Next message: M P: "Re: Constellation names"
George,
I think "private" arrangements, such as your brother-in-law Peter's
renaming of Orion to the "Shopping-Trolley," would be highly effective
in involving kids and helping them remember constellation names, in the
hands of a good teacher.
Fred Hebard
On Nov 2, 2003, at 5:16 AM, George Huxtable wrote:
>
> Thank you, Sharon, for a really useful comment.
>
> We expect to see, and to recognise, our circumpolar stars any way up,
> but
> for those constellations nearer the equator, such as Orion, their
> orientation doesn't alter much. Being on the Equator, Orion is just as
> visible from New Zealand, and Peter explains an additional problem for
> them
> there. Seen from the South, Orion is always upside-down, and Peter
> points
> out that it's hard to respect, as a great warrior, someone who is
> always
> standing on his head. As a private arrangement between him and his
> class,
> then, they have renamed Orion "the Shopping-Trolley".
