PLANETARIUM Virtual Field Trip

Why can't you see planets and stars during the day?

During our virtual field trip, what was the first group of stars we saw (the group of stars has a name)?

• Orion's belt

• Ursa major

• The Big Dipper

• The North Star

If you're looking up at the sky seeing the Big Dipper, explain how do you find the North Star?

What is the name of the North Star?

• Arcturus

• Polaris

• Rigel

• Sirius

If you're observing space at night, what is unique about the North Star (In other words, what happens to it as the Earth rotates)?

What is the name of the closely grouped stars that form a line of 3?

• Alpha Ursae majoris

• Betelguese

• Orion's Belt

• the Pleiades

When Fatima showed us that the planets follow the sun's path, what were the first three larger objects we saw?

• Saturn, Jupiter, Mars

• the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn

• The Moon, Mars, Mercury

• Neptune, Saturn, Mars

What is the name of the object (star or planet) that is orange/red that we saw in the sky?

• Saturn

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Mercury

What planet is the largest in OUR solar system?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Mars

• Mercury

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What planet is the SECOND LARGEST in our solar system?

• Saturn

• Mars

• Mercury

• Jupiter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3