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No gum, candy or chewing please!  4-2 Agenda: Constellations in the Winter sky Northern Circumpolar Constellations Materials: -Pencil -Notebook DO: Today we will learn about some of the 88 constellations that exist. DQ: What constellation is this?

This is actually a picture of… The constellation of Ursa Major – The Great Bear – “Big Dipper”. Contains Polaris the North Star

Winter Constellation Packet Northern Circumpolar Constellation Packet Complete Northern Circumpolar with your partner – we will go over tomorrow/end of class.

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