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And once they are figuring out where south is, have the kids notice where the sun is in the sky at that time of the day. Have them think about where in the sky the sun rises and sets.  

Can you line the kids up in an e-w orientation, or n-s?  

On May 13, 2010, at 1:33 PM, Peter A Anderson wrote:

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> Wayne,  how about getting some to bring magnifying glasses and (carefully) burn grass stems etc.  Or put sticks in the ground and see how far the shadows move. Or use their watches to find south (hour hand pointed at the sun;  then numerals 12 point south;  6 points north). Or see which side of the trees moss grows on ....
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> If you give them numbers and call them to the telescope in order instead of making them line up, they will be freer to do other things (including, perhaps, things you'd rather they didn't do .....)
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> Good luck!  Peter A.
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>> Tomorrow I'm going to help a local school by talking about the sun. Afterwards we will go out an observe it with a solar telescope. One of the organizers wants to know if I can keep the kids in line busy at something. Any ideas? The only thing I can think of at the moment, is to ask them to identify as many common products that have at astronomical name.  Comet cleaner, Ford Galaxy, ...
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