1. Daily Question: List the objects that you can see in the night sky. Materials: Pencil Notebook/Folder Worksheet Packet Daily Objective: Today we will identify typical objects in our night sky. Agenda : Bell work Thank you for not chewing gum or anything else

2. 1.I think this is a picture of… 2.I think this because… 3.This is actually a picture of…

3. 1.This is actually a picture of… Cassiopeia – a queen that was punished up into the stars to spend half of her time in her throne upside down.

5.  Objective:  Key Terms  TO IDENTIFY 6 DIFFERENT CONSTELLATIO NS.  TO KNOW WHEN EACH CONSTELLATIO N IS VISIBLE IN THE NIGHT SKY. Constellation

6.  ConstellationGROUP OF STARS THAT FORM A PATTERN IN THE SKY.

7.  Constellation: Group of stars that form a pattern in the sky Constellations

8.  He was a famous and handsome hunter.  Some stories say the Scorpion killed Orion with its sting.  Some stories say his girlfriend accidentally shot with an arrow.  Orion’s Belt makes the hunter easy to find.  He contains some of the brightest stars in the sky. (Betelegeuse, Rigel, and Bellatrix)  Seen in Winter.

9.  Zeus fell in love with Callisto and had a son, Arcas, with her  Zeus’s wife, Hera, got angry and turned Callisto into a bear  Arcas, was hunting in the forest, when she saw him she rushed to give him a hug.  Arcas was afraid of the bear and shot an arrow at his mother.  Just before the arrow struck Zeus tossed them both into the sky to become big bear and little bear.  Seen year –round, revolves around the north pole.  Holds the Big Dipper, the two stars on the edge of the bowl point to the North Star, Polaris.

10.  known as the Little Bear  the tail of the Little Bear may also be seen as the handle of a ladle, hence the North American name, Little Dipper  seven stars with four in its bowl like its partner the Big Dipper.  It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy,  remains one of the 88 modern constellations.  Ursa Minor has traditionally been important for navigation, particularly by mariners, because of Polaris being the North Star

11.  Apollo’s son flew the sun-god’s chariot recklessly over the Earth and in order to save the Earth, Zeus killed him.  His body fell into a river on Earth and his friend, Cygnus, dove underwater searching for his body.  Zeus took pity on Cygnus and changed him into a swan so he could dive better.  Cygnus was placed in the stars to honor his gallantry in trying to save his friend.  Seen in Summer  Also known as the Northern Cross

12.  Orion wanted to kill all wild animals. The Earth goddess sent a giant scorpion to attack Orion.  Orion could not defeat the scorpion and the scorpion stung him to death.  As reward for his service he was placed in the sky.  Scorpius still follows Orion in the night sky.  Seen in Summer, close to the horizon.

13.  She was a beautiful, vain queen that would often brag that she and her daughter were more beautiful than the sea nymphs.  The sea nymphs complained to Poseidon, who sent a monster to kill the queen’s daughter as revenge for her boasting.  Poseidon flung the vain queen as she sat on her throne into the stars  Cassiopeia looks like a “W” or “M” in the sky. She revolves around the poles so half of the time she hangs upside-down to remind others not to be so vain and boastful.  Seen all year-round.

14.  CONSTELLATION INFORMATION  VISIBLE SEASONALLY  GROUP OF STARS THAT FORM A FIGURE  URSA MAJOR › GREATER BEAR › BIG DIPPER IS PART THIS ONE › BEST SEEN IN APRIL  URSA MINOR › LESSER BEAR › LITTLE DIPPER IS THIS ONE › BEST SEEN IN JUNE

15. ORION  THE HUNTER  BEST SEEN IN WINTER (JANUARY) CYGNUS  THE SWAN  BEST SEEN IN SEPTEMBER SCORPIUS  THE SCORPION  BEST SEEN IN SUMMER (JULY) CASSIOPEIA  THE QUEEN OF ETHIOPIA  SPENDS ½ OF HER NIGHT UPSIDE DOWN BEST SEEN IN NOVEMBER