Constellation project

First off, I wanted to let you know about a lovely moment this afternoon. While we were decorating our classroom door for the holidays, I heard a few tiny voices singing Christmas carols. More and more students joined in and we had a nice group singing while we worked.

I have given the students a mini research project that is quite open. Students will need to pick any constellation they wish and find 3 interesting bits of information on it (more than 3 is fine too!). This project will be due next Tuesday, December 11th. We will be presenting our finding to small groups.

For the research, students can use the internet or books from the local library. Unfortunately, it is quite difficult to find information in French, so it is fine if students find the information and translate to French USING THEIR OWN WORDS, not Google translate.

Here are a few websites that might be helpful!

http://library.thinkquest.org/3645/constellations.html

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/astroskymap/constellation_hunt.htm

http://kids.yahoo.com/directory/Science-and-Nature/Astronomy-and-Space/Constellations-and-Stars