Stargazing

What type of text is Stargazing?

• Biography

• Fantasy

• Fiction

• Expository text

What text features did you find in the story that indicate that you read an expository text?

• Some of the text features I found were animals that talk, and live human like lives.

• Some of the text features I found were that the story began with once upon a time...

• Some of the text features I found were facts and information, as well as pictures and diagrams.

• There were no text features to be found in the story that I read.

How did ancient people explain the beginning of the stars in the Milky Way?

• Ancient people drew images in caves to explain things.

• The ancient Shoshone people tell a story about a grizzly bear who climbed up a huge snowy mountain. The snow crystals clung to the bear's fur, and they shook lose and he spread them all across the sky.

• Ancient people could not explain how the Milky Way was created. Ancient people did not have the technology we have today, therefore, they couldn't explain any astronomical phenomena.

The text says that "Earth rotates in its own axis, and it makes one complete turn in 24 hours." Using context clues, what does the word rotate mean?

• It means to stay still.

• It means to turn.

• it means to move up anddown.

• A day equals 24 hours.

What did ancient sailors used to navigate?

• Maps

• A very modern nautical GPS.

• They didn't use any navigation system and would often get lost at sea.

• "Skymarks"

What specific star has been useful for navigation purposes?

• The North Star.

• The Big Dipper

• The Polestar

• Earth's axis.

Why do constellations appear in different parts of the sky during summer and winter time?

• Because Earth bounces up and down around the universe and it changes the sky view.

• Because Earth is moving, as Earth orbits the sun the part of the night sky that we can see changes.

• It highly depends on where you live and how much light pollution surrounds you.

What cluster of stars did Hawaiian people use as a sign to harvest their crops?

• The Big Dipper

• Orion

• The Milky Way

• The Pleiades

Ancient people also used the moon to mark the passage of time. They noticed that the moon changed from a tiny sliver, to a larger crescent then to a round full moon. What are these changes called?

• Moon Calendars

• Moon shape changes

• Phases of the moon

• Cycles

How did Galileo improve the telescope?

• Galileo built a beautiful wooden telescope with gold accents. Much prettier than the one the used in the stone age.

• Galileo did not improve the telescope. He took credit for someone else's invention.

• Who is Galileo?

• Galileo built a powerful telescope that made the planets and the stars look 20 times closer.