Events CalendarMarch 1st Charter Science Festival 6:30-8:00 PM Full Moon (The first of two this month and last Full Moon of Winter) Low Tide -1.3 at 3:31 PM (unguided) Mar 7-10 Morning Moon near Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars March 15 SBMNH talk "The Largest Chumash Basket Ever Found" 5:30-8:00 PM March 18-20 Crescent Moon near Venus and Mercury at Sunset March 20 Spring Equinox - Sun rises due east and sets due west March 20th Falcon Rocket Launch at Vandenberg at 8:08 AM March 31st Second Blue Moon of 2018 Science at CharterDon't miss the exciting Santa Barbara Charter School Science Festival this Thursday, March 1st from 6:30-8:00 PM. The full moon will light our way (if not obscured by clouds) as we meander from class to class viewing the delightful projects that our students have created. Reduce/Reuse/Recyle - Save your child's display board. They will need them again next year and for grades 4 and up they will need them for the mathematician expedition. The best way to save the board is to store it flat in the back of the closet. Even if some of the paper tears off the board can be reused - a little paint or construction paper solves that problem. CHARTER LEGEND. The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History has a talk about the largest Chumash basket ever found on March 15 from 5:30-7:00. Rumor has it that this basket was found by the parent of a Charter student. I will track down this story and report more in next month's science newsletter. The talk is for adults, but the basket will be in the Fleishman Auditorium for family viewing. The Night Sky This MonthThis month has two full moons (last month had none). January also had two full moons so this is our second blue moon of the year. The moon is not really blue - it is an expression which describes that having two full moons in one month is rare - usually every 2 1/2 years. Having two blue moons in a year is even more rare -as it won't happen again until 2037. The morning moon can be viewed near Saturn, Mars and Jupiter on March 7-10 and the crescent moon appears near Venus and Mercury at sunset on March 18-20. Try This at HomeThe spring equinox occurs on March 20. Signs of spring abound. Are these signs occurring earlier or later than usual? Help scientists find out by participating in a citizen science project. Your child can observe plants and enter their observation in a database. "Scientists and educators can use the data to learn more about how plant species respond to changes in climate locally, regionally and nationally." Learn more and register here: budburst.org/aboutus For a more tech free activity try giving your child a spring scavenger hunt. Have them find flowers, leaf buds, sprouts and caterpillars. In the News: We are so fortunate to live in a community with so much research happening close by through UCSB, the Natural History Museum, the Park Service, etc. Many new discoveries have been made at the nearby Channel Islands. Recently scientists uncovered the fossil remains of a sea cow on the Channel Islands. www.nps.gov/chis/learn/news/pr112717.htm
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