You will take the quiz, and then work on your blog posts on the constellations. At 9 am, you will return to the room, and do a group activity. On Tuesday, you will have an additional 45 minutes of work time in the computer lab.
Quiz
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Constellation project
Your mission is to study four constellations from the ten provided in Unit 1. For each, you must provide a separate blog entry. Include the following:
a) a picture
b) the names of five of the stars, with their positions indicated by the Greek alphabet notation above.
c) the history of the constellation, including its asterism, if any, and any mythology associated with it
d) if you can currently see this constellation in Chicago, San Diego, Rome, Jerusalem, or Sydney
e) when this constellation is best-viewed in Iowa (what months)
f) the Right Ascension and Declination of the major constellation.
g) other facts you deem important
Friday, January 22, 2010
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