In the November issue, Dr. Zed showed you how to explore the sky like the ancient Maya did.
Here are two websites that will help you spot more planets!
1) Earth Sky shows you what planets are visible today. Click HERE to see for yourself!
2) Space Centre updates its sky charts for the month you are in. You can even print out a PDF of the night sky and bring it outside with you! Check it out HERE.
Have you heard of Leonardo da Vinci? You may know him as the painter of the famous Mona Lisa. But did you know he’s also one of history’s greatest inventors? chickaDEE had the opportunity to go to the opening of a new exhibition at the Ontario Science Centre and check out Leonardo da Vinci’s Workshop – The Exhibition.
Leonardo was always dreaming, painting and inventing. He left behind thousands of pages of drawings of mechanical devices, machines, instruments and more. A team of researchers in Italy decided to take Leonardo’s designs and make real-life models out of them. That’s what this exhibit is all about!
The exhibit features models of Leonardo’s inventions and tons of interactive touch screens so you can see how they actually move and work. Check out some of the cool things I saw below.
Here is a mechanical lion. Leonardo built it for a French king. The lion can actually walk a few steps and then release lilies from his chest!
This is a Great Kite Flying Machine. He invented it after watching how birds fly. A person was supposed to sit in the contraption and move the wings with his hands and feet. (Unfortunately, it never worked, but he did draw up these plans hundreds of years before airplanes were invented!)
Here is a recreation of Leonardo’s workshop. Imagine that this is where he painted the super-duper famous Mona Lisa!
The exhibition opens today and goes on until March 28, 2012. If you live near Toronto, you should definitely check it out. What do you think of this exhibition?
In our October issue, we showed you how to make a turkey napkin holder for Thanksgiving. Here’s Brock, 9, and Shea, 7, showing off their terrific turkey creations.
They must be having a big dinner because they made 21 in total. Way to go, Brock and Shea! Thanks for sharing your picture with us.
Did you make the turkey napkin holders? Send a picture to chickadeeblog@owlkids.com.
I’ve been playing this game called Blowfish and I’m hooked! All you have to do is help the blowfish collect eggs, but avoid the stinging sea creatures. Ouch!
Click the picture below to play the game and try to beat my score. I got 17, 704 points.
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