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What are Constellations

What are Constellations. Gr. 6 space, student book pages 30 33. Grade 6 expected outcomes. • identify constellations from diagrams, pictures and/or representations of the night sky (302-13) • use electronic and/or print resources to gather information on the visual

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What are Constellations

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  1. What are Constellations Gr. 6 space, student book pages 30 33

  2. Grade 6 expected outcomes • • identify constellations from • diagrams, pictures and/or • representations of the night • sky (302-13) • • use electronic and/or print • resources to gather • information on the visual • characteristics and • mythology of constellations • (205-8)

  3. Constellations • You know about stars, and that the sun is our closest star. We also see many stars at night without a telescope. They appear to change as the seasons change. Of course that is really just the Earth rotating. • If you look at the stars long enough, you might start to see different shapes and patterns among them. For years, people named the star patterns they saw and told stories about them. • (Oh the crazy things people did before cable TV was invented )

  4. Check out some constellations, you are going to choose one to do a project on. The project is explained in later slide, and on page 30 in the student book. • http://www.comfychair.org/~cmbell/myth/myth.html • http://www.kidsastronomy.com/astroskymap/constellation_hunt.htm • http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/extra/constellations.html • http://library.thinkquest.org/3645/constellations.html

  5. Videos to explain constellations • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXeEAQtC75g • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNDw1qD4jNM&feature=related

  6. Your assignment • Pick a constellation to research. • Tell how many stars are in you constellation. • Which are the brightest. • When and where can a person find it in the night sky. • How did it get it’s name and what stories have been told about it. • Get a piece of black construction paper form the teacher. • Use a toothpick, pencil/hole punch to make holes where the stars are. Vary the size of the holes according to the brightness of each star. • In class we will show you constellation on the overhead and you will tell the class about your research.

  7. If you have finished ahead of the others, you can 1) research another constellationinvent your own, name it and create a story. Go on the wiki space “things to do when done in science class.

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