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The bright star
Textbook: Part 3, pp. 28–30
GoalUnderstand the importance of childhood dreams and interest in science; learn about an ancient astronomical instrument.
New words
star · yulduzastrolabe · usturlobbright · porloqobservatory · rasadxona
Explanation
Observing the stars has long interested people. Ancient scholars measured the position of stars with an instrument called the astrolabe (usturlob). The textbook has the story “Porloq yulduz” (The bright star) by Tamila Qosimova, in which a small boy is curious about the world of stars. We do not repeat it; we read our own text. A child with a dream studies, searches and is patient to make it come true.
Worked examples
“Stars with grandfather”. On a summer night grandfather took me out to the porch of the yard and showed me the sky. We found a bright star, and grandfather called it the Pole Star. With its help you can find the north. Grandfather reminded me that long ago scholars observed the stars with the astrolabe. I dreamed of growing up to be a scholar who studies the sky. That day I began reading a book about stars for the first time.
The Pole Star is the star that shows north.
Class activity
“My star”: each child writes a dream on a star-shaped paper and hangs it on the wall.
Practice
1
Where did grandfather take the child?
To the porch of the yard
2
Which star did they find?
The Pole Star
3
What does the Pole Star show?
The north
4
With what instrument did ancient scholars observe stars?
The astrolabe
5
What did the child dream of?
To become a scholar who studies the sky