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Lots of fun things are happening in May in the NC Triangle, and it's a great time to get outside and play! Parents can visit www.chillkids.com to find local bike paths, nearby hiking paths, and outdoor fun year-round. In May we take time to appreciate and honor some very important people as we celebrate Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, and Teacher Appreciation Week. Take the time to draw a picture or write a note letting your teachers know how much you appreciate them. Write a poem or make something special for your mother on Mother's Day (May 13th this year). Have fun finding all of the hidden pictures in the Mother's Day Hidden Picture Puzzle on page 4! This month we'll learn about the wild horses of Corolla, North Carolina. The Colonial Spanish Mustang has been named the State Horse of North Carolina, and they also have been designated as a North Carolina state cultural treasure. The Corolla Wild Horse Fund is an organization devoted to protecting the Corolla wild horses and their coastal island habitat. On page 5, find out what it's like to be a dancer with an interview by Lauren Lorentz de Haas of Triangle Youth Ballet with a young dancer who is a Senior at Chapel Hill High School, and who will be attending Duke University in the fall. This month we'll learn with NASA Space Place about the water cycle (page 15), and how NASA scientists study and measure water on earth (page 14). We'll also learn about the famous French artist, Henri Matisse, along with an art project to inspire children and their parents & teachers to create their own art work in the cheerful, bright, colorful style of Matisse. Have a mar velous May!
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who gets caught stealing money from a bank A seal doesn't need a rod and a reel -- he uses this to catch a fish It's a phrase that dares someone to chase you: "Catch __ if you can!" If you need to travel and want to stay on track, you might just catch a ____ A painful idea: It's what you'll probably get if you catch a bumblebee in your hands To throw a ball so that a friend can easily catch it Famous fable: Although the tortoise was behind in the 1D, he finally caught up and beat the ___ to the finish line It only takes a _____ for kindling to catch fire Naturally, a birdbath catches it when it falls Take a break: After you've run a long distance, you may need to stop and catch your ____
The across clues are for kids and the down clues are for grown-ups! 17. What a baseball player uses to whack the ball out of the park 18. A person who can keep lots of balls in the air at once 21. City where tourists can catch a glimpse of the Washington Monument (abbr.) 22. Proofreading makes perfekt: What you often catch when you take a moment to check your work (Hint: Can you find the one in this clue?)
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1. Athletic event in which everyone strives to catch up to the frontrunner 2. Temptation that gets a fish hooked 3. Preventable by vaccine, this childhood disease announces its presence ith a blotchy rash 5. Flash drive: When you seize a rare opportunity at exactly the right time, they say you have caught this in a bottle 6. If a friend follows a statement with "If you catch my drift" and you do, then you ______
8. New York-based chain of comedy clubs that launched the careers of Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock: Catch a _____ Star 10. Heavy hitter Sammy, who finally saw his first grand slam in 1998 14. Elvis famously sang that his hound dog "ain't never caught a _____ and [he] ain't no friend of mine" 15. Initials of Mr. White, who wrote "Charlotte's Web" 18. Traffic term: What you're caught in if the highway you're on feels more like a parking lot 19. See you in the Big Apple: Letters on the tag of the bag you're checking as you catch a flight to LaGuardia 20. Salinger's story about life at a prep school (not a breadstealing baseball player, as the title might suggest): "Catcher in the ___"
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What's it Like to be a Dancer?
Graduating from High School and Triangle Youth Ballet, a young dancer tells her story. By Lauren Lorentz de Haas
What are some of the performances you have been in, and what would be your favorite performance? From 7th grade to sophomore year of high school, I performed in the Triangle Youth Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’. I also was able to dance in other ‘Nutcracker’ productions before I moved to TYB (I actually made a very small cameo in the Moscow Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ when I was younger!) Every year, TYB performs a fall show and a spring show. Over the past few years, we have done ballets like ‘Dracula’, ‘Giselle’, ‘Sleeping Beauty’, ‘Four Seasons’, and so on. This year, our spring show was ‘Les Sylphides’ (a ballet about a poet who finds a forest full of sylphs) and our fall show was ‘Alice in Wonderland’, where I got to release my silliness as the Mad Hatter. I would definitely say that ‘Alice and Wonderland’ was my favorite performance.
Above: Maria's arabesque overlooking Athens, Greece. Photos courtesy of Triangle Youth Ballet.
Unlike school teachers who get to know a student for one year, I get to know a dancer from the beginning of their training until they graduate from high school. I am a ballet teacher at the Triangle Youth Ballet. This year I interviewed one of our dancers, Maria She is about to graduate from Chapel Hill High School and will be going to Duke University in the fall. Here is what she had to say: Tell us about your dancing! At the Triangle Youth Ballet (TYB), I take classes in ballet, modern, repertoire, and jazz. I usually try to dance 4 days during the school week and on Saturday mornings. Most classes are around an hour-and-a-half to two hours. I am also a member of the TYB Performing Company, which means my friends and I get to perform in various showcases and ballet productions! When did you start training and what is your favorite style of dance? I started training when I was about five years old. I began with musical theater and tap, but later discovered my true love for ballet. Ballet is still my favorite style of dance; but I also really enjoy hip-hop! I love the idea of just letting go when taking hip-hop classes and I really recommend that everyone tries to take at least one class of hip hop if they can!
