EVENTS CALENDARDec 10-12 Moon Near Venus In Morning Dece 13-14 Geminid Meteor Showers Dec 14 New Moon (and solar eclipse in some parts of the world) Dec 14- Jan 5 Winter Bird Count Dec 15 KING Tide and low tide Dec 15-18 Moon Near Jupiter And Saturn Dec 21 WOW !! Winter Solstice AND Rare Conjuction of Jupiter and Saturn!!!!!!!!!!! Dec 22-24 Moon Near Mars Dec 29 Last Full Moon of the Decade THE NIGHT SKY THIS MONTHThis month will be an AMAZING month for skywatching! There will be meteor showers and the moon will partner with each of the four planets - Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Even more spectacular is that on the evening of the Winter Solstice, December 21st, Jupiter and Saturn will have a rare GREAT CONJUNCTION. That means that they will be so close to each other as to appear to be a bright double planet. The year 2000 was the last great conjunction of these planets. What a wonderful way to mark the beginning of winter!! KING AND LOW TIDESIn addition to its magnificent night time performance the moon will bring us some high and low tides this month. The high tides will be among the highest of the year, also known as King Tides. The California Coastal Commission has a King Tide Competition. The public is asked to submit photographs of the King Tides. This gives us an idea of the impact of sea level rise on our coast. I am offering a Charter Low Tide Competition as well. Email me ([email protected]) a picture of something cool you saw at the low tide. The winner will receive a science related prize. The King Tides and Low Tides are as follows: KING TIDES Dec 13 Sunday 7:44 AM plus 6.9 feet Dec 14 Monday 8:25 AM plus 7.0 feet Dec 15 Tuesday 9:07 AM plus 6.9 feet LOW TIDES Dec 12 Saturday 2:11 PM minus 1.0 feet Dec 13 Sunday 2:58 PM minus 1.4 feet Dec 14 Monday 3:45 PM minus 1.6 feet Dec 15 Tuesday 4:32 PM minus 1.6 feet Dec 16 Wednesday 5:20 PM minus 1.4 feet SCIENCE WEBSITE AND CHARTER TVI want to remind you that you can find links to all previous science lessons here as well as other science resources at charterscience.weebly.com Also there are some wonderful new posts on CharterTV (password: charter) including Good Night iPad read by Jenny Witherall and The Search for Bigfoot by Tyler and Tatum Grimes. I have added a new Padlet on CharterTV for all Santa Barbara Charter School students and their families to post pictures and videos that they want to share just for fun. To join the Padlet select "free account" Students can sign in with google.
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