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Showing posts with label Telescopes and Constellations. Show all posts
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Friday, April 22, 2011

Telescopes and Constellations

Looking at our constellations through our hand-made telescopes. 

Covering a Pringles can for the telescope.  Punching holes in the shape of constellations to place at the end of our telescopes.

Looking at, and learning about several different constellations.

We see the Big Dipper, Leo the Lion, Orion's belt, and other constellations.

Our very own telescopes we made out of Pringles cans.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Telescopes and Constellations




Our class finished our unit of study about Space by making telescopes. We covered a Pringles can and then glued pictures of constellations to a blue piece of paper. We used straight pins to punch holes wherever we saw stars. Then we cut out the circles and placed them in the lids of our Pringles can. Our teacher already punched a hole in the bottom of the can so we could look through it. We saw the formations of the constellations Orion, Pegasus, Cassiopeia, Leo, Gemini, and the Big Dipper. Fun times!