EVENTS CALENDAR See All Five Bright Planets In November Nov 12-13 The Moon Is Near Venus and Mercury before Daybreak Nov 15 New Moon And Extra Low Tides Nov 14-16 Look For Leonid Meteors Before Dawn Nov 16 The Moon Is Near Jupiter And Saturn After Sunset Nov 24-26 The Moon is Near Mars at Dusk Nov 29-30 Full Moon Faint Eclipse at 1:43 a.m. (Nov 30) This month you can see all the planets in our solar system which are visible to the naked eye (without a telescope). In the early mornings before the sun comes up you can see Venus and Mercury together. Then after the sun sets you can see Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars in the evening sky. If you can't tell which are stars and which are planets let the moon be your guide. On November 12-13 the moon will be near Venus and Mercury in the morning sky before sunup. On November 16 it will be near Jupiter and Saturn in the evening and on November 24-26 it will be near Mars at dusk. And though you are unlikely to see it if you happen to wake up at 1:43 in the morning on November 30 you may notice a slight darkening of the moon as it passes through the outer cusp of earth's shadow. In addition to the moon and planets if you are an early riser and get up well before the sun then you may also catch a shooting star or fireball as both the Taurid and Leonid meteor showers are this month. LOW TIDESAnother lovely gift from our Moon is the tide. During the new moon in November we will have some particularly low tides so the weekend of November 14 will be a great time to take the family to the beach in the afternoon for some low tide exploration or after school on Monday the 16th. LOW TIDES Saturday Nov 14 3:01 PM -0.9 feet Sunday Nov 15 3:49 PM -1.2 feet Monday Nov 16 4:41 PM -1.3 feet Science at CharterI am proud of all the science that our students are doing at home. You can see a link to all these lessons here For even more science resources visit our website: charterscience.weebly.com/online-science-resources.html Students in grades 4-6 share their work on PADLET. Homeschool students are welcome to join our PADLET community. Contact me at [email protected] IN THE NEWSThere is always more to be discovered about our world. Maybe you may be the next person to discover something new. For inspiration read this article about a teen who won a contest for researching a molecule that could help develop a medicine to treat COVID 19: www.livescience.com/young-scientists-wins-competition-coronavirus-drug.html
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