The Kiddie Pool Digest will be back each week with a new fun theme and interesting activities, facts, and bits from around the web for curious kids of all ages.
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon on July 20th, 1969 and then spent two and a half hours making footprints on a surface no foot had ever touched. Not a bad way to spend a summer afternoon. So, on this July 20th, let's celebrate the innovation and curiosity of the men and women who've given us a close up to space, that mysteriously cool world beyond our own.
Fun facts
Watch & Learn
https://vimeo.com/89415660
What's inside a black hole?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQrlgH97v94
The Solar System Song
https://vimeo.com/58385453
Full Moom Silhouettes
https://vimeo.com/141691631
Space Rocks
https://vimeo.com/169099002
The sandwich that nearly destroyed a space capsule
Eight Oreos (plus some for munching, because no kid is going to let an Oreo go without a fight)
Plastic knife or butter knife
White construction paper
Glue
Marker
Very carefully, with Mr. Miyagi finesse, open each Oreo so the cream is intact on one side.Using this diagram carefully scrape the cream center of each Oreo with plastic knife or butter knife to look like the eight phases of the moon: First Quarter, Waxing Crescent, New Moon, Waning Crescent, Third Quarter, Waning Gibbous, Full Moon, Waxing GibbousArrange Oreos in the order listed above in a circle on your white construction paper going clockwise.Glue down and label each phase.Optional: Draw an earth to go in the center for your Oreo moons to orbit!
Really, we could "moon" over any constellation this week, but let's celebrate the heroes of space with Perseus, the mythical Greek hero who defeated Medusa with his trusty sword. The Perseid Meteor shower is one of the biggest and brightest and can be seen in the northern hemisphere between mid-July to the end of August.
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