Star Motion on the Horizon JS Package

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written by Mario Belloni and Kristen Thompson

The Star Motion on the Horizon JS Package displays how the appearance and motion of the stars near and around the northern, southern, eastern, and western horizon change over the course of hours. The specific latitude modeled can be changed with a slider. The north celestial pole (NCP) is shown in yellow and star trails are shown in white.

The Star Motion on the Horizon JS Package was developed using the Easy JavaScript Simulations (EjS) version 6. It is distributed as a ready-to-run html page and requires only a browser with JavaScript support. This model runs on tablets.

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Published: July 26, 2019
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Published: July 25, 2019
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5 ready-to-run examples are available

4 ready-to-run examples are available

1 additional ready-to-run example is available

Open Star Motion on the Horizon JS Package Source Code in Web EJS

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Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Astronomy - Fundamentals = Night Sky	- High School - Lower Undergraduate - Middle School	- Instructional Material = Interactive Simulation - Audio/Visual = Image/Image Set

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Access Rights:: Free access
License:: This material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license.
Rights Holder:: Mario Belloni
Merlot:: pending
Keywords:: EJS, EJSS, Easy Java Simulations, JavaScript, OSP, Open Source Physics, astronomy simulation, east, horizon, north, rising, setting, south, star motion, west
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created July 26, 2019 by Mario Belloni
Record Updated:: October 29, 2021 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: July 26, 2019
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AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)

4. The Physical Setting

4A. The Universe

K-2: 4A/P2. The sun can be seen only in the daytime, but the moon can be seen sometimes at night and sometimes during the day. The sun, moon, and stars all appear to move slowly across the sky.
K-2: 4A/P3. The moon looks a little different every day but looks the same again about every four weeks.

4B. The Earth

6-8: 4B/M5. The moon's orbit around the earth once in about 28 days changes what part of the moon is lighted by the sun and how much of that part can be seen from the earth- the phases of the moon.

11. Common Themes

11B. Models

6-8: 11B/M1. Models are often used to think about processes that happen too slowly, too quickly, or on too small a scale to observe directly. They are also used for processes that are too vast, too complex, or too dangerous to study.

NSES Content Standards

Con.D: Earth & Space Science

K-4: Objects in the Sky
K-4: Changes in Earth & Sky

NSES Professional Development Standards

PD.A: Learn Science Content through Inquiry

Active Investigation: Involve teachers in actively investigating phenomena that can be studied scientifically, interpreting results, and making sense of findings consistent with currently accepted scientific understanding.

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=15117">Belloni, Mario, and Kristen Thompson. "Star Motion on the Horizon JS Package." Version 1.0.</a>

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M. Belloni and K. Thompson, Computer Program STAR MOTION ON THE HORIZON JS PACKAGE, Version 1.0 (2019), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15117&DocID=5082).

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M. Belloni and K. Thompson, Computer Program STAR MOTION ON THE HORIZON JS PACKAGE, Version 1.0 (2019), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15117&DocID=5082>.

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Belloni, M., & Thompson, K. (2019). Star Motion on the Horizon JS Package (Version 1.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved April 28, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15117&DocID=5082

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Belloni, Mario, and Kristen Thompson. "Star Motion on the Horizon JS Package." Version 1.0. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15117&DocID=5082 (accessed 28 April 2024).

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Belloni, Mario, and Kristen Thompson. Star Motion on the Horizon JS Package. Vers. 1.0. Computer software. 2019. 28 Apr. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15117&DocID=5082>.

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