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Having some fun with the Sun!
 
We see it every day in the sky. Our Sun is a burning ball of superheated gas. Even though it’s 93 million miles (149.6 million kilometers) away, we can feel its heat and light on Earth. Make this marbled paper that looks just like our Sun. 

 What you need:

Paper
Wax paper
Shaving cream

Cardboard or squeegee
Food coloring
Toothpicks

 What to do:

Cut off a square of wax paper and tape it down. You don’t want it moving around.
Spread shaving cream over your wax paper and make sure it’s nice and smooth and foamy. Make it roughly circle shaped.

Drop five drops of red and yellow food coloring in a circular area.

Use your toothpicks to swirl the red and yellow colors together in a circle. 

Place your paper right on top of the shaving cream and food coloring. Press it down lightly. Give it a few seconds to absorb the dye. 

Pull the paper off and set it down. It will look like a big glob of orange shaving cream at this point. 

Gently scrape off the shaving cream with a squeegee or piece of cardboard with a nice flat edge.

Allow your paper to dry, and blot off any extra shaving cream with a paper towel. Be careful not to smear the food coloring before it dries, though!

Cut out your Sun shape! 



Suggested uses for your Sun paper:

Make it into a greeting card.
Dye an entire piece of paper and use it as wrapping paper.
Glue it to black construction paper and frame it.

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First cut out a small square of construction paper a little larger than the pattern paper. Tape the edges of the pattern to the construction paper so it doesn't slip when you cut. Now, cut out the galaxy, cutting through both the pattern and the construction paper.

Now decorate the galaxies with glitter. Imagine each speck of glitter is a star! Use the brush to spread the glue on one side of one galaxy. Sprinkle one or two colors of glitter on each. Remember, galaxies are brighter in the center (where the stars are younger and hotter), becoming fainter at the edges or on the spiral arms.
When you have decorated one side, set the galaxy on something it won't stick to when the glue is dry! (Like a cookie sheet, for example.)
When you have decorated one side of each galaxy, let the glue dry. Then turn them over and decorate the other side. Be sure to leave them laying flat until the glue is completely dry. Otherwise, the spiral arms will droop. (If they do, when they are dry you can set a heavy book on them for a while.)While you wait for the glue to dry . . . 
Make the frame for the mobile:
Use the round pizza cardboard as a pattern to draw a circle in the center of each of two pieces of construction paper. If the paper is big enough, cut the two paper circles a little larger than the cardboard.
Glue the paper circles to the top and bottom of the cardboard. If the paper circles are large enough, glue their edges together so the edge of the cardboard is also covered.

Note: Instead of covering the cardboard with paper, if you wish, you can paint both sides of the cardboard with flat black spray paint.

Make three pencil marks equally spaced around the edge of the circle, about 1 inch in from the edge.
Cut a length of thread about 2 feet long. Thread the needle, and either tie a fat knot in the end or tie a sequin or small bead to the end (include only one strand of thread).
Poke the needle through one of the pencil marks on the edge of the cardboard circle.
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Tape the sides together on the inside to make corners stay put.Hint: For most taping jobs (except on the wheels), you will find that long pieces (about 2 inches) of tape work best.

8.
Put the two halves of the nanorover body together to make a box and tape corners and edges on outside.

9.
Using the sharp end of a skewer, poke holes in the exact center (as marked on the pattern) of two opposite sides of the body.

10.
Now, poke the sharp end of a bamboo skewer through the mark on one of the shoulder pieces, then through the smaller mark on each of two strut pieces.

11.
Now, insert the skewer into one of the holes you made in the side of the nanorover body. Looking through the little hole in the opposite side of the nanorover to help you line up the skewer, poke the skewer the rest of the way through the body.

12.
Finally, thread the other two struts and the other shoulder piece onto the skewer.

Leaving about 1/2 inch of the skewer sticking out on both sides, carefully cut or break off the excess length of skewer. Put a blob of clay or Play-doh, or a gum drop, on the ends of the skewer.

13.
Now decide which is the bottom of your nanorover body. Line up the free end of each strut with a bottom corner of the nanorover body and use the ballpoint pen to poke good-sized holes in the smaller ends (will be near the larger hole marks on the pattern). You want to position these holes so that when the drinking straw "wheel axle" is threaded through them, the straw will fit right against the bottom front and back corners.

14.
Thread a straw through the holes in the front struts and another straw through the holes in the back struts. Tape the straws to the bottom edges of the nanorover body. Trim the straws so they stick out about 1/4 inch beyond the struts on both sides.

15.
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Make your own collection of beautiful galaxies. Suspend them on a mobile so they turn and sparkle in the wind. Here's how:

You might need help from an adult or older friend for this one.

