Why is that we see Orion only in the winter time?
What is a birthday constellation?
Why can't I see my birthday constellation on my birthday?
In order to help the Magical Minds better understand how and why constellations appear to change over time, we made a ring of constellations. Each child drew a constellation on a sentence strip, which we attached to make one big circle of constellations in their chronological order. Similar to this...
What is a birthday constellation?
Why can't I see my birthday constellation on my birthday?
In order to help the Magical Minds better understand how and why constellations appear to change over time, we made a ring of constellations. Each child drew a constellation on a sentence strip, which we attached to make one big circle of constellations in their chronological order. Similar to this...
Once the constellation ring was made, we invited pairs of students into the circle to model their understanding. Standing back to back, the Magical Minds demonstrated how the Earth orbits around the sun. They took turns explaining that you cannot see your birthday constellation on your birthday because it is behind the sun, and invisible during the day. While orbiting and rotating, they demonstrated that the constellations appear to move because of the Earth's movement.