Events Calendar August 11 New Moon Supermoon Partial Solar Eclipse (not visible here) August 11-13 Perseid Meteor Showers August 14-16 Moon near Venus and Jupiter near sunset August 18-20 Moon near Saturn and Antares August 20-22 Moon near Saturn and Mars August 23 Moon pairs with Mars August 24 Open House Las Cumbres Observatory 5:30- 7:30 tour of the LCO headquarters in Goleta August 26 Full "Green Corn" Moon The Night Sky this MonthThis month look for bright planets and meteors. The planets Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars will each be near the moon at some point during the month. The Perseid Meteor Shower should put on a good show this month. According to National Geographic, "Considered one of the most intense annual meteor showers, the Perseids regularly produce up to 60 shooting stars an hour at their peak. This year promises to be particularly good in terms of performance, since the peak will coincide with a dark, moonless sky on the night of August 12 and into the predawn hours of August 13. The thin crescent moon will set during the early evening, creating excellent viewing conditions across the Northern Hemisphere." https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/12/top-skywatching-events-2018-eclipses-meteors-planets-astronomy/ Try This at HomeExperiments with water. In this heat playing with water seems especially fun. If you don't want a mess just take it outside. Here are 5 experiments from Steve Spangler Science involving water. www.stevespanglerscience.com/2014/09/23/5-cool-science-experiments-using-pretty-much-nothing-water/ In the NewsPee and Poop Power This article describes how human waste is being converted into renewable energy. www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/powered-poop-and-pee Pee Battery
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