1. How the ancients perceived the stars
Constellations
How the ancients perceived the stars

2. Warm-up 9/12 What do you know about constellations?
Do you have a favorite constellation?

3. Constellation facts
a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological figure.
Ptolemy listed 48 constellations, and there are 88 modern constellations

4. Ursa Major Contains 21 stars
Know as the Great bear, or the wagon in Chinese cultures
Contains the big dipper
it is the largest constellation in the sky

5. Ursa Minor Contains 7 Stars Known as the little dipper, or little bear
Contains Polaris, also know as the north star
Incredibly important to early navigation

6. Ursa mythology Callisto gave birth to Zeus's son
As punishment, she was transformed into a bear
Her son, Arcas, became a hunter
Before arcas could kill her, Zeus cast them both into the sky to avoid tragedy

7. Orion
One of the most famous and recognizable constellations in the world
Orion is located on the celestial equator
Has Orion’s belt, which contains 3 bright stars

8. Orion mythology Was a powerful warrior which hunted with artemis
Threatened to kill all beasts on the planet
Mother earth sent a scorpion to kill him
Zues, honoring the fallen warrior, placed him among the stars

9. Warm-up 9/13
Which constellation contains Polaris?

10. Canis Major Contains Sirius, the brightest star in the sky
Based on Laelaps, which was a gift from Zeus to Europa

11. Cassiopeia Named after the vain Ethiopian queen
5 stars make up the prominent W shape in this constellation
Boasted to much, insulting the gods
As punishment, she was forced to circle the celestial pole

12. 12 Zodiac signs Greek mythology; contains 12 signs
These are used in astrology to predict the future
In astronomy, we use these to find certain stars and can tell the time of the year
Each month, one of the 12 constellations appears above the horizon in the east to begin its march across the sky.

13. Aries
a winged ram with golden wool. His hide became the much-desired golden fleece

14. Taurus (The Bull)
Zeus turned himself into a bull when he swam from Phoenicia to Crete.

15. Gemini (The Twins) the mythological twin sons of Zeus.
It was thought to bring good luck to sailors since it appeared at the end of the winter storm season.

16. Capricorn Capricorn (The Sea Goat)
The goat, an expert climber, represents the sun's climb from its lowest position in the sky

17. Other zodiac signs Cancer (the crab) Leo (the lion) Virgo (the virgin)
Libra (the balance)
Scorpio (the Scorpion)
Sagittarius (the archer)
Aquarius (the water bearer)
Pisces (the fishes)

18. Warm-up 9/14
Name the 2 signs of the zodiac you are covering.

19. Constellation Project
2 constellations of the Zodiac
# of stars, and draw out the constellation itself
The names of 3 of the Stars
The dates on the calendar it represents
3-4 sentences on the mythology/astrology for each of your 2 zodiac signs
A picture of what it represents, or the symbol of the constellation

20. Warm-up 9/20
What are the two kinds of eclipses we talked about?

21. Moon Project
Draw the following phases, both waning and waxing, (gibbous, half, new, crescent, quarter moon, 3 quarter moon)
Choose a year and a month, and show how the moon changed across that month (can be combined with the first bullet point)
Show the position of the moon/sun during a solar eclipse, during a lunar eclipse.
Last but not least, have a diagram of how earth tilt effects seasons in the northern hemisphere. Label Spring and fall equinoxes and winter/summer solstices.
70 points for content, 30 for creativity

22. EM Project Have the size range of all the different waves we discussed
Have something to compare the size to (for example, radio waves can be the size of a house)
What