What you need:
12" (family size) or 7" (individual size) round cardboard from frozen pizza box. (Or cut circle from a cardboard box.)
4 large sheets (11" x 17") black construction paper
Glitter—gold, silver, red, orange, yellow, blue, purple, or any other colors you like
White glue
Paintbrush, about 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide
Scissors
Thread (black is best) or fine nylon fishing line
Small, 4-holed button
Large, sturdy sewing needle
16 sequins or very small beads, black is best (optional)
Tape measure or yard (meter) stick
Pattern for galaxies.

First, make the galaxies:
Print out the patterns for the galaxies.
Cut the galaxy patterns apart on the dotted lines.
Use the patterns to cut each galaxy out of construction paper. If you are making a "family size" mobile, use all 12 galaxies. For an "individual size" mobile, use only 9 galaxies. Here's one way to cut out the galaxies:

First cut out a small square of construction paper a little larger than the pattern paper. Tape the edges of the pattern to the construction paper so it doesn't slip when you cut. Now, cut out the galaxy, cutting through both the pattern and the construction paper.

Now decorate the galaxies with glitter. Imagine each speck of glitter is a star! Use the brush to spread the glue on one side of one galaxy. Sprinkle one or two colors of glitter on each.
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Printed pattern, decals, and wheel treads (all on 2 sheets of paper)

Ball point pen (for tracing around pattern)
Scissors (for cutting paper pattern pieces and styrofoam)
Small knife (for scoring styrofoam on fold lines)
Lots of patience and—maybe—a grown-up (or teen) assistant!

What to do:

1.
Print out pattern sheet, plus sheet with top and camera decals and wheel treads. Cut out pattern pieces, top decal, camera decal, and wheel tread strips.

2.
Place pattern pieces on styrofoam trays (avoid curved areas on edges) and trace around them with the pen. Be sure you have traced the correct number of pieces: 2 body pieces, 8 wheels, 4 wheel struts, and 2 shoulders.

3.
Carefully cut out the styrofoam pieces. Make the wheels as perfectly round as you can and all exactly the same size.

4.
Mark the exact centers of wheels by poking the tip of a bamboo skewer through the mark on the pattern and into the styrofoam. Also, mark the holes on the body pieces, wheel struts, and shoulders the same way. Mark the fold lines just on the very edges of the body pieces.

5.
On the body pieces, use the ruler and the small knife to score (cut just part-way through) the pieces on the fold lines.

6.
Now, fold the sides (the flaps) down on the score lines to make each piece into half of a box.

7.
Tape the sides together on the inside to make corners stay put.Hint: For most taping jobs (except on the wheels), you will find that long pieces (about 2 inches) of tape work best.

8.
Put the two halves of the nanorover body together to make a box and tape corners and edges on outside.

9.
Using the sharp end of a skewer, poke holes in the exact center (as marked on the pattern) of two opposite sides of the body.

10.
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Go to Student VersionOverviewThe "Pi in the Sky" math challenge gives students a chance to take part in recent discoveries and upcoming celestial events, all while using math and pi just like NASA scientists and engineers. In this problem from the 11th set, students use pi to determine how far a team of rovers drive on the Moon.MaterialsPi in the Sky 11: Moon Mappers worksheet – download PDF (for best results, download and print from Adobe Reader)Pi in the Sky 11: Moon Mappers answer key – download PDF (also available as a text-only doc)Background Engineers test the system that will lower three small rovers onto the lunar surface as part of the CADRE project. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech | > Full image and caption Moon MappersThe CADRE project aims to land a team of mini rovers on the Moon in 2025 as a test of new exploration technology. Three suitcase-size rovers, each working mostly autonomously, will communicate with each other and a base station on their lunar lander to simultaneously measure data from different locations. If successful, the project could open the door for future multi-robot exploration missions.
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If you’re ever near the North or South Pole, you may be in for a very special treat. Frequently there are beautiful light shows in the sky. These lights are called auroras. These displays are caused by energy that comes from the sun. Click here to learn all about how auroras happen.
The colors of auroras are the result of atoms in the atmosphere interacting with energy from the sun. The atoms get excited and release bursts of light energy.
Auroras are usually red, green, and blue. The red color is from oxygen atoms in the atmosphere. The greens and blues are the result of nitrogen. Sometimes these colors mix and yellow and pink colors will be seen in the sky too.

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In this activity, you can make your own colorful aurora with oil pastels.

What you need:

Pastel Aurora Guide (PDF)
Black construction paper
Oil pastels
Scissors
Paper towels

What to do:

Cut out your aurora guide. You may use the provided guide, or you may cut your own wavy shape.

Trace along the shape of the curve with your pastels. Go back and forth a few times so lots of color gets on the guideline. It's okay to get a little bit on the black construction paper too.

Hold your guideline down with one hand, and with the other, use your paper towel to push the pastel upward so it smudges onto the construction paper.

You can go over the area again with more pastels and smudge again with the paper towel until you have as much color as you want.

Lift up the guideline to see the colorful band.

Place the guideline in a different spot and repeat steps 2 and 3 as many times as you like.
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