LITTLE EXPLORERS Starry, Starry nigh CAMPING FUN DOES NOT STOP WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN, IT’S ONLY JUST BEGUN! 1
Disappearing Heads With your night vision superpowers you can make your sibling’s heads disap- pear just by looking at them! Stand about 10 feet away from your soon-to-be- headless sibling and face each other. Now stare directly at each other’s chins and don’t move your eyes, don’t even blink. Count to 10 and, presto! Your sibling’s head will have disappeared. Don’t gloat too much though, because your head has disappeared too. Bring your heads back into view by blinking or moving your eyes.
Here are tHree fun activitieS to do after dark. 2Star Watching
JUST LIKE WATCHING CLOUDS, BUT AT NIGHT! Take turns discovering new constellations in the sky. Look for a group of stars and see what its shape reminds you of. Then create a myth that explains what it is and how it got there. Or create new names and stories for existing constellations. What else could the Big Dipper be an image of?
What’s in a name?
THE BIG DIPPER is one the most recognized star groupings in the Northern Hemisphere but it is not called the Big Dipper in every culture.
>> In Thailand it is a crocodile.
>> The Iroquois see a bear being chased by three hunters (the three stars on the handle of the dipper).
>> In China it is an ox carrying the emperor.
>> The Arabians see a coffin and mourners. The coffin is the dipper’s cup and the mourners are the three stars in the handle.
>> To the Germans it’s a wagon being pulled by three horses. >> In Britain it’s King Arthur’s chariot. >> The Sioux see a pesky skunk. >> Northwestern Europeans see a plough. >> In North Africa it is a camel.
WORDSEARCH: Can you find all the Big Dipper’s other names (in bold above) in the letters bellow?
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What’s the difference between a comet Comets
What are they made from?
What makes their glowing tails?
How long can we see them?
When can I see one?
Clumps of snow, dust and frozen gas—basically a great big dirty snowball.
Comets orbit around the sun, when they get close to the sun the snow melts and releases a gassy cloud that streams out from behind it.
Comets appear in the sky for days or weeks before disappearing.
Since comets orbit around the sun, we only see them rarely. Check out your local astronomy clubs to find out when a comet will be ap- pearing in your neighbourhood.
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