3rd Grade-Week 4 Constellations

4th Lab Session Week

We will learn about constellations and why we can only see certain constellations during the year.

What can you see in tonight's sky? Click here to find out!

Concept: Constellations

Class Reading: Read pgs 201-205 & 213-216.

Investigation: How were constellations created?

Homework: Study for Sun, Earth, Moon, and Stars Quiz next week.

•      What are constellations? How did the constellations get their names?

•      Vocabulary

1.    Stars

2.    Myths

3.    Constellations

•     Myth of Orion and Scorpius

•     Brain Pop- “Constellations”

Summer constellations

4a. Students know the patterns of stars stay the same, although they appear to move across the sky nightly, and different stars can be seen in different seasons.