PPT-Stars in the Night sky Have you ever noticed that most star patterns are associated with

Check this Out Why do Stars Move A cross the Sky Arrow of Time Milky Way Time Lapse Collection Constellations in Motion What is a Constellation A constellation is a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological figure Modern astronomers divide the sky into eightyeight constellations with defined boundaries. What are stars?. Stars are balls of hot gas.. They are much larger than planets. and much further from Earth.. The sun is the closest star to Earth.. Most of the gas in the inside of a star is hydrogen and its temperature is over 20 million degrees Fahrenheit. There is also helium, a gas that is formed when the hydrogen molecules join together.. THE CONSTELLATIONS. The Big Dipper. Is identified by the 4 main stars that make up the pan or dipper and the 3 stars in the tail. You use the 2 stars on the end of the pan as the pointing stars to find Polaris the North Star in the tail of the Little Dipper. The 2 stars that are the pointers are . Day Four . Visibility . Because of . light pollution . it . is sometimes difficult to view stars in the night sky.. It is best to star gaze in places with . little. . light. . An example of a good star gazing location is the . Warm-Up. A group of stars that . form . a pattern.. MYP Unit Question. : What’s out there?. Area of Interaction. : Human Ingenuity. Learner profile:. Risk Taker. Standard. : Explore current scientific views of the universe and how those views evolved.. "There are countless suns and countless earths all rotating around their suns in exactly the same way as the seven planets of our system. We see only the suns because they are the largest bodies and are luminous, but their planets remain invisible to us because they are smaller and non-luminous. The countless worlds in the universe are no worse and no less inhabited than our Earth”. . There. ’. s No Shortage!. Let’s begin by glancing around the sky, to see what kinds of stellar vistas we might encounter here and there.. Looking Around (Virtually). Open the Starry Night College 7 simulation software. (Note: this will later be . Using a Sextant (Quadrant). Navigation by the North Star. In the Age of Exploration, the open ocean was a dangerous place for mariners. . Good navigation was vital for survival.. The North . Star and a new instrument called a sextant helped navigation. . Do Now. SWBAT explain the life cycle of different types of stars. Turn in your Homework. Grab your clicker. Complete the “Are we made of star stuff” Misconception sheet.. January 24. Waning Crescent. constellations. a. Ancient cultures used . mythology. or everyday items to name constellations. 2. Modern astronomy studies . 88 . constellations. 3. Some constellations are not . visible. all year because Earth revolves around the Sun. What is a constellation? Warm-Up A group of stars that form a pattern. MYP Unit Question : What’s out there? Area of Interaction : Human Ingenuity Learner profile: Risk Taker Standard : Explore current scientific views of the universe and how those views evolved. Lincoln Elementary. Star Unit Overview. What is Coming? . Star and Constellation Overview. Name . a Star. Adopt . A Constellation Poster. Field . Trip to Barton County Planetarium. Astronomy . is the study of the night . What is a Constellation?. A specific group of stars.. Ancient people of many cultures . connected. groups of stars to form patterns, like huge dot-to-dot puzzles.. These . patterns. are known as constellations. . Astrologers generally believe that the movements and positions of celestial bodies can inform them about events experienced on a human scale or that predictions can be made from them.. Astrology is the NONSCIENTIFIC study of the sky and celestial bodies.. A . star is a massive ball of plasma that emits . light and electromagnetic energy . throughout the universe. . While . there is only one star in our solar system, there are billions upon billions of stars throughout our galaxy and exponentially more in the billions of galaxies in the universe.