Also in this issueMeet the Mola MolaSky LightsVol 1, Issue 3English • STEM • Environment • Social Studies • CitizenshipLEVEL 1
2Curriculum Connection: ORGANISMS CHANGEENGAGE
3Fossils tell stories about the past.Photo: HERSCHEL HOFFMEYER/SHUTTERSTOCK
Earth changes. Forests change into deserts. Oceans change into mountains. 4Photo: ELZBIETA SEKOWSKA/ShutterstockENGAGE
Plants and animals change, too. All these changes are slow. Fossils tell us about them. 55Photo: SERGEY NIVENS/ShutterstockPhoto: OLGA DANYLENKO/Shutterstock
These plants and animals lived in India long ago. They are fossils now.oldest algae antsnake6Photo: STEFAN BENGTSONPhoto: DAVID GRIMALDIENGAGEPhoto: STOCKTREK IMAGES, INC/AlamyPhoto & Sculpture: TYLER KEILLOR
These dinosaurs lived in the Gobi Desert. They fought. They kicked. They scratched. They bit. They are fossils now.protoceratopsvelociraptorWatch the dinosaurs fight.7
This dinosaur lived in China. It had feathers like a bird. It had wings like a bat. It is a fossil now.8Yi qiPhoto: EMILY WILLOUGHBY/CC BYENGAGE
This dinosaur swam in Africa. It had feet like a duck. It had teeth like a crocodile. It is a fossil now.spinosaurus9Photo: LINDA BUCKLIN/Shutterstock
Curriculum Connection: MAKE OBSERVATIONS10ENGAGE
11bymarine biologistTierney ThysPhotos: MIKE JOHNSON11
I am a scientist with super powers. I go places most people cannot. I study the ocean.Thys studies life in the ocean.12ENGAGE
About 9 out of every 10 living things live in the ocean. Each drop of water has living things.Thys swims witha mola mola.13Photos: MIKE JOHNSON
I like the mola mola. It is an ocean sunfish.I use radios to track where a mola goes.Thys (right) works on a radio to track a mola.14Photo: MIKE JOHNSONENGAGESwim with a mola mola.
The mola eats jellies. Small creatures live on the mola. Birds and fish eat these creatures.Thys and some kids used bottle caps to make this mural. What animals do you see?15Photo: TIERNEY THYS
Plastic may be harming molas. Plastic bags and bottles wash into the ocean.16ENGAGE
Seals eat plastic. Sea turtles eat plastic. Molas may eat plastic. Plastic can kill them.LEAD CHANGEYou can help the ocean. Use less plastic. Use reusable bags and bottles. Never drop plastic on the ground.It could wash into the ocean.17 Photos: PAULO OLIVEIRA/Alamy
Photo: PROF STEFAN BENGSTENPhoto: 2004 MBARIPhotoPhoto courtesy M. SEGONZAC (MNHN)/IfremerMeet some ocean animals.Lots of LifeYou can see through this fish’s head.ENGAGE18
o: SOLVIN ZANKL/AlamyPhoto: DUDAREV MIKHAIL/Shutterstockr/A. FifisPhoto: DANTE FENOLIO/Science Source/Dinodia This fish looks like a snake.Hairs cover this crab’s claws and legs.This fish has a pole that lights up. 19
See how a fossil is made.Make a FossilYou need:• modelling clay or play dough• hard objects, such as seashell, sticks, other small, hard objects• glueTo do:1. Flatten the clay into pieces so that each piece is larger than the hard objects.2. Place an object, such as a shell, on one of the clay pieces and press it into the clay to make an impression.3. Remove the object from the clay, leaving an impression in the clay.4. Fill the impression with glue and let dry. This could take some time. The deeper the impression, the more time it will take for the glue to dry.What happens:You made two kinds of fossils. When you pressed the hard object into the clay, you created an impression, called a mould. When you filled the impression with glue, you made a cast.20Photo: CLAUDIO DIVIZIA/Shutterstock. Background: IRA/ShutterstockENGAGE20
Use household items to make your own rainbow.Make a R a in b o w21You Need:• a shallow pan• water• a mirror• a torch• a sheet of white paperTo Do:1. Fill the pan half way with water.2. Place the mirror in the water at an angle so that it rests on the side of the pan. 3. Shine the torch on to the water where the mirror is submerged. 4. Hold the white paper above the mirror. Adjust the angle until you see a spectrum of 7 colours.Photos (clockwise, from top left): HEART TO HEART/Shutterstock; TATIANA POPOVA/Shutterstock; SUMIRE8/Shutterstock; BRITTNY/Shutterstock
Fossil FunSee how pressure turns sediment into rock and living organisms into fossils.You Need:• paper towels• a slice of white bread• a slice of light brown bread• a slice of dark brown bread• a butter knife• pieces of soft candy• heavy books• clear drinking strawsTo Do:1. Place on a table a paper towel, 5 or 6 soft candies, a slice of white bread, a slice of light brown bread, and a slice of dark brown bread.2. Use the knife to cut the crusts off the bread.3. Place a slice of white bread on the paper towel. The white bread represents the sea floor.4. Place a couple of soft candies on the bread. They represent dead organisms that are on the sea floor.5. Place a slice of dark brown bread on top of the white bread and soft candies. The dark brown bread represents sediments that have fallen on the sea floor, covering the dead organisms.6. Place some soft candies on the dark brown bread. And then put the slice of light brown bread on top. The light brown bread represents more sediments that have covered the sea floor.7. Fold the paper towel to cover the layers of bread and soft candies.8. Place the books on top of the folded paper towel and layers of bread and candy. Leave the books there for a day or two.9. After a couple of days, push a clear straw straight down into the bread and pull it back up. You will have taken a core sample.What Happens:Look at the core sample. How many layers do you see? (Three) Which layer is the oldest? (The bottom layer is the oldest.) Can you see any indications that fossils are present? (You may see a cast or mould impression. You may also see residue from the candy.) You can take other core samples to see if you can find more fossils. It is worth noting that it takes millions of years for layers of rock to form.Photo: ERMESS/ShutterstockBooksSlice of light brown breadGummy candySlice of dark brown breadGummy candySlice of white breadENGAGE22
23GOUse what you learned from this issue to answer the questions.BEYONDHow many colours are in a rainbow.Photos: STOCKSHOPPE/Shutterstock; VIVAT/ShutterstockWhat is your favourite dinosaur? Why?Draw yourself swimming with a mola mola.Draw a Yi qi flying.23
24Curriculum Connection: LIGHTENGAGE
25Photo: KRISTJÁN U. KRISTJÁNSSON
Look up at night. In some places, you see colourful lights. They are called auroras. Watch an aurora.26ENGAGE
Bits from the sun hit Earth’s sky. These bits cause gas in the sky to glow.27Photo: SIGURDUR WILLIAM BRYNJARSSON, www.arcticshots.is
Look up during the day. You see a blue sky. Look up when the sun is low in the sky. You see a red sky.28Photo: SONGCHAI W/Shutterstock
29Look up after a storm. You will see a rainbow.A rainbow has seven colours.29Photo: NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY/Alamy
More Sky LightsA halo circles the sun.A pillar rises fromthe sun.See different shapes and colours in the sky.30Photo: MARCIN ROZPEDOWSKI/AlamyENGAGE
A green flash lights the sky as the sun sets.A fire rainbow forms in the clouds.31Photo: ALEXEY SULOEV/ShutterstockPhoto: PAISALPHOTO/ShutterstockPhoto: JACK STEPHENS/Alamy
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