Innehållsförteckning för November 2021 från Sparkle Buds

MATERIALS ● Two small white pumpkins ● Two large orange pumpkins ● Carving tool ● Linoleum cutter ● Red permanent marker ● Black permanent marker ● Green acrylic paint Black acrylic paint INSTRUCTIONS ● Start with two white pumpkins (stems removed) and two slightly larger orange pumpkins. Cut a hole in the back of each orange pumpkin big enough for the white pumpkin to fit into. ● Hollow out orange pumpkins; carve eye shape, then use linoleum cutter to carve lashes. ● Draw iris and pupil circles on white pumpkins, trace iris outlines with a linoleum cutter, and lightly etch lines from the outer to the inner edge of iris. ● Paint with diluted green acrylic paint; when dry, use black acrylic paint for the pupil. ● Draw blood vessels…

What is a Meteor? A meteoroid is a small fracture of rock that enters our Solar System. Once this meteoroid enters the Earth’s atmosphere it becomes a meteor. This meteor can be seen in the sky as a shooting star. Most meteors are observed at night. Meteors are composed of various metals. Friction with the thin air at an altitude of about 100 km causes meteorites to glow as they are heated and then destroyed. DID YOU KNOW? There are millions of meteors in the Earth’s atmosphere every day. Dinosaurs are believed to have died because an 8-mile long meteor hit the Earth causing a cloud of dust that lowered the climate. 120 Kms above Earth Fun Facts • A meteor shower occurs when a lot of meteors appear in…

WHAT & WHY? • Why can’t a nose be 12 inches long? • What’s the most musical bone? • Why is your nose in the middle of your face? • What kind of flower grows on your face? The Army of the Dead A laundress and her husband had recently shifted to a new city and were just settling down. The laundress would hear heavy footsteps outside the window every night and decided to ask her neighbour about it. She told the laundress that a large number of soldiers had died in the nearby hospital during the war and they marched off every night to fight the enemies. That night when the laundress heard the marching sound, she opened the window and...... saw a dreadful sight. It was the army…

Be a Fit Kid Being fit is a way of saying a person eats well, gets a lot of physical activity (exercise), and has a healthy weight. If you’re fit, your body works well, feels good, and can do all the things you want to do, like run around with your friends. DID YOU KNOW? The trick is to follow these rules most of the time, knowing that some days (like your birthday) might call for cake and ice cream. Here are five rules to live by, if you’re a kid who wants to be fit. 1. Eat a Variety of Foods You may have a favourite food, but the best choice is to eat a variety. If you eat different foods, you’re more likely to get the nutrients your…

In the year 1642, a French scientist named Blaise Pascal invented the machine used for addition called Pascal’s calculation. It is a mechanical calculator that normally represents the position of each digit with the help of gears in it. Pascal calculator was the first calculator invented in the mid 17th century. the Pascal calculator is an arithmetic machine that is used for adding a machine that is to be produced in any quantity and actually used. The major or main purpose of the pascals calculator is to add or subtract two of the numbers directly and also to perform the multiplication and division of the same numbers through repeated addition and subtraction.…

Static Electricity Experiment They say opposites attract and that couldn’t be truer with these fun static electricity experiments. Find out about positively and negatively charged particles using a few basic items, can you control if they will be attracted or unattracted to each other? What you’ll need: • 2 inflated balloons with a string attached • Your hair • Aluminium can • Woollen fabric INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Rub the 2 balloons one by one against the woollen fabric, then try moving the balloons together, do they want to or are they unattracted to each other? 2. Rub 1 of the balloons back and forth on your hair then slowly pull it away, ask someone nearby what they can see or if there’s nobody else around try looking in a mirror. 3.…