K-6 Activities - Dudley Observatory

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Materials • STARLAB Portable Planetarium • Projector • Starfield Cylinder Objective K–6 <strong>Activities</strong> • B–56 • Cardinal Directions, Activity 4-1 The student should be able to identify the North Star and cardinal directions within the planetarium. Procedure • Set the projector for a particular date, time and latitude. • Have the student locate the Big Dipper (Ursa Major). Locate the two stars at the end of the cup. These are the pointer stars. (See diagram.) Note If you are observing from a latitude near 30°, the Big Dipper will actually appear to dip below the northern horizon within a 24-hour period as it revolves around Polaris. • Follow an imaginary line connecting these two stars approximately 5 times the length between the two pointer stars. Polaris (North Star) will be the moderately bright star nearest to that line. • Have the students establish that quadrant as north. Have the students face north. Now explain that south will be behind them, east to the right and west to the left.
Objective Celestial Movement, Activity 4-2 The student should be able to describe the general east to west movement of the sun, the moon and other stars. Procedure 1 • Set the Starfield Cylinder for 12:00 a.m. in the month of December at your home latitude. Have the students observe the constellation, Orion. • Advance the cylinder one hour, observing the same constellation. • Rotate the cylinder platform until Orion disappears below the western horizon and continue until it reappears on the eastern horizon. Have the students discuss the observed directional movement of the constellation. Point out that the movement is an east to west movement. • Demonstrate the east to west movement of the sun and moon. Procedure 2 • Use the same procedure as above, substituting months for the hourly settings. Specify that the monthly observation needs to be made at the same time of night each month. • Discuss the similarity in east-west movement. Extension Activity Set up a slide projector on the ecliptic slide projector mount. Set the mount at the 30° setting. Use the moon slide set and demonstrate the motion of the moon by turning the swivel base from east to west. Discuss east to west movement of the moon. Materials • STARLAB Portable Planetarium • Projector • Starfield Cylinder • ecliptic slide projector mount • moon slide set • 35 mm slide projector • B–57 • K–6 <strong>Activities</strong>
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