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Maria Mitchell (1818-1889) a famous American astronomer
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A bright star with a glowing tail
comet A bright star with a glowing tail
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glowing stick
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a falling star = a shooting star
It’s a piece of rock in outer space that travels very fast and burns with a bright light as it enters the earth's atmosphere.
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discover – find (something or someone) unexpectedly or in the
course of a search
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odd – strange or unusual
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dot
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dot to dot
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Ans: sled
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polka dot
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telescope microscope
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tele- a long distance telescope: for seeing far away
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micro- extremely small
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gold medal
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crater a large hole in the ground caused by the explosion of a bomb or by something large hitting it
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crater lake
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Mind map (p.46) Please find the answers from the article.
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Maria saw something _____ on night. It was a _________.
Maria Mitchell's Comet She discovered it one night when she was _______ ______________. Her father taught her how to watch the _______ through a _________________ She watched the sky each night on the _________. She knew the sky well and made ___________________. Maria saw something _____ on night. It was a _________. There was a _____ of light where the sky was usually _______. The light moved very _________. The comic looked like _____________________________. The comic had a __________ tail. She was the first person to discover it. She got a __________ __________from one king. She became a _______. She kept the students up all night to _______ ______________ _____________. More about Maria… When she was very old…. She still watch ___________. She still made __________________. Her mind kept on __________ ________________________.
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The Time before she discovered a comet
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Maria saw something _____ on night. It was a _________.
There was a _____ of light where the sky was usually _______. The light moved very _________. The comic looked like _____________________________. The comic had a __________ tail. She was the first person to discover it. She got a __________ __________from one king. Maria Mitchell's Comet 4. She discovered it one night when she was _______. watching the stars 2. She watched the sky each night on the ______. 1. Her father taught her how to watch the _______ through a ________________ 3. She knew the sky well and made _________. roof stars telescope maps of the stars
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The Time when she discovered a comet
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She was the first person to discover the comet.
She got a _____ from one king. Maria Mitchell's Comet gold medal Maria saw something ____ one night. odd The light moved very _____. There was a ____ of light where the sky was usually _______. dot She discovered it one night when she was _______ ______________. Her father taught her how to watch the _______ through a _________________ She watched the sky each night on the _________. She knew the sky well and made ___________________. slowly dark She became a _______. She kept the students up all night to _______ ______________ _____________. More about Maria… When she was very old…. She still watch ___________. She still made __________________. Her mind kept on __________ ________________________. The comet looked like _________. The comet had a _____ tail. glowing a bright ball of light
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The Time after she discovered a comet
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Maria saw something _____ on night. It was a _________.
There was a _____ of light where the sky was usually _______. The light moved very _________. The comic had a __________ tail. She was the first person to discover it. Maria Mitchell's Comet She discovered it one night when she was _______ ______________. Her father taught her how to watch the _______ through a _________________ She watched the sky each night on the _________. She knew the sky well and made ___________________. More about Maria… 1. She became a ____. . She still watched _______. the stars college teacher 3. When she was very old.. maps She still made__________. 2. She kept the students up all night to _______ __________. Her mind kept on __________________. watch falling stars wondering about stars
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but is somewhat beauty and poetry.
We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but is somewhat beauty and poetry. Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow.
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