Constellations and Galaxies

Sponge painting the galaxy

This week, in Science, we learned about constellations and galaxies. Constellations are groups of stars that make up a picture in the sky. They have imaginary lines between them. Two of the most important constellations for people in the Northern Hemisphere are Ursa Major (the Big Dipper) and Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper). They help people find which way is North because the Little Dipper has the North Star at the tip of its handle. The North Star is also called Polaris. 

We got to show our learning of constellations by making our own on a geoboard. Here are some pictures of our creations: 

Today, we learned that galaxies can have three different shapes: Spiral, Elliptical, or Irregular. Galaxies are made up of solar systems and billions of stars. We live in the Milky Way Galaxy.

Ms Elder decided that we should learn about galaxies in a creative way! Today, we painted canvases with our own galaxy! We got to choose the shape of our galaxy. We used sponges to do the painting, and splatter painting to make the stars. 

"I learned that there are different types of galaxies and all of the names of them." ~ Finnley

"I liked how we used sponges to paint a galaxy. It was interesting." ~ LD

"I learned some shapes of galaxies. I like the geoboard because I could make paper plane constellation on there." ~ Isar

"I liked how we splattered white paint on our art to create stars." ~ Fox

"I liked how we got to make our own galaxies using the splatter technique and sponges." ~ Nollan

"I loved the geoboard. I made a house constellation. It had a roof. It was beautiful." ~ Jaivivaan

"I liked the geoboard because you could make your own constellations and shapes." ~ DA

"I liked how we got to make the galaxies. It was very fun but also very tricky to make a spiral." ~ Felicia

"I learned how the words in a galaxy are interesting. The most I like is the Milky Way. And I liked the project because it was a colourful project. It was a lot of fun because you could splatter paint." ~ SS

"I liked the art we did today. It was really creative. We got to make a galaxy on the canvas." ~ MM

"I liked how we got to make constellations on geoboards." ~ Meredith

"I liked how we got to make our own galaxy because we got to pick if it was a spiral, elliptical, or irregular galaxy and we got to pick different colours." ~ Davyd

Splatter painting the stars