Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2020 i Click Science and Discovery Magazine for Preschoolers and Young Children

Long ago, when people first looked at the night sky, they viewed the hundreds of stars twinkling above as a giant connect-the-dots puzzle. They found pictures that looked like animals and people and other things. We call a group of stars that form one picture a constellation. This constellation is called Ursa Major, or the Great Bear. Seven of the stars that are part of the bear also make another shape—the Big Dipper. In the sky, the two stars at the end of the dipper’s bowl point to a special star called the North Star. If you watched the stars all night long, you’d see that the North Star stays still, while all the other stars turn in a circle around it. The stars aren’t really turning. Earth is. Imagine…

Hootie is a great horned owl like the one on our cover. Despite their name, great horned owls don’t have horns. The pointy bits at the top of the owl’s head are tufts of feathers. They look a bit like ears, but a great horned owl’s ears are hidden under the dark feathers on the sides of its face. You can turn Hootie’s head all the way around. Real owls can’t do that. But almost! If the owl is looking straight ahead, it can turn its head so its beak passes one shoulder, then its back, all the way around to the other shoulder. Turn to the other side of this page to see how to make Hootie.…

Whose calls do you hear after the sun sets? Who sails through the night on silent wings? Whose big eyes help them see in the dark? More than 200 different kinds of owls, all over the world. That’s who! Some are s mall. So me are big. But all owls are alike in some ways. Let’s see how! Whoo's Hiding? Owls sleep during the day. But sleeping out in the open in daylight can be dangerous. Anyone can see you. Owl feathers come in different colors and patterns to make owls harder to see, so they can sleep safely. Whooo Sees in the Dark? Owls’ eyes have lots of tiny parts, called rod cells, that help them see in the dark. Your eyes have rod cells too, but owls have…

1. Cut out all the pieces along the thick black lines. The body piece is the one with the big tan-colored patch in the center. The head piece is the one that is mostly dark brown. 2. Roll the body piece into a cone shape. Tape or glue the white flap down to keep the body from unrolling. 3. Fold each foot along the black dashed line. Tape or glue the white flap to the inside front of the body. 4. Roll the head piece into a tube. Tape or glue the white flap down. Gently push the center top edges of the tube down along the tan dashed lines. The sides should stick up and make the feather tufts. 5. Fold the beak along the three black dashed lines.…