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Welcome to Your Unit CONSTELLATIONS

Objective: All students will learn 5 of the major constellations.

There will be a 20 question quiz at the end. So, fill in your notes and Pay Attention !!!

Constellation: A constellation is a dot to dot pattern, of a group of stars.

The five major constellations you will learn: #1 Ursa Major or “The Big Dipper” #2 Orion The Hunter #3 Cassiopeia or “The Queen” #4 Scorpius or “The Scorpion” #5 Cygnus or “The Cross”

Ursa Major The Big Dipper

Found Near the North Pole Looks like a giant dipper (Cup). Known to the Greeks as “The Bear”. The bowl of the dipper (the cup) is the bear.

Ursa Major The Big Dipper The handle of the dipper is the “Great Bear’s tail”, or 3 warriors chasing the bear. 2 stars that form the outer edge of the bowl point directly to the North Star—Polaris. It has 7 “main” bright stars, but there are more in the constellation.

Connect the Dots.

Looks like a dipper (a cup) Ursa Major

It could look upside down.

Still looks like a dipper.

Or it may be reversed.

What constellation is this?

Ursa Major The Big Dipper

Ursa Major

Orion “The Hunter” Represents the Mythological “Orion--The Hunter”. 3 bright stars make up the belt. 3 faint stars make up the sword. He is lifting a club. The Nebula “Orion” surrounds the 3 stars that make up the sword.

Orion “The Hunter”

Connect the dots.

Or it may look like this.

Looks like a hunter. Orion

Orion “The Hunter”

What constellation is this?

Orion “The Hunter”

Cassiopeia “The Queen” A group of 5 stars. They form a rough letter “W” or a lazy “W”. Named for the Mythological Ethiopian Queen—Cassiopeia. Was the wife of Cepheus, & the mother of Andromeda.

Cassiopeia “The Queen”

Connect the dots.

Looks like a lazy “W” Cassiopeia

What constellation is this?

Casseopeia “The Queen”

Scorpius “The Scorpion” Is Latin for the word scorpion. The 3 upper stars form the scorpion’s head. The 2 lower stars form the scorpion’s stinger.

Scorpius “The Scorpion”

Connect the dots.

Looks like a scorpion. Scorpius

It could be inverted.

Looks like a scorpion. Scorpius

Scorpius “The Scorpion”

What constellation is this?

Scorpius “The Scorpion”

Cygnus “The Swan” Looks like a swan or a Latin cross. Known as the Northern Cross. A group of 6 stars make up the wing of the swan, or the vertical part of the cross.

Cygnus “The Swan”

Connect the dots.

Looks like a Cross or Swan. Cygnus

What constellation is this?

Cygnus “The Swan”

Quiz Time! Answers go on your notes under “Quiz”. Duh!

1.Which constellation is recognized most easily by the 3 stars that make up a “belt ”?

2.Which constellation is recognized most easily as a “cross”?

3.Which constellation is recognized most easily as a lazy “W”?

4.Which constellation has 7 main stars?

5.Which constellation has 5 main stars?

6.Which constellation looks like a Swan?

7.Which constellation looks like a Scorpion?

8.Which 2 constellations have the most stars?

9.Which constellation would this be?

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1.Which constellation is recognized most easily by the 3 stars that make up a “belt”? Answer: Orion “The Hunter”

2.Which constellation is recognized most easily as a “cross”? Answer: Cygnus

3.Which constellation is recognized most easily as a lazy “W”? Answer: Cassiopeia

4.Which constellation has 7 main stars? Answer: Ursa Major or the Big Dipper

5.Which constellation has 5 main stars? Answer: Cassiopeia

6.Which constellation looks like a Swan? Answer: Cygnus

7.Which constellation looks like a Scorpion? Answer: Scorpius

8.Which 2 constellations have the most stars? Answer: Scorpius & Orion

9.Which constellation would this be? Answer:

10. Which constellation would this be?

Answer: Cygnus

11. Which constellation would this be? Cygnus

12. Which constellation would this be? Scorpious

13. Which constellation would this be? Cygnus

14. Which constellation would this be?

15. Which constellation would this be? Casseopeia

16. Which constellation would this be?

Answer: Casseopeia

17. Which constellation would this be?

Answer: Ursa Major

18. Which constellation would this be? Scorpius

19. Which constellation would this be? Ursa Major

20. Which constellation would this be? Casseopeia

How did you do?? Study the 5 major constellations you just learned about. They will be on your unit test. Be able to identify them by name and by picture. Be able to draw each of the constellations.