Scorpio

Instructions

• Print this page
• Find a sheet of black paper or thin cardboard.
• Place this page on top of the black paper and poke holes through each of the stars. Use a compass or a thumb tack and it helps if you have a newspaper under the sheet of black paper.
• Take your black paper with the constellation you have just created and hold it up against a bright light and you will see how your constellation would look in the sky.

Other activities

Draw lines between the stars to create your own constellation. Then make a story about your constellation.

Notes

The orientation of your constellation in the night sky will depend on where you are on Earth and at what time of the night you are observing.

Scorpio (officially known as Scorpius) will be visible in the night sky at about 9pm between May and September. At the beginning of this period it will be located towards the east and at the end of this period it will be located towards the west.

Written by Grant Nicholson.