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12A | WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL © 2019 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 35, No. 30 Use the Kid Scoop Secret Decoder Ring to discover the name of this book by Chris Van Dusen, which is available at the library. n a clear night, the sky is filled with sparking lights. Some seem to stay still while others shoot across the sky. Asteroids and meteors are called shooting stars as they move quickly across the sky. Comets often look like fuzzy stars and you have to watch night after night to see their movement. 20 - 7 8 + 8 25 - 10 21 - 7 Do th the h he math h to label l b l the h p parts of f a comet. . 16 = gas tail 15 = nucleus 14 = dust tail 13 = coma A Visit to a Comet What is a comet? A comet is a chunk of ice, rock, and gas flying through space. When they get close to the sun, they heat up. We can see their glow and long tails. Halley’s Comet passes around earth about every 75 years. The last time it passed us was in 1986. Scientists think it will pass by Earth again in the year 1986 + 75 = ____________ . Photo: nasa.gov Halley’s Comet This is the Comet Hale-Bopp. It passed through our galaxy in 1997. Scientists estimate that it won’t pass by again until the year 4380! Randy loves two things: science and baseball. When it comes to the solar system, the constellations, and all things robot, he is a genius. But on the baseball diamond? Not so much. He tries but whiffs every time. Then one night, Randy sees something shocking through his Space Boy telescope: it’s a fireball, and it’s headed right for his town! He does the math, summons all of his science smarts, and devises a plan that will save the day in a spectacular way. To discover the name of this book, find the letter on the outer ring, then replace it with the letter below it on the inner ring. G P F WN Make a Comet on a Stick If you have three different colors, you can make a very accurate comet. Comets have a nucleus, which is the main body of the comet. They have a coma, which is the glowing part around the nucleus, the red ribbon. Then they have two tails: a dust tail and a gas tail—the gold and silver ribbons. Space Search Cut five pieces of ribbon: two long pieces, two medium-size pieces, and one short red piece. Tie your ribbons around the end of your chopsticks or popsicle stick. Visit the NASA Space Place at spaceplace.nasa.gov Cut three pieces of tin foil so they’re roughly square shaped. Gather the foil around the end of the stick. Form the foil into a ball while keeping the ribbon tail off to the side. Repeat with two more sheets of foil. The word comet came from the Greek word kometes. What does it mean? The letters on the correct comet tail spell the answer. Hold your comet on a stick and fly it around the room! For more ideas, visit the NASA Space Place online. ASTEROIDS METEORS NUCLEUS COMETS ORBIT WATCH HALLEY TAILS SPACE ROCK DUST COMA HEAT ICE GAS Look through the newspaper to find: A word that describes a comet A word with three syllables A number larger than 1,000 Two words that rhyme C B D Comets Don’t Last Forever Every time Halley’s comet travels around the sun, it loses 250 million tons of ice and dust! Scientists think it only has about 2,200 more trips around the sun before it vanishes in about 170,000 years. Find the words in the puzzle. How many of them can you find on this page? O U T E H R S H T A P A C E M Y E C S F C S A G E I S T U R O T E L T U E A D E This week’s word: M W A A E R O W C C The verb vanish means to disappear. E H I L O R B I T A T L C I R C O M A P S U D R S K S C I S N S H A L L E Y K Y Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns. VANISH The magician made the flowers vanish by saying the magic words. Try to use the word vanish in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family. Ode to the Sun ANSWER: They had read a funny comet book. Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate info. o. G T P V V N Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information. Long Tail Articles Measure how many column inches of one article are on the front page. Measure how many column inches of space are used for a le second front page article. Why was one article given more space than the other? G B V T N K Y B A Follow the instuctions below to make your comet. Photos: spaceplace.nasa.gov In this activity from the NASA Space Place website, you’ll make your own comet that can fly around the room! You’ll need: • chopsticks or a popsicle stick • 3 different ribbons (gold, silver, red) • scissors and aluminum foil The 2019 Summer Reading Series Is proudly brought to you by these sponsors Write a poem about the sun.
