Innehållsförteckning för August 2021 från Sparkle Buds

□ 1. Hill □ 2. Pinecone □ 3. Bench □ 4. Lamp post □ 5. Pathway □ 6. Picnic table □ 7. Something square □ 8. Ladder □ 9. Sign □ 10. Squirrel □ 11. Trashcan □ 12. Acorn □ 13. Someone walking their dog □ 14. Swing □ 15. Slide □ 16. Something made of wood □ 17. Something red □ 18. Something blue □ 19. Flying bug □ 20. Bird □ 21. Seeds □ 22. Flagpole □ 23. Something with wheels □ 24. Something round □ 25. Something metal □ 26. Bicycle □ 27. Basketball hoop □ 28. Feather □ 29. Shelter □ 30. Flower…

Sir Frank Whittle, was an English aviation engineer and pilot who invented the jet engine. Early in his career Whittle recognized the potential demand for an aircraft that would be able to fly at great speed and height, and he first put forth his vision of jet propulsion in 1928, in his senior thesis at the RAF College. His idea of Jet Engine was ridiculed by the Air Ministry as impractical, and attracted support From neither the government nor private industry. A jet engine is a type of air-breathing turbine engine, often used on aircraft. The principle of all jet engines is essentially the same. The engine draws air in at the front and compresses it. The air then combines with fuel and the engine burns the resulting mixture.…

Make Glowing Water Make glowing water with the help of black light in this fun science experiment for kids. Tonic water doesn’t look very strange under normal light, but what happens when you look at it under a black light? Does the dye from a highlighter pen do the same thing? Find out what happens and why it happens with this cool experiment that you can do at home. What you’ll need: • A black-light (you can find them at places like hardware stores and online stores like Amazon). • Tonic water or a highlighter pen. • A dark room to experiment. INSTRUCTIONS: 1. If you are using a highlighter pen, carefully break it open, remove the felt and soak it in a small amount of water for a few…

Ingredients • 1 package cream cheese, softened • ¼ cup butter, softened • 2 cups sugar • ⅓ cup baking cocoa • ¼ cup milk • 2 tablespoons brown sugar • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract • M&M’s minis, optional • Cheese crackers, pretzels and/or sliced apples. Directions In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Beat in confectioners’ sugar, cocoa, milk, brown sugar and vanilla until smooth. If desired, sprinkle with M&M’s minis. Serve with dippers of your choice.…

A Burpee or Squat Thrust is a full-body, strength training, aerobic exercise. Because it involves your full body, it is beneficial for all of your muscles. How to do: Burpee • Stand up straight. • Now squat down, place both of your hands on the ground, and lay down on the ground in a plank position. • Next, do a push up from the plank position. • After the push-up, return to the plank position and then stand up again. Why Burpees? Burpees benefit your whole body without the need for any equipment. The burpee is the ultimate full-body exercise. Just one simple movement tests both your strength and aerobic capacities.…

Oh, Stars! Why are you so high? Oh, Stars! What are you doing in the sky? Why don’t you come down, In my beautiful hometown? You are so pretty, You’re not tricky. I’d love to name one of you, Even your whole star crew. I would love to meet you, Your shining friends too. So beautiful are your eyes, I’m ready to give you a surprise. Are you receiving my invitations? ‘cuz I have no patience I’m waiting for your arrival. I know you’ll feel cold, I’ll wrap you with a towel.…

MATERIALS • Grey graft foam or Construction paper. • School glue. • Scissors • Red and yellow tissue paper. INSTRUCTIONS 1. First, trace a cone shape onto the grey craft foam or construction paper. 2. Use scissors to cut out the cone shape. 3. Then, glue it into a cone shape. 4. Allow the glue to dry. 5. Finally, tear and twist pieces of red and yellow tissue paper and stuff them into the Cone, leaving some of the “flames” poking out. TA-DA! Your Olympic Torch is ready!…

