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Summer/Fall/Winter/Spring Constellations Web Quest

Summer/Fall/Winter/Spring Constellations Web Quest. Introduction Task Process Evaluation Conclusion. Standard 4 Objective 2: Describe the appearance and apparent motion of groups of stars in the night sky relative to Earth and how various cultures have understood and used them.

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Summer/Fall/Winter/Spring Constellations Web Quest

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  1. Summer/Fall/Winter/Spring ConstellationsWeb Quest IntroductionTaskProcessEvaluationConclusion • Standard 4 • Objective 2: Describe the appearance and apparent motion of groups of stars in the night sky relative to Earth and how various cultures have understood and used them. • Locate and identify stars that are grouped in patterns in the night sky. • Identify ways people have historically grouped stars in the night sky. • Recognize that stars in a constellation are not all the same distance from Earth. • Relate the seasonal change in the appearance of the night’s sky to Earth’s position

  2. IntroductionTaskProcessEvaluationConclusion Introduction: Congratulations! You have been selected by NASA to be part of a team of astronauts to be the first to explore our universe! I hope you’re ready for space food and weightlessness because this will be a long trip! NASA’s funds are limited and your team can only explore five of the eighty-eight constellations. Your assignment before you launch is to research one of the eighty-eight constellations and provide an argument on why NASA should visit that constellation! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you! Observers of have seen these patterns in the stars for generations and have even designed rich stories which incorporate the beliefs and traditions of their culture. These mythologies will guide you in our own exploration, they challenge you to see what was seen and then to look further. When looking at the stars…..what do you see?

  3. Introduction TaskProcessEvaluation Conclusion Task: You are going into deep cyber-space to explore one of our eighty-eight constellations! You will first be assigned to one of the major constellations . Then you will: • Find and draw out what the constellation looks like on black construction paper. • Find where it is in the sky, and when it is visible. • Explore the myth that comes with the constellation. • Find the names and distances of the major stars that make up the pattern in the sky. • Explore any additional facts and make sure you keep a record of all of the information you discover on the black paper! Finally, using the information gathered, create a twenty-five word advertisement to convince NASA to send you to explore this region. These advertisements will be video-taped by Miss Spangler.

  4. Introduction TaskProcessEvaluationConclusion Process: First: To help you find out what it looks like…. http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/search?x=0&y=0&st1=Constellations&searchprop=WBS http://www.coldwaterschools.org/lms/Planetarium/myth/index.html http://space.about.com/od/starsplanetsgalaxies/ig/Constellations-Pictures/ Second: To discover the best time look for the constellation…. http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/search?x=0&y=0&st1=Constellations&searchprop=WBS Third: To help you explore the myths behind your constellation… http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/search?x=0&y=0&st1=Constellations&searchprop=WBS http://www.coldwaterschools.org/lms/Planetarium/myth/index.html Fourth: To help you discover the names of the stars… http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations/Andromeda.html http://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/88const/ Fifth: If you still need to find more information! http://www.dibonsmith.com/constel.htm http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/search?x=0&y=0&st1=Constellations&searchprop=WBS http://88constellations.com/ http://www.physics.csbsju.edu/astro/asp/constellations.pre.html Finally: Record your information on the black construction paper and prepare your script! Ready? Set? Action!

  5. IntroductionTaskProcessEvaluationConclusion Evaluation: After exploring cyber-space and gathering your information you will be graded on the quality and completion of your research and script. Can your script convince NASA to send you into the actual space not be left behind in cyber-space? Make sure your research is recorded neatly and completely. Rubric

  6. IntroductionTaskProcessEvaluationConclusion Conclusion: Well now that you’ve prepared your brains for deep-space travel, its time to prepare yourself physically! Make you are exercising daily, getting eight hours of sleep each night, eating fruits and veggies, and drinking milk! In the mean time we will have to wait to hear from NASA to see if you have convinced them to let you go visit the constellation that you have now come to adore and love.

  7. Constellations • Andromeda • Libra • Gemini • Cancer • Leo • Hydra • Canis Minor • Canis Major • Orion • Taurus • Perseus • Aries • Virgo • Corvus • Scorpius • Ophiuchus • Sagittarius • Aquila • Capricornus • Aquarius • Lyra • Pegasus • Cygnus • Pisces • Auriga • Coma Bernices • Bootes • Cygnus • Delphinius • Corona Borealis

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