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-make pinhole lenses with your fingers or a card and pin
-hold shadow races... see who can make a shadow that moves the fastest as
the sun moves across the sky
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Earl Stirling
Swiss Army Knife
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On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Anna Hurst <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> A favorite sun dial activity that might work is the Pocket Sunclock from
> Dennis Schatz:
> http://dennisschatz.org/activities/Pocket%20Sun%20Clock.pdf
>
> Another good activity that can be quick and gives them something to take
> away with them is the Pocket Solar System:
> http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/download-view.cfm?Doc_ID=392
> With just a strip of register tape, you create a scale model of the
> distances to the planets' orbits, with results that often surprise
> participants and that can lead to some great discussions.
>
> The Night Sky Network has dozens of astronomy activities available for free
> online. They are designed for use by amateur astronomers at star parties, so
> are usually quick demos that work in a variety of settings. You can browse
> them all here:
> http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/download-list.cfm
>
> Good luck!
>
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> On May 13, 2010, at 11:18 AM, Wayne Watson wrote:
>
> >
> > 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, ...
> >
> > --
> > Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
> >
> > (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
> > Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
> > "I would rather discover a single fact, even a
> > small one, than debate the great issues at length
> > without discovering anything small." -- Galileo
> >
> >
> > Web Page:<www.speckledwithstars.net/>
>
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