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The
Constellations
and their Stars
Topics for Presentation:
Chris Dolan's
cool constellation
pages
Star
map with 30 constellations
The
Constellations
Northern
Hemisphere constellations
More Links:
Heavens
Above - The Constellations
Detailed Constellation Myths
with Scientific Info
NASA
Mythology of different cultures
What
are Constellations?
NASA
Constellations Page
Picture links
Greek
Mythology: A Look Back in Time
Microsoft
Clip Gallery Live
Fun Links
DiscoverySchool
Sky Watch Sky Stories
Monthly
Skywatcher's Report
CosmicQuest
Currentsky.com
Skymaps.com
SpaceKids
- first-rate site from NASA
Astronomy
Calculator - (Enter the current date and this site
tells you upcoming moon phases, what meteor showers will happen soon, the next
lunar eclipse, and where in the sky to look for planets.)
AJ's Cosmic Thing Applet
Shows the constellations, planets, sun, moon and other features of the night
sky. You can also click on a feature and find a
stat sheet for that object. To change the info box, click on
"stop" to stop the sky rotation.
Play
Space Hopper at FunBrain
from Learning Network - Identify the constellation
Project - Multimedia Presentation
Slide 1 - Title Slide
 | This slide should include:
 | The name of your constellation
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| Names of the students who worked on the project.
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| Photos of the students, if available (taken with the
digital camera).
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| You may include a graphic that is related to your
topic. |
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Slide 2 - Your Constellation
| Show what your constellation looks like in the night sky.
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| Identify the brightest star(s) in the constellation.
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| At 9 p.m., during which months is your constellation
visible in the night sky?
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| During which month will it appear highest in the sky
(closest to the zenith)? |
Slides 3 - 4
| How did your constellation get its name? Find the mythology
about your constellation and relate a shortened version of it on these
slides. |
Slides 5 - 6
| Give your constellation a modern name and story. Remember
- your name and story shouldn't be trivial - it should convey something that
we value in our culture. |
Slide 7
| Bibliography - List the sources of your information and
pictures.
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| To cite files available for viewing/downloading from the
World Wide Web, give the author's name (if known), the full title of the
work in quotation marks, the title of the complete work (if applicable) in
italics, the full URL, and the date of the visit. See the sample below. |
1. Dolan, Chris, "Leo", The
Constellations and their Stars, http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations/Leo.html,
November 21, 1997.
To save your picture for
use in your presentation do the following:
| Right-click on the picture in Internet Explorer, choose
Save Picture As |
| When the Save Picture dialog box opens, click in the Save
in box and choose the Constellations folder from the drop-down list |
| In the File Name Box type a new name for the picture - one
that you will recognize |
To insert your picture in
your presentation do the following:
| Make sure you have the slide displayed into which you want
to insert the picture |
| Click on the Insert Menu and choose Picture/From File |
| When the Insert Picture dialog box opens, choose the
Constellations folder from the Look In drop-down list |
| Click on your picture's file name and click the Insert
button |
Goodwin, Joanne, "Stars Project", The Stars and
Constellations Fifth Grade Multimedia Presentations http://www.wsanford.com/~jgoodwin/misc_help/hyperstudio/stars_project.html,
November 11, 1999.
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