说起北斗星，常会引起许多人儿时的记忆。那时在仲夏的晚上，孩子们坐在小板凳上纳凉，不经意间仰望星空，只见在北面的天空中有七颗星星特别明亮，并组成了一个斗勺的形状，大人们说那就是北斗星。还说它的勺头两颗星叫“指极星”，指向北极星，可以帮助我们在夜间辨认方向。其实，关于北斗星，相传战国时代的《颎冠子·环流》篇中就有记载：“斗柄东指，天下皆春；斗柄南指，天下皆夏；斗柄西指，天下皆秋；斗柄北指，天下皆冬。”

Speaking of dipper,Often cause a lot of people the memory of childhood.Then in the midsummer night,The children sat in a small bench enjoy the cool,Inadvertently looked up at the sky,In the north of the seven stars in the sky there is particularly bright,And formed a bucket scoop shape,The adults said that is the big dipper.Also said its spoon head two stars called"Pointers",Point to Polaris,Can help us identify direction in the night.In fact,About dipper,Legend of the warring states period[Jiong crest · circulation]The essay writing:"Bucket handle east refers to,The world is spring;Bucket handle south refers to,The world all summer;Bucket handle west refers to,The world is autumn;Bucket handle north refers to,The world all winter."

　　那现在的孩子为什么就不认识“北斗星”了呢？根据报道，一些学生的回答竟是：“学校又不考，认它干嘛？”当然还有另外一些因素，譬如眼下一些城市的空气污染、光污染都较严重，让孩子们难以观察到星星，而如果连星星都看不到，又怎么能让孩子了解北斗星这样的天文知识呢？

Now that the child does not know why"dipper"now?According to the report,Some students answer is:"The school and does not take an examination,Acknowledge it why?"Of course there are some other factors,Such as the some of the city's air pollution/Light pollution is more serious,Let the children is difficult to observe the stars,And if even the stars all could not see,How can you let the child understand dipper such astronomical knowledge?

　　但不能不指出的是，在如今我们的中小学教育活动中，对天文知识的普及与教育还缺乏应有的、足够的重视，这也是造成如今孩子们不识“北斗星”的一个重要原因。一个明显的例子就是如今在“数理化天地生”六大基础学科中，唯独天文课没有成为我国中小学正式课程的学科。此外，在目前学生的课余活动中，天文兴趣活动往往已被各种乐器、绘画、唱歌、舞蹈、少儿英语等兴趣班所替代，即使有学生对天文常识有兴趣，也难以找到合适的活动场所。

But have to point out,Now in our primary and middle school education activities,To astronomical knowledge popularization and education also lacks the right/Enough attention,This is also causes the now the children not to know"dipper"One of the important reasons.An obvious example is now in"TianDeSheng science"Six basic subject in,But the astronomical class have not become formal curriculum in primary and middle school discipline.In addition,In the present students' extracurricular activities,Astronomical interest activities often have been all kinds of Musical Instruments/painting/singing/dance/Children's English replaced interest,Even with the student to the astronomical knowledge are interested in,Also it is difficult to find suitable activity places.

　　其实，天文学是人类探究自然的最古老的科学之一，自有人类文明史以来，天文学就有重要的地位，中国的《书经》中就有世界最早（公元前2137年）的日食记录，而哥白尼的日心说则使得自然科学从神学中彻底解放出来。时至今日，科学家对高能天体物理、致密星和宇宙演化的研究，已极大地推动了现代科学的发展。而在生活中，我们常遇到的日食、月食现象，还有像“金星凌日”、“超大月亮”、“流星雨”等天文奇观，包括我国的神舟九号载人飞船赴“天宫”之约飞向太空，以及近日刚刚在上海落成的65米亚洲最大射电望远镜等科技成果，都需要孩子们掌握较扎实的天文知识才能了解和理解其中的奥秘及深远意义。

In fact,Astronomy is to explore the human nature of the oldest one of science,Since has its own human history of civilization,Astronomy is an important position,China's[The book of history]In the world(In 2137 BC)Solar eclipse records,And Copernicus the heliocentric theory of gravitation is made from natural science in theology out complete liberation.today,Scientists to high energy astrophysics/Dense star and evolution of universe research,The earth was promoted the development of modern science.But in life,We often meet the eclipse of the sun/Eclipse of the moon phenomenon,And as"Venus"/"Large moon"/"Meteor shower"Astronomical spectacle, etc,Including China's shenzhou manned spacecraft to 9"welkin"The covenant fly to space,And recently has just completed in Shanghai in the 65 - meter the Asian largest radio telescope scientific and technological achievements, etc,All need children mastering more solid astronomical knowledge can know and understand the mysteries of these and far-reaching significance.

　　古希腊“七贤”之一的泰勒斯曾说道：“一个民族有一些关注天空的人，他们才有希望；一个民族只是关心脚下的事情，那是没有未来的”。要引领我们的孩子在思想上“仰望天空”，首先就要让他们抬起头来，真真实实地仰望一下自己头顶上的天空，掌握一些必要的天文知识，从宇宙之广漠，日月之交汇，星空之灿烂，沧桑之变迁来看待人类在天地中的地位和作用，并由此生发出对于个人在国家与历史中应担负起的重担和责任的认知，培养出真正合格的接班人。

The ancient Greek"QiXian"One of the TaiLeSi had said:"A nation has some attention to the sky the person,They have hope;A nation is just care about the foot of the things,There is no future".To lead our children in thought"Look up to the sky",First of all let they looked up,Truly a look at his own head the sky,Master some necessary astronomical knowledge,From the universe of vastness,Intersection of the sun, the moon and the,The sky bright,Vicissitudes of life changes to regard the human in the position and role of heaven and earth,And thus for individual expresses the respects in the national and historical should shoulder the burden and the responsibility of the cognitive,Cultivate really qualified successors.