PSA: Go see the ISS in the sky if you’ve never done it

[Clomer]

I second the notion that once you've spotted the station, it's hard to mistake it for anything else. As an anecdonte:

I have, on a few occasions, brought my 4-year-old daughter outside to look up to see the station when I knew there would be a visible pass. She definitely sees it, and gets excited as it goes across the sky. Then, on one occasion, there was a visible pass that I didn't know about ahead of time, and we were in the car. She looking out her window, and spotted it, shouting out "It's the space station!" I looked, sure enough, there it was! I verified with the app on my phone (my wife was driving, so I could do this safely), and it was, in fact, overhead at that time.

So yes, it's distinctive enough that even a 4-year-old recognized it when she didn't even know to look for it.

 

[Electroman]

This is how you get kids excited in space and science at that young age.

 

[Clomer]

Yea, I am doing what I can to get my girls (I have 2 of them, the other is two years old) excited about such things. We watch SpaceX launches as a family whenever they happen at a time when we can do so.