Sept 1, 2013 we spent the day at Elk Island National Park. Celebrating the anniversary of the Dark sky preserve. The fist thing we got to do was Solar viewing. Looking at the sun through safe telescopes. We had lots of fun and our friend Kaleb joined us. 
First Nations astronomy presentation: We listened to a First Nations teacher sing songs and tell us the First Nation legends of the Stars. Our favorite song was the Thunder Bird song. Later that night he told us stories of the stars on the beach and sang songs to the spirits. Our favorite story is how the wolf, Coyote, and fox gave us their pups so people had dogs.
Laura and Grace,
The Alberta Ramblers
The Star
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~Jane Taylor
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Twinkle,
twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky.
When the blazing
sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon, Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
Then the traveler
in the dark,
Thanks you for your tiny spark, He could not see which way to go, If you did not twinkle so.
In the dark blue
sky you keep,
And often through my curtains peep, For you never shut you eye, Till the sun is in the sky.
As your bright
and tiny spark,
Lights the traveler in the dark- Though I know not what you are, Twinkle, twinkle, little star. |
