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 Learning Enrichment in the Academics and Arts Program offers learning opportunities for students in grades K-2 through collaboration with classroom teachers and whole-class learning experiences that extend the curriculum and nurture happy learners.

During this distance learning time please explore this site for learning opportunities for students of all ages, even adults!

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See below for a Jon Wallace video of today’s sun.  Amazing that he is able to capture such detail of something so big, so far and so hot! 9/8/20

SOLAR VIEWING   A few years ago two scientists visited eighth grade and brought their solar viewing telescopes.  Students were able to view the sun through the special lens attached to the scopes.  Humans should never view the sun without special lens that protect your eyes. One of the scientists, Jon Wallace, has shared his views of the sun with me regularly through email communication.  This is the view of the sun he shared on August 28th.  You can see prominences, flares, sunspots, and a little blue dot. The blue dot represents the size of the earth as compared to the sun. His view of the sun through his telescope is actually various shades of white.  He adds the orange color to enhance the image.  This particular view is a composite of about five different images captured through his telescope. 

 

It is Space Day, history in the making!

An artist's concept of Spacex Crew DragonImage retrieved from https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52333932
Astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley in the cockpit of the SpaceX Crew Dragon.
https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/5/26/21267533/elon-musk-spacex-demo-2-falcon-9-iss-manned-launch
 
Here are two updated links  where you can watch the SpaceX launch. The links lead you to a live version of the watch, expected to lift of between 3:00 and 4:00 on May 30, 2020. If the weather does not accommodate today, Sunday, May 31st is the next launch day.
See the links below.  Also included is a link to watch a heavy landing where the boosters return to earth in an upright position with a sonic boom  (Amazing!) and a link of STEM activities for families.  There are a couple of familiar (oldies but goodies) activities but some new ones too.
Fingers crossed the launch happens this weekend. if not, be on the lookout for postings on this LEAP website for the next launch day.
 
Fun fact-The NASA weather checkers keep an eye on over fifty locations around the world to learn if it is okay to launch. For example, if a flight needs to abort the flight soon after lift off, the NASA crew might look to Labrador or Ireland to land.  If the weather is fine at Cape Canaveral where the launch begins, there may be thunderstorms in Ireland and Labrador.  This plays a part in the big decision to lift off, or not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuP06qZBB6k

WATCH LIVE: NASA and SpaceX launch historic Falcon 9 flight with U.S. crew

Making History: NASA and SpaceX Launch Astronauts to Space!

 
  SpaceX Falcon Heavy Landing + Sonic Boom!  
(Youtube videos do not work on school computers.)
 
 Stem Activities for Families

Happening Now!

May 29, 2020

The eaglets are getting bigger. They now have dark feathers, tear apart their own food, and fluff their own nest. Check in on them often because soon they’ll be taking their first leaps!

EAGLE CAMERA LIVE 

Two of the three eggs in this nest have hatched!   Watch the mother and father fill their nest with food.  Check in often.  The banner to the right offer you opportunities to see other’s questions and answers.  Be aware that after the eaglets start eating a hefty amount of food, other food sources besides fish may show up in the nest.  Some of these food sources are rodents. Some youngsters may consider  furry rodents as soft, cute, and cuddly.  Eagles think this too, but rodents are also delicious and full of protein for growing eaglets.

 

The most recent post Calls of Frogs will help you recognize specific frog calls you hear early in the morning and late in the afternoon. Look under Internet Links and Spring is Here for this link.  

If you have comments or questions about this site please contact Mrs. McCormack at smccormack@brunswick.k12.me.us.

HAPPY SPRING TO ALL!

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