Summary
A Ready Jet Go! clip on PBS LearningMedia. Mindy asks Dr. Rafferty to help her find a star using the constellation Leo, and learns how star patterns help us find our way around the night sky. A look at using constellations to spot stars.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Mindy uses the constellation Leo like a map to find a star — and so can you.
- How can a constellation help you find a star?
- What constellation did Mindy use?
- Why do the stars seem to make pictures?
- Have you ever spotted a star pattern at night?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: constellation, Leo, star, pattern, find.
Try it: Find a picture of a real constellation. Copy its dots and connect them yourself.