Although at first it was difficult learning how to become the Mad Hatter, this production allowed me to share my crazy personality with others. It was basically like playing a hilarious game of “pretend”, which just made the role that much more fun to play! Where do you go to school now, and where are you going to college? I am a senior at Chapel Hill High School, and next year I am going to Duke University! Go Devils! Will you dance there? I definitely want to continue dancing as long as I can, so yes! I can’t wait to take classes in college and I hope to even join some dancerelated clubs! I know you have helped with classes of younger dancers, tell us about that? That’s right! Last year on Saturday mornings, I would wake up and drive myself to the happiest mornings of my week. Along with dancing with the kids, I also got to teach some combinations, play dance-related games, and perform with the dancers in their end-of-year showcase. Although I helped teach the younger dancers at Triangle Youth, they definitely helped me improve more as both a dancer and an individual. The excitement of the kids reminded me of the pure joy I get from dancing, and also helped me realize the impact of ballet on others. Watching these young dancers work hard and improve weekly was so rewarding for not just the dancer, but for their parents, their friends, their teachers, and for me. Many dancers use the summer to continue training or add a dance style. Do you think that’s a good idea?
I think that if you really enjoy dancing, it’s very important to use the summer to continue training. It’s always good to remind your muscles of the unique movements of dance, even if that just involves one ballet class every few weeks. The summer is the perfect time to work on those moves you had trouble with during the school year and/or to learn a new style of dance! Tell us about your favorite summer dance experience. In the summer of 2015, I attended the American Dance Festival Summer Intensive in Durham, North Carolina. Every day of this intensive consisted of a new combination of different dance styles. One day, we would have ballet, modern, and repertoire; another day, we would have ballet, hip-hop, and jazz. The friends I made were extremely talented and kind. Every single person there was so accepting of one another; and because of this, we all learned to dance together as a community instead of as competitors. ADF was truly a life-changing experience and allowed me to keep an openminded appreciation for other styles of dance. For example, if it wasn’t for ADF, I would never have loved hip-hop like I love it now! How do you think being a dancer impacts other areas of your life? Dancing has taught me the true meaning of determination and persistence. It gave me friendships and connections that could last forever. It gives me strength, physically and mentally. So many skills you gain from dance are important skills to have throughout the rest of your life. I’m also a very musical person, as I play the piano and trombone currently, and I definitely believe dance created that other passion for me. Overall, dancing just makes me so much happier, and I’m so lucky to be able to do something I love almost every single day. What advice do you have for a young dancer starting out? Dancing is going to be really, really hard. But it’s also 20000% more fun than it is hard. A lot of the time, you might not believe that (I know I definitely didn’t sometimes), and that’s okay. Just don’t give up everytime something gets tougher than usual. That is the most important thing I’ve learned from dancing these past 12 years. Never be afraid to talk to somebody if you’re feeling a little nervous and never be afraid to ask questions! Keep dancing as long as it brings you joy. That’s all that matters. Keep doing what makes you happy.
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ANIMAL KINGDOM
The Wild Horses of Corolla, North Carolina Running Free on the Beaches of the NC Outer Banks Visitors to Corolla, can schedule tours with the Corolla Wild Horse Fund (www.corollawildhorses. com) to see the last known remaining bands of Banker horses in the wild, running free and roaming in groups on the beaches and marshes, as they have for more than 500 years on the Outer Banks.
Did you know? The Colonial Spanish
Mustang is the North Carolina State Horse! They also are designated as a North Carolina cultural treasure. Hundreds of years ago, before America was even a country, Spanish explorers arrived by ship on the shores and outer islands of the Eastern Coast of America, including what is now North Carolina, bringing with them beautiful Spanish Mustang horses. Some of the horses were survivors of shipwrecks on the islands' sandbars.
Over the years members of the Spanish Mustang Registry organization have visited the Outer Banks to observe these much-beloved wild horses. It has been established that the Banker Horses, in particular the Corolla horses, have a direct line to the 16th century horses imported by the Spanish. Most recently, DNA testing and physical inspections conducted by experts in 1992 and 2007 confirmed that the Corolla wild horses are of Spanish origin and are eligible for registration as Colonial Spanish Mustangs.
Here in North Carolina, the perfect place to see the legacy of those Spanish explorers is the little town of Corolla, in the Outer Banks. The Outer Banks are a series of islands that run along the northern coast of North Carolina. Corolla is home to an amazing breed of horses called Banker horses, also known as the Corolla wild horses, descendants of the Colonial Spanish Mustangs that were brought to the islands by Spanish explorers. The name "Banker" comes from their habitat on the shores/banks of barrier islands of the Outer Banks. Historical records show that Spanish explorers attempted to colonize the area in the 1500s, bringing with them Spanish Barb horses and Arabian horses. The Spanish colony of d’Allyon is believed to have been located on the Outer Banks. Difficulties getting supplies to the colony and other troubles caused the colony to fail. The Spanish colonists sailed off to their thriving colonies in Florida, leaving behind all of their livestock, including horses that survived the wreckage of a ship that was bringing supplies to the colony. Left on their own, the horses adapted to their new environment and produced a band of wild horses that roamed the barrier islands.
Today, the wild horses that live on Ocracoke and Corolla carry the distinguishing features of Spanishtype horses. One striking similarity to their Arabian ancestry is the number of vertebra