EVENTS CALENDARNovember 6 Food Day - interactive exhibits about healthy food presented by Shalon's fifth grade class November 10 Supak'a- Sharing Chumash Culture 10-5 SBMNH FREE ADMISSION November 10-12 Moon, Saturn, Taurid Meteors this Weekend November 14-16 Moon Pairs with Mars November 22 Full Beaver Moon in Taurus November 27 Venus Spectacular in Morning Sky AROUND TOWNSCIENCE AT CHARTERSpotted at Charter- Steve's dad, a former UCSB professor, has visited his class and presented fun physics demonstrations to his class. Measurement of the Month Challenge: October's challenge was to use a balance scale to find ten items that weighed exactly ten grams. The five classes below found ten items. Sonia’s K/1 Tommy: Pattern blocks: 2 trapezoids and 1 triangle, 4 circle counters, 2 large buttons, 2 marbles, 2 seed packets Myla: 2 people counters Kamille: 2 bear counters - 1 small, 1 large Deegan: 4 small squares Ilsa: 4 unifix cubes Remy: 1 hexagon pattern block Jennifer’s 2nd: Ben: 1 large dice, an eraser Jennifer: 8 popsicle sticks The class: 1 colored giant Lyra colored pencil, a yarnball, kepla block, large counting bear, crayon, fat Crayola marker, a pencil and a sharpener Doreen’s 3rd Capri: 2 dice, 4 clips Sabrina: 2 pens, 1 pastel, 2 magnets, 2 yellow cubes, Alma, Mav, and Aiden: an eraser plus 1 gram block Alma: 2 binder clips with 2 – 1 gram blocks Grace's 4th Hunter: half of an eraser, 1 medium rock Bryce: a pen Atticus: 2 marbles, 4 math cubes Scarlet: 2 wooden triangles and 1 pebble Cameron: 2 legos, 2 pencils and 1 block Olivia: 1 marker, 1 block Steve’s 5th/6th Jordan: 4 pen caps Finn: Fine Point Sharpie, Bitey the Lizard, Four marker lids, seven small paper clips and two small magnets, 1 comb and 1 magnet, 2 small magnets 1 triangle wood blocks, Jackson: Four xogion cards with 3 inch cases, one pencil with one marker lid and 1 wood triangle Jack: two pencils THE NIGHT SKY THIS MONTH This month the moon makes some beautiful pairings with Saturn then Mars. The Taurid and Leonid meteor showers also peak this month so if you happen to be up around midnight November 4th/5th or early in the morning November 17th/18th you may see some fireballs. (You can learn more about the meteor showers here: earthsky.org/tonight/radiant-point-for-leonid-meteor-shower and earthsky.org/tonight/south-taurid-meteor-shower-in-november). Even if you don't see any meteors it may be worth waking before the sun this month as Venus is spectacular in the morning and will be particularly bright towards the end of the month. TRY THIS AT HOMEIn honor of the 200th birthday of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" participate in citizen science through this fun interactive online game. frankenstein200.org IN THE NEWSGhostly Dumbo Octopus spotted by Deep Sea Vessel
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