The National Tooth Fairy Day is observed each year on August 22. The tooth fairy dates back hundreds of years, probably to at least medieval times. DID YOU KNOW? THE TOOTH FAIRY IS AN AMERICAN TRADITION WITH EUROPEAN AND SUPERSTITIOUS ROOTS Losing teeth is a sometimes traumatic experience for most of us. Enter the world of the friendly, smiling and soothing Tooth Fairy. As your first baby tooth becomes loose, you often fear losing it. The promise of a visit from the tooth fairy and a gift, turns the occasion into something to look forward to. When the tooth finally falls out, it is often put into a “tooth box”. At bedtime, the child puts the tooth under his pillow. The tooth fairy comes after the child falls asleep. She…

What is a Cosmic Distance? Space is huge. It is so immense that it is very difficult to imagine the distances involved, even between the objects in our local neighbourhood, the Solar System. If astronomers used kilometres to describe these distances, they would have to use massive numbers. Therefore, to simplify things and make the numbers smaller and easier to handle, different measurements are used. This is a big number, and so astronomers use the astronomical unit to describe this distance. One astronomical unit, or ‘au’, is the distance between the Earth and the Sun. It is used to compare the distances of other bodies in the Solar System, such as the Sun, the planets, comets, and asteroids. DID YOU KNOW ? The distance between the Earth and the Sun…

A man, who had a passion and love for butterflies, decided to help the butterfly. He got a pair of scissors, tweaked the cocoon to make a larger opening for the butterfly, and removed the remaining cocoon. The butterfly emerged without any struggle! The butterfly looked no longer beautiful and had a swollen body with small and withered wings. The man was happy that he had made the butterfly come out of the cocoon without any more struggles. He continued to watch the butterfly and was quite eager to see it fly with its beautiful wings. He thought that the butterfly might expand its wings at any time, shrink the body, and the wings could support the body. But unfortunately, neither did the wings grow nor the swollen body reduce.…

What to Do in a Fire Dear Friends, Fire drills are a big part of being safe in school: They prepare you for what you need to do in case of a fire. But what if there was a fire where you live? Would you know what to do? Talking about fires can be scary because no one likes to think about people getting hurt or their things getting burned. But you can feel less worried if you are prepared. DID YOU KNOW? If your clothes catch fire, don’t run! Instead, stop, drop to the ground, cover your face with your hands, and roll. This will cut off the air and put out the flames. An easy way to remember this is: Stop, Drop, and Roll! Home Fire Drills Having…

A family was camping and left their tent to go on a day hike. They were a few hours from their campsite when a storm suddenly blew up. They became disoriented in the wind and driving rain. They tried to trace their steps back to the campsite but became lost in the unfamiliar backcountry. However, being experienced hikers, they knew once they were lost, it was best to stay in one place than wander in the woods, so they prepared to settle down and wait for rescue. Darkness fell, and the family built a fire to keep warm. Then, as they snuggled up against each other and started to drift off to sleep, they heard a noise coming from the trees. “Who’s there?” one of the parents called, but there…

On a cold winter day, Mr Noah “came to” whilst walking alongside the edge of a road. He. walked over to a woman and asked her for some, help, only for her to scream loudly at the. mere sight of him and run away in fear. Astonished at her response, Mr Noah continued on his way and tried to flag down several passing cars, only for them all to speed up as soon as they saw him. He eventually called a taxi company, and when they arrived, they looked at him, and they too sped away. The man went back to the same phone booth and called his wife, wanting to know what on Earth was going on and why people seemed to be so afraid of him. A man…

What about beyond our Solar System? How far is it to the next nearest star, Proxima Centauri? Proxima Centauri is about 38 000 000 000 000 km (thirty eight million million kilometres) away. It is such a long way away, that if a spacecraft travelled to this star it could take around 75 000 years to get there. Using the astronomical unit to describe the distances of stars (and objects outside our Solar System), doesn’t really help to give small numbers for astronomers to work with. Proxima Centauri is a distance of roughly 265 000 au. Another unit is needed! So to measure the distance (to at least the nearest stars to us), light years can be used. Light is the fastest thing we know. Through space, light can travel…