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Reach for the Stars |
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A Web Quest for Grade 5/6 |
A. Why do the stars have different colours? |
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Your Tasks |
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| Do you want to know why the stars change colours? This will explain to you how the temperature affects the colours of the stars. After touring this website, create a graph that compares temperatures and colours.. |
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| What makes up the blue stars? And what makes up the red stars? Have you ever seen the red stars? You will find information about the factors that make colour different. After exploring these websites, go to a word processing program and write at least a one page report about the factors that make the colour different.. |
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| Why do stars twinkle in different colours? This site will give you the secrets of beautiful twinkling stars in the dark sky. Compose a story that has a star in it. |
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| How are the stars born and do they die? This will tell you how stars are formed and how the stars end up in space. What kinds of life-cycles do stars have? How many different types of formation and death did you find? Make an illustrated report showing what you found.. |
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| Have you ever had questions about the sun? Is the sun one of the stars? What are the differences between the sun and the other stars? You will explore why the sun is hot, and why the other stars are not. It will also tell you that there are stars hotter and bigger than the sun. After exploring this website, write a paragraph that explains at least four differences between the sun and other stars. |
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B. What can we find out about the constellations? |
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Your Tasks
Choose one of the constellations below. Click on the constellation name and explore the links listed. Take notes on the following information.
A. Where did the name come from? What is the story behind it? (example: Greek mythology)
B. What figure is the constellation? (example: Phoenix, an mythological bird) C. Are there any prominent stars? (example: a giant star named Polaris) D. When can the constellation be seen during the year? (example: From March to June) E. Where can the constellation be seen? (example: In the northern sky) F. Is your constellation near any other? (example: It is just south of Draco. They share 2 stars) G. What does the figure look like? (example: Design an illustration of your constellation)
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Your Evaluation |
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Your skills will be evaluated on the following criteria. |
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| Understanding of the factors that affect the colours of the stars. | Can find the websites and name one or two factors that affect colours. | Can compare at least three factors that affect the colours of the stars. | Can describe at least four factors that affect star colours and make a visual presentation to explain them. |
| Story | Can write a rough draft of a star story. | Can type and edit the story in Word. | Can print and publish the story with illustrations. |
| Understanding of the life cycles of stars. | Can find the websites and read the information. | Can do a rough draft of a report on the life and death of stars. | Can present a clearly understandable illustrated report on the life and death of stars. |
| Constellation Research Task | Can find the websites and read the information. | Can research and report on some of the information requested. | Can present researched information with introduction, origin, myth, location, time, and detailed illustration. |
| Work Habits | Frequent problems experienced. Needs to be reminded of task. | Can work well with others but not independently. Work on track but not completed in time. | Can remain on task and work well with others. Asks intelligent questions and uses initiative. Completes task on time. |
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Useful Sites |
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You will explore the stars.
