present, sharing them always feels more important than that. One
of the most well recognized constellations is Orion, visible
only to us in the w