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K–6 <strong>Activities</strong> • B–26 •
How to Use a Dipper Finder Children will start feeling at home with the stars and will become interested in observing them further when they realize that they can easily find the Big Dipper on a clear night. The Big Dipper, in turn, will help them locate a very important star for finding their way, Polaris. The Dipper Finder to be made in this activity will tell them in what general region of the north sky to look for the Big Dipper at any hour of the night throughout the year. As they use it, they will see how the Dipper appears to move around the Pole Star. Objectives Students will be able to: 1. Use the Dipper Finder to locate the position of the Big Dipper at selected hours and months of the year. 2. Locate the North Star (Polaris). Process Skills Describing • observing • interpreting • communicating • inferring • working cooperatively Background Information Share the following information with students. The Big Dipper appears to move in the sky from hour to hour. The Big Dipper appears to change its position from month to month. The pointer stars in the Big Dipper point toward the North Star (Polaris). Procedure In the classroom: 1. Review rotation of the earth, shape of the Big Dipper, and the usefulness of this star configuration in finding the North Star and cardinal points. 2. Ask students to construct the Dipper Finder using the materials given them. 3. Let students practice setting and orienting the Dipper Finder for various dates and hours of night until they become familiar with its operation. In the planetarium: 1. Preset the planetarium for the date of the visit and for one hour after sunset. 2. With side lights up, ask students to set their Dipper Finders for the date and time of the STARLAB setting and determine the approximate region of the north sky where the Big Dipper will be found. 3. With the students, identify cardinal points, horizon, meridian, and zenith. 4. Activate the stars, lowering the side lights until the Big and Little Dippers are visible (but maintain as much room illumination as possible). Each student should verify his predicted orientation of the Big Dipper with its position in the planetarium sky. Ask students to observe the position of the North Star (ask them this again in connection with all later observations). 5. Using diurnal motion, advance the sky two or three hours at a time through a Materials • STARLAB Portable Planetarium • Dipper Finder pattern and instructions (see p. 29) • Starfield Cylinder • paper fastener • arrow pointers • glue sticks • red flashlights (for reading) • scissors • B–27 • K–6 <strong>Activities</strong>
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