Reach For the Stars!

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Reach For the Stars!
Reach For the Stars!
Reach For the Stars!
Created by Alisa Simms
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• Georgia Performance Standards
• What are stars?
• Are you a SUPER STAR?
• Did you know that the sun is a star?
• Constellations
• Big Dipper/Little Dipper
• Star Jeopardy
• Super Star Websites
• Zuzu Guiness

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Georgia Performance Standards
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• Earth Science
• S2E1. Students will understand that stars have
  different sizes, brightness, and patterns.
• a. Describe the physical attributes of
  starssize, brightness, and patterns.

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What are stars?
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• Stars are created from gas and dust.
• Each star in the sky
• is an enormous glowing
• ball of gas.

The Space Place is a great place to learn more
about stars!
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Did you know that the
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• SUN

SUN is a star?
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Star Patterns in the Sky
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are groups of stars that, when seen from Earth,
form a pattern. The stars in the sky are divided
into 88 constellations. For as long as humans
have been looking into the night skies there
have been stories of how the star got there.
These stories are called myths.
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Have you heard of these famous constellations?
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• Big
• Dipper

Little Dipper
Click here for a story!
Click here for a story!
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Star Jeopardy
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Stars Constellations Big Dipper Little Dipper
10 points 10 points 10 points 10 points
50 points 50 points 50 points 50 points
100 Points 100 Points 100 Points 100 Points
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Super Star Websites!
Virtual Telescope
The Space Place
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I just love learning about the Stars dont you
Zuzu?
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Yeah! Stars are out of this world!