View prior newsletters at charterscience.weebly.com Events CalendarDecember 2-6 Afternoon low tides December 3 Full Supermoon December 4 Charter Family Low Tide Exploration 3:15 PM Campus Point December 13/14 Geminid Meteor Showers December 18 New Moon and beginning of longest lunar month of the 21st Century December 21 Winter Solstice December 21/22 Ursid Meteor Showers December 30 Audubon Santa Barbara Bird Count December 31 Sirus culmination at Midnight January 1 Full Moon Year's Largest Supermoon January 2 and 31st Charter Family Low Tide Exploration 3:15 Campus Point January 31st Full "Blue" Supermoon and TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE!!!! Science at CharterLow Tide. Due to a series of three supermoons December 3, January 1st, and January 31st there are very low tides around these dates. I will host low tide explorations for Charter families on these dates. Here are some other days with low tides if you can't make any of the scheduled dates. Upcoming Low Tides: Saturday December 2 at 2:50 PM PST / -1.0 ft. Sunday December 3 at 3:36 PM PST / -1.3 ft. Monday December 4 at 4:24 PM PST / -1.4 ft. CHARTER EXPLORATION Tuesday December 5 at 5:15 PM PST / -1.1 ft Wednesday December 6 at 5:15 PM PST / -1.1 ft Sunday December 31 at 2:41 PM PST / -1.3 ft Monday January 1 at 3:28 PM PST / -1.6 ft Tuesday January 2 at 4:14 PM PST / -1.7 ft CHARTER EXPLORATION Wednesday January 3 at 5:01 PM PST / -1.5 ft Thursday January 4 at 5:49 PM PST / -1.2 ft Monday January 29 at 2:31 PM PST / -1.4 ft Tuesday January 30 at 3:14 PM PST / -1.6 ft Wednesday January 31 at 3:56 PM PST / -1.6 ft CHARTER EXPLORATION Thursday February 1 at 4:38 PM PST / -1.3 ft Tuesday February 27 at 2:13 PM PST / -1.2 ft WednesdayFebruary 28 at 2:53 PM PST / -1.2 ft Thursday March 1 at 3:31 PM PST / -1.1 ft This is the last very low tide ( -1 foot and over) in the afternoon during this school year. CHARTER FAMILY TIDE POOL EXPLORATION: Charter families are invited to join me for a low tide exploration on Monday December 4, Tuesday January 2, and Wednesday January 31 at 3:15 pm at Campus Point/UCSB. I will have buckets and field guides for identifying tide pool creatures. I recommend wearing rain boots and a jacket. I will be there rain or shine. If you text or email me your plans to attend, I can be on the lookout for you. ([email protected] or 619-993-4339) This is not an official school sponsored event. You are responsible for keeping an eye on any children you bring - No part of their bodies should touch water unless you are watching them. Also please prepare them before you come for being gentle with all sea creatures. They may gently lift - not pry- creatures and place them in a bucket of sea water. After observing return the creatures to where they were found. DIRECTIONS: Exit Highway 101 northbound at Highway 217. Follow it to the end where it enters the UCSB gate. Go around the big circle and turn on Lagoon Rd. At the end of Lagoon Rd (before the signs that don't allow you to drive further) there is a large parking lot on your left. Read the sign by the pay machine- a few of the stalls are for beach access from 7:30am-5pm on weekdays. The Night Sky This MonthEarly nights of approaching winter provide ample opportunity for skywatching. Many significant events occur this month including the first of three supermoons (December 3rd, January 1st and 31st). The full moon on January 31st is called a blue moon because it is the second full moon in a calendar month. A supermoon occurs when a full or new moon occurs at the same time that the moon's elliptical orbit brings it closest to the earth. This article explains supermoons and micromoons. A supermoon looks around 12% to 14% larger than its counterpart, the micromoon. The new moon on December 18 begins the longest lunar month of the 21st Century at an extra 7 hours over the mean. Enjoy those extra 7 hours. Two meteor showers occur this month: the prolific (60-120 shooting stars per hour at peak) geminids and the more subdued ursids. This article has tips for enjoying the geminids during the predawn hours of December 14th. The month and year end with the bright star Sirius directly overhead at midnight. If you stay up to ring in the New Year try stepping outside and looking overhead. Observing the night sky with your child can help their understanding of the first and fifth grade science standards which involve using observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted. 1-ESS1-1 and 5-ESS1-2 Try This at Home Create light patterns with a CD and paper snowflakes. Via Buggy and Buddy Try this cool activity on a sunny day. Take an old CD and use the shiny side to reflect light onto a blank wall or white poster board. Have kids observe the shapes and colors. Now, trace the CD several times onto pieces of paper and cut out the disc shapes. Fold the papers and cut out snowflakes, then tape the snowflakes onto the CD and reflect the sunlight again. Explain how the light reflected off the CD is now being blocked by the paper, creating different shapes. Use old string lights to make an electric circuit via Nitty Gritty Science In The NewsIs the Five Second Rule True? This fun video tests out the old saying that it is safe to eat food that has been dropped on the ground if it was only there for five seconds. www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/collections/diy-science-5-second-rule
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