Cool Constellations!

Although seemingly far away from us on Earth’ surface, there is a lot to observe and explore in the sky! Just look up during the daytime and nighttime and you’ll see the shining Sun, the bright Moon and hundreds of twinkling stars. The Earth’s rotation on its axis and its orbit around the Sun cause the observable and seemingly changing positions of the groups of stars, or constellations, we see in the night sky over time. In this lesson, students will develop and use models to explain how the constellations appear to move due to Earth’s rotation and revolution.