Description
INTRODUCTION
Suppose you sat outside on a clear night gazing up at the stars. Imagine that the sky is a dome touching the ground around you at the horizon. The stars are pointq oflight on the dome's curved surface. If you were to view the dome of stars on a regular basis throughout the year, you would notice that the stars move. Like the sun's motion, the star's apparent motions in the sky are caused by the daily rotation of Earth on its axis and the yearly revolution of Earth in its orbit around the sun.
OBJECTIVES
1. To locate several stars and constellations on star maps.
2. To analyze the apparent motions of the stars and constellations over the seasons.
MATERIALS
Colored Pencils
Highlights
Description
INTRODUCTION
Suppose you sat outside on a clear night gazing up at the stars. Imagine that the sky is a dome touching the ground around you at the horizon. The stars are pointq oflight on the dome's curved surface. If you were to view the dome of stars on a regular basis throughout the year, you would notice that the stars move. Like the sun's motion, the star's apparent motions in the sky are caused by the daily rotation of Earth on its axis and the yearly revolution of Earth in its orbit around the sun.
OBJECTIVES
1. To locate several stars and constellations on star maps.
2. To analyze the apparent motions of the stars and constellations over the seasons.
MATERIALS
Colored Pencils
