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    CONSTELLATIONS Can be seen clearly at night We cannot see all the constellation at the same time the location in the sky changes from one position to another because the Earth rotates on its own axis. The constellations are Named after mythical animals or heroes because the shapes of the constellations look like them. The zodiac is a group of constellations which can be seen from both hemispheres at different months of the year.

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    CONSTELLATIONS Can be seen clearly at night We cannot see all the constellation at the same time the location in the sky changes from one position to another because the Earth rotates on its own axis. The constellations are Named after mythical animals or heroes because the shapes of the constellations look like them. The zodiac is a group of constellations which can be seen from both hemispheres at different months of the year.

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    CONSTELLATIONS

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    CONSTELLATIONS

    The arrangements of a group of stars


    which form a certain shapes or image

    We can imagine that lines can be


    drawn joining one star to another to
    form shapes or images
    Named after mythical animals or heroes
    because the shapes of the constellations
    look like them

    CONSTELLATIONS
    Can be seen clearly at night
    We cannot see all the constellation
    at the same time
    The location in the sky changes from
    one position to another because the
    Earth rotates on its own axis

    TYPE OF CONSTELLATIONS
    SOUTHERN
    CROSS

    BIG DIPPER

    TYPE OF CONSTELLATIONS
    ORION

    SCORPIO

    CONSTELLATIONS
    Constellation
    Big Dipper

    Southern
    Cross
    Scorpio

    Orion

    Time of
    appearance
    April to June
    Around 8.00pm 10pm
    April to June
    Around 8.00pm 10pm
    June to August
    Around 8.00pm 10pm

    December to February
    Around 8.00pm 10pm

    CONSTELLATIONS
    SCORPIO

    This constellation looks like a


    scorpion

    CONSTELLATIONS
    ORION
    This constellation looks
    like a hunter with a belt
    and a sword
    It is visible in both the
    northern and southern
    hemispheres.

    CONSTELLATIONS
    BIG DIPPER
    This constellation looks
    like a saucepan
    It is visible only in both the
    northern hemispheres.

    CONSTELLATIONS
    SOUTHERN CROSS
    This constellation looks
    like a cross or a diamondshape kite
    It can be seen only in the
    sourthern hemispheres.
    It is the smallest
    constellation among the 88
    modern constellation

    CONSTELLATIONS
    ZODIAC
    A group of constellation which
    can be seen from both
    hemispheres at different
    months of the year.
    It is consists of 12 constellations.
    The zodiac comes from the Greek
    word which means animals

    THE IMPORTANCE OF
    CONSTELLATIONS
    Sailors and explorers
    used constellation for
    navigation

    To show
    direction

    Big Dipper always


    points to the direction
    of the North Pole
    Southern Cross
    always points to the
    direction of the South
    Pole

    THE IMPORTANCE OF
    CONSTELLATIONS
    Farmers make use of the
    appearance of the
    constellations to tell what
    month ( or season ) it is

    To indicate
    time

    Scorpio is only
    visible in the northern
    hemispheres evening
    sky in summer

    The picture below shows two types of constellations, X and Y.

    (a)Name the constellations.


    X: ______________________________
    Y: ______________________________
    (a)State the patterns that are represented by these
    constellations.
    X: ______________________________
    Y: ______________________________
    (a)State the directions that are shown by the constellations.
    X: _______________________________
    Y: _______________________________

    The following is a situation that happened long time ago.

    A group of sailors that wanted to travel south were lost in


    the ocean. When they looked up in the sky, they saw a
    constellation that looked like a kite. One of the sailors told
    them that they can use the constellation to find their
    direction again.
    (a)What is the name of the constellation?

    ___________________________________________________________

    (a)How did the constellation help the sailors to find their


    direction again?

    ___________________________________________________________
    (a)Based on the information above, state the use of
    constellation.

    ___________________________________________________________
    (a)Name the modern device that is used now to replace
    constellation.
    ____________________________________________________________

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