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The transit of Venus

Did you happen to catch it?  It was too cloudy in Atlanta, so I watched a webcast online.  Here are some awesome photos courtesy of NASA!

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/venus_images.html#.T8-SmPr-GfQ.gmail

Rising Knights Academy

Pre-Survey: CLICK HERE!

Create your own WORDLE

Darwin's finches illustration

On your drawing, match the statements to the beaks:

• Vegetarian - big beak to grip and hold tightly, like pliers
• to pierce or pick up insects.  Long and narrow
• curved pliers, to grab insects, fruit, and nectar
• big, strong sharp beak for large nuts and seeds

Astronomy!

Here are some of the awesome links we've been using in class:

Exlplain Your Universe!

Total Solar Eclipse:

Total Lunar Eclipse:




Rotation (day and night) vs. Revolution (year.... seasons) animation:

http://esminfo.prenhall.com/science/geoanimations/animations/01_EarthSun_E2.html

Cool camp for girls!