Events CalendarJanuary 1 Full Moon Year's Largest Supermoon January 2 Earth closest to the sun for the year (perihellion) January 2 and 31st Charter Family Low Tide Exploration 3:15 Campus Point January 7 Mars/Jupiter conjunction before dawn January 10 Moon, Jupiter, and Mars close together before dawn January 13 Mercury and Saturn visible together at Sunset January 31st Full "Blue" Supermoon and TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE!!!! Science at CharterLow Tide. Due to supermoons on 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: 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 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. |
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