Summary
SciGirls learn the night sky from Dakota knowledge keepers, mapping the same stars through Indigenous star knowledge and modern astronomy and finding where the two describe the same patterns.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Full episode (28 min) from SciGirls, season 6.
- Which star patterns did the girls learn to find?
- Why do different stars appear in different seasons?
- How do stories help people remember what's in the sky?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: constellation, star knowledge, season, pattern.
Try it: Find one constellation tonight (or on a sky map). Sketch it and write when in the year it is easiest to see.