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Star Charts and Constellations
Karen Reid (University of Toronto)
In this assignment, students use data from published star catalogs to create a star map picture, and draw constellations on the star map.
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I had my intro to Python students (grades 9-12) work on this using built-in Turtle Graphics for the visualization part. There's something magical about seeing the starscape appear and the students enjoyed it. I've had students do it without the suggest...
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