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Astronomy Club Meeting

Friday night was our monthly meeting of the Texas Astronomical Society.  Each month, they have an adult program and a kids program.  This year, the kids have been studying the planets and this month was Mars - in honor of the launch next month of the next rover.  Their activities for the night were to identify traits about Mars and then to "build" their own rover. 


A working on her rover.              H built one right away with all "pink" legos.


C's 1st attempt - it only had one set of wheels and didn't roll too well.  Z's 1st attempt was amazing!!  This boy has a future in robotics, I'm thinking.



S's rover - she and Z decided they were going to send manned rovers to Mars.  H added on to hers throughout the entire evening.

C's 2nd rover rolled much better than the 1st.  A took the longest to finish her's.  She was having trouble with the wheels wanting to stay on.


A finally got her's finished - the one in the foreground.  Her's and Z's were trying to work together.  While the girls finished their evening activities and showed the teacher their observing logs for the last 2 months (we didn't have a meeting in September), Z kept working on his and improving it.  I think this was his favorite meeting!


And this is our fall table decoration - Z saw a picture of a pumpkin used as a centerpiece and we expanded on the idea.  Instead of using a floral base, we just used an indoor, low-light potted plant and added some fall/winter leaves.    Very pretty!
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