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(9). Is it above or below the Pole Star at eight o'clock in the evening, 

 or at the right or left of it ? 



(10). Does the Big Dipper remain in the same direction from the Pole 

 Star all night ? Look at it at seven o'clock and again at nine o'clock and 

 see if it has changed position? 



(11). Do you think it moves around the Pole Star once every twenty- 

 four hours? In which direction? How could you tell the time of 

 night by the Big Dipper and the Pole Star ? 



(12). Why is the Pole Star so called? 



(13). How does the Pole Star help the sailor to find his way? 



(14). Where does the needle in the mariner's compass point? 



(15). Why is the North or Pole Star always visible in our latitude? 



(16). Other stars, like Orion, rise and set; why does the Big Dipper 

 never rise and set? 



(17). If one were to stand at the North Pole what star would be in the 

 middle of the heavens directly above his head? 



(18). If a person were to stand at the North Pole would any of the 

 stars in sight seem to rise and set? How would they move? 



(19). The Big Dipper is also called the Great Bear. Can you find the 

 stars which make the bear's head and front legs ? 

 Topic for English Lesson: 



(i). What a star is. 



(2). What a constellation is. 



(3). How the stars and constellations received their names in ancient 

 times. 



References. — Any good text-book of astronomy, such as Newcomb and 

 Holden or Sharpless and Phillips ; " The Friendly Stars," Martin ; 

 "Stories of Starland," Proctor; " The Earth and Sky," Holden; " Story- 

 land of the Stars," Pratt; "Starland," Ball; "Easy Star Lessons," 

 Proctor. 



Facts for the Teacher. — It is well to use the Big Dipper to teach the pupils which 

 way is surely north, so that they may learn to orient themselves even in strange 

 lands. The pupils should be able to make a drawing showing the relation of the 

 two outer stars of the bowl of the Dipper to the North Star. They should make a 

 line through these two stars, showing that this line continued will touch the Pole 

 Star. Four stars make the bowl of the Dipper and three the handle which is 

 curved. The Dipper opens toward the Pole Star always whether it is below or 

 above it. The Dipper revolves around the Pole Star once in every twenty-four 

 hours and its position shows the hour of the night like a hand upon a clock; but 

 owing to the fact that the earth is revolving around the sun the stars reach a given 

 position in the sky about four minutes earlier each successive night. Thus at eight 



