Thames & Kosmos Kids First: Light-Up Globe handleiding

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Around the world, there are about 70 species of

mushrooms that glow in the dark. With

mushrooms, this kind of glow is also known as

foxfire (false fire), and its purpose is

presumably to attract insects. When organisms

are able to produce light, it is known as

bioluminescence. On your globe, you will be

able to discover a few other creatures with

this ability.

Chile’s Atacama Desert is the site of the

Paranal Observatory of the European Southern

Observatory. About 130 scientists and

engineers perform their observations and

research there using the most modern

technology. An important component of the

observatory is the Very Large Telescope (VLT),

which allows the researchers to look deep into

the expanse of space. Their observations focus

and the way that light and other things move

through space.

There are also other places that are working to

bring space within reach. Kennedy Space Center

is NASA’s space mission launch center. This is

where the rocket was launched in 1969 that put

the first men on the moon. The topic of space

was of great political importance at the time. In

fact, there was a real space race underway. The

first human in space, in 1961, was the Russian

cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin. The first

woman in space, two years later, was Valentina

Vladimirovna Tereshkova. Today, researchers

from many countries work together to study

space. Since 1998, they have been doing this on

the International Space Station, or ISS.

Searching the Globe: Night

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