1. Welcome to Your Unit CONSTELLATIONS

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

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

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

5. 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”

6. Ursa Major The Big Dipper

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. Connect the Dots.

10. Looks like a dipper (a cup) Ursa Major

11. It could look upside down.

12. Still looks like a dipper.

13. Or it may be reversed.

17. What constellation is this?

18. Ursa Major The Big Dipper

19. Ursa Major

20. 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.

21. Orion “The Hunter”

23. Connect the dots.

24. Or it may look like this.

25. Looks like a hunter. Orion

26. Orion “The Hunter”

30. What constellation is this?

31. Orion “The Hunter”

33. 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.

34. Cassiopeia “The Queen”

35. Connect the dots.

36. Looks like a lazy “W” Cassiopeia

39. What constellation is this?

40. Casseopeia “The Queen”

42. 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.

43. Scorpius “The Scorpion”

44. Connect the dots.

45. Looks like a scorpion. Scorpius

46. It could be inverted.

47. Looks like a scorpion. Scorpius

48. Scorpius “The Scorpion”

50. What constellation is this?

51. Scorpius “The Scorpion”

53. 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.

54. Cygnus “The Swan”

55. Connect the dots.

56. Looks like a Cross or Swan. Cygnus

58. What constellation is this?

59. Cygnus “The Swan”

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

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

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

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

65. 4.Which constellation has 7 main stars?

66. 5.Which constellation has 5 main stars?

67. 6.Which constellation looks like a Swan?

68. 7.Which constellation looks like a Scorpion?

69. 8.Which 2 constellations have the most stars?

70. 9.Which constellation would this be?

71. 10. Which constellation would this be?

72. 11.Which constellation would this be?

73. 12.Which constellation would this be?

74. 13.Which constellation would this be?

75. 14.Which constellation would this be?

76. 15.Which constellation would this be?

77. 16.Which constellation would this be?

78. 17. Which constellation would this be?

79. 18.Which constellation would this be?

80. 19.Which constellation would this be?

81. 20.Which constellation would this be?

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

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

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

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

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

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

89. 7.Which constell- ation looks like a Scorpion? Answer: Scorpius

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

91. 9.Which constellation would this be? Answer:

92. 10. Which constellation would this be?

93. Answer: Cygnus

94. 11. Which constellation would this be? Cygnus

95. 12. Which constellation would this be? Scorpious

96. 13. Which constellation would this be? Cygnus

97. 14. Which constellation would this be?

98. 15. Which constellation would this be? Casseopeia

99. 16. Which constellation would this be?

100. Answer: Casseopeia

101. 17. Which constellation would this be?

102. Answer: Ursa Major

103. 18. Which constellation would this be? Scorpius

104. 19. Which constellation would this be? Ursa Major

105. 20. Which constellation would this be? Casseopeia

106. 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.