Events CalendarJune 9 World Ocean's Day Sea Center Free Admissions 10 - 4 June 10-11 Venus Aligned with Gemini Stars June 13 New Moon Supermoon June 14 -16 Crescent Moon near Mercury and Venus at Sunset June 16-17 Early Morning Low Tides June 21 Summer Solstice June 22-24 Solstice Celebration Alameda Park Moon Near Jupiter June 27 Full Strawberry Moon and Saturn in Opposition Science at CharterA Magnetic Mystery: When Jan was 5 years old he was playing in the backyard at a friend's house when he saw a light streak from the sky. He looked where the light landed and saw an unusual stone. He picked it up and later showed his mom who was taking an astronomy class at the time. Her professor told her to see if it stuck to a magnet and it did. He said it was likely a meteorite. In order to find out for sure she will have it cut so that the inside can be examined under a microscope. Have you ever found a treasure? Email me with your story @ [email protected] I hope that you have many opportunities to explore nature this summer. If you have any nature/science stories to share with the Charter community please email me. The Night Sky This MonthAll five visible planets can be seen in the night sky this month. Saturn will be at its brightest this month since it will be in opposition (opposite from the sun with the earth in the middle). Mercury is very difficult to see as it never rises high above the horizon so you need to be somewhere with an unobstructed view of the horizon near sunset to see it. The sunsets should be fabulous as well since sunsets around the time of the summer solstice are the longest of the year. June 13th is a Supermoon which means it is closer to the Earth and would appear larger except that it is also a new moon which means that we can't see it. However, we can notice the effects of the super moon on the tides. LOW TIDES: The tides will be lower than usual around the time of the Supermoon. Unfortunately, most of these low tides are very early in the morning. However, if you enjoy tide pooling some beaches are fun to tide pool at even if the tide isn't super low. Coal Oil Point beach is probably the best local beach for tide pooling any time of year even during not particularly low tides. Because it has a very long shallow beach line followed by a steep drop off it has a large inter-tidal zone. Just be aware that it only has port-a-potties and it is a bit of a long bumpy walk from the parking lot. The best times for weekend tide pooling are June 9 and 10 a bit after noon (low tide is about +1 foot on these days) and June 16 and 17 around 7 am for -1 foot (you can come a bit later if you are not an early bird because it takes awhile for the tide to come back in). To check out the tide schedule yourself visit this website: http://tides.mobilegeographics.com/calendar/month/5608.html Science in the NewsTo inspire you to do some exploring this summer read this article about some amazing scientific discoveries made by kids. www.livescience.com/47642-discoveries-by-kids.html A 9 year old boy found this Mastodon tooth. Try this at HomeIf you are getting hot this summer try this cool experiment: Rescue Han Solo from Carbonite (Freeze a Lego figure in some baking soda water. Then use vinegar to free it.)
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