Astronomy

Cognitive skills | Age: 6 years

Activity description

The child will learn about constellations and how to draw them.

The child has to draw at least 6 constellations on a sheet of paper.

The constellations for this activity are: Aries, Cassiopeia, Lyra, Ursa Minor, Aquarius, Cygnus, Leo, Aquila, Canis Major, Gemini,
Orion, Pisces, Scorpius, Taurus and Ursa Major. The child has to draw from amongst these given constellations.
Useful web resources (click to open)

• 15 popular constellations
• Constellations for kids
• What are stars & constellations?

Let the child watch the video tutorials to learn more about them & recognize the constellations. You may want to show different
constellations on “Stellarium Star Map” app (Android) or “Sky Guide” (iOS) to the child.

A video is to be recorded of the child drawing the constellations where it is clearly visible that the same is being drawn by the
child. The child should draw the constellations in one go i.e., complete the drawings one after the another. The child is allowed
to refer to any document / drawing of the constellation while drawing.

After completing the drawing, the child is required to point out every constellation & call out the correct name of each of the
constellations. The calling out of the name of the constellation should be from child’s memory & should not be prompted by
anyone or read from anywhere. Click picture(s) of the drawing of constellation done by the child for submission. Make sure the
image(s) is clearly visible for assessment.

Submit one single video & image(s) for this activity. No video editing or part recordings are allowed.

Only the first 180 secs of the video will be considered for evaluation.

Assessment guidelines

The total non-bonus points for this activity are 30. Every submission would be rated as either of below.

EX = Expert The child has drawn 8 constellations correctly (visible in video & image both) and has correctly called out the name
(150%) of the constellations. The child could complete drawing the constellations within 150 seconds from start of drawing
time (not start of video time) till end of drawing time (not end of calling out names of constellations).

M = Master The child has drawn 6 constellations correctly (visible in video & image both) and has correctly called out the name
(100%) of the constellations. The child could complete drawing the constellations within 120 seconds from start of drawing
time (not start of video time) till end of drawing time (not end of calling out names of constellations).

I = Intermediate The child has drawn 4 constellations correctly (visible in video & image both) and has correctly called out the name
(80%) of the constellations. The child could complete drawing the constellations within 100 seconds from start of drawing
time (not start of video time) till end of drawing time (not end of calling out names of constellations).

B = Beginner The child has drawn 2 constellations correctly (visible in video & image both) and has correctly called out the name
(50%) of the constellations. The child could complete drawing the constellations within 60 seconds from start of drawing
time (not start of video time) till end of drawing time (not end of calling out names of constellations).

A = Aspirant For participating in the event & making an event relevant submission which does not meet assessment guidelines
(25%) for EX, M, I or B.

NA = Not No submissions or any submission which is irrelevant for the activity or any submission in which the uploaded file
applicable format is corrupt.
(0%)

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