The six-year-old, "My homework is to do some stargazing tonight."

"Be my guest, it's 20 degrees outside!"

"I have to find Orion."

"No problem. He's right outside the front door."

"And Betelgeuse."

"Can't help you there."

"It's Orion's right shoulder."

"Ok, no problem, then."

Their school has one of those portable planetariums ("STARLAB") which they used yesterday to talk about Harriet Tubman using Polaris to lead people northward.

It's a good instance of "teaching across the curriculum" I think.