it’s in the stars · 2018-07-02 · the giant hunter in greek mythology known as orion. most...
TRANSCRIPT
teachearthscience.org
1
It’sintheStarsAconstellationisanarrangementofstarsinaspecificpartofthesky.Throughouthumanhistory,differentcultureshavedevelopedconstellationstodescribethearrangementofstarsinthenightsky.TheimagesshowtheconstellationknownasOrion.Itisaprominentconstellationandisvisiblethroughouttheworld.TheconstellationportraysthegianthunterinGreekmythologyknownasOrion.Mostcommonly,constellationswerenamedformythologicalfigures.Differentcultureshaveusedconstellationstokeeptrackoftimethroughouttheyearandfornavigation.
Yourteacherhaspreparedadioramaportrayingstarsinthenightsky.Viewthedioramafromdifferentangles.Whatdoyounoticeaboutthepositionofthestarswhenyouviewitfromdifferentangles?
Onthenextpage,drawtherelativepositionsofstarsandcreateaconstellationdescribingthearrangementofthestars.
Whenyouhavecompletedyourconstellation,shareyourconstellationwithotherstudents.
wikia