View prior newsletters at charterscience.weebly.comEvents CalendarJanuary 31st EARLY MORNING Blue Blood Supermoon - TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE!!!! Charter Family Low Tide Exploration 3:15 Campus Point (Last one this school year) February 10 Moon between Saturn and Mars in predawn sky February 15 New Moon - Good time to observe stars Is your kid a collector of nature treasures? The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is offering a Nature Exchange at the Curiosity Lab - kids can exchange objects they have found in nature. Check out their website for other family friendly events. www.sbnature.org/education/42.html Science at CharterThis WEDNESDAY - JANUARY 31st will be our LAST low tide exploration for this school year. Upcoming Low Tides: 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 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 MonthThe MORNING of Wednesday, January 31st the first Super Blue Blood moon in 150 years will occur. What does this mean? A rare trifecta of events will coincide. Supermoon - A supermoon occurs when a full moon occurs during the moon's perigee (when its orbit is nearest the earth) making it appear bigger and brighter than usual. Blue moon- A blue moon is an expression for describing when two full moons appear in the same month. It doesn't occur all that often (usually every 2.7 years) hence the expression "once in a blue moon." However we have two blue moons close together. January and March both have blue moons. FEBRUARY HAS NO FULL MOON AT ALL. Blood moon- During a total lunar eclipse when the earth's shadow completely covers the moon it appears to have a reddish appearance. VIEWING THE ECLIPSE If you live in an area where you have a clear view of the horizon you can probably wait until 5:30 AM to watch the eclipse at totality and then see the moon emerge from the earth's shadow. However if you have mountains, trees, or tall buildings which block your view of the horizon you may want to get up early and watch as the eclipse begins and then reaches totality because the moon will be getting lower on the horizon as dawn approaches and your view of the eclipse may be blocked. But you can watch it stream live via NASA and the Virtual Telescope Project, and check where you are on the eclipse map here. ECLIPSE TIMES: Santa Barbara, California, USA (from timeanddate.com)Total lunar eclipse visible Duration:4 hours, 11 minutes, 23 seconds Duration of totality:1 hour, 16 minutes, 4 seconds Penumbral begins:Jan 31 at 2:51:13 am Partial begins:Jan 31 at 3:48:27 am Full begins:Jan 31 at 4:51:47 am Maximum:Jan 31 at 5:29:51 am Full ends:Jan 31 at 6:07:51 am Moonset:Jan 31 at 7:02:36 am Partial ends:Moon below horizon Penumbral ends:Moon below horizon Try This at HomeListening to Brainson.org podcasts has made my school commute much more enjoyable. Instead of my kids arguing over such inanities as who worked harder that day at school, we learn interesting facts such as that some dogs can detect low or high blood sugar in diabetic people. These podcasts are created for children but are entertaining for adults as well. We recently listened to this podcast about dogs in Tanya's class and they give it a thumbs up. www.brainson.org/dogs-whats-the-secret-of-their-sense-of-smell-encore/ Do you have a science experiment, podcast, video or activity to recommend? Email suggestions to [email protected] In The News Animals Injured in the Thomas Fire were Healed Using Fish Skin!
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