This activity is appropriate for elementary through high school students.Based on what can be observed from Earth that is not unrealistic. Historically, it was believed that the Earth was the center of the universe and that the stars revolved around us.

This lesson is a simple lesson designed to illustrate the rotation of the Earth by observing the stars. You can do any type of activity that would be appropriate for a planetarium setting with Stellarium. This lesson uses the Stellarium software to give students of any age (you can modify it for your particular age group) an opportunity to view what is in essence a portable planetarium. Just set your coordinates and go.(from website). It is being used in planetarium projectors. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. Several closely related plants referred to as chickweed, but which lack the culinary properties of plants in the genus Stellaria, include members of the genus Cerastium, of similar appearance to Stellaria and also in the (Carophyllaceae).Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. coenosipennella (feeds exclusively on Stellaria species), C.

This is a favored food of finches and many other seed-eating birds.Ĭhickweeds are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including angle shades, heart and dart, riband wave, setaceous Hebrew character and the Coleophora case-bearers C. Some species, including Stellaria media which is widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, are used as leaf vegetables, often raw in salads.

It produces small flowers with 5 sepals and 5 white petals each usually deeply cleft, or none at all, all free. Stellaria species are relatively small herbs with simple opposite leaves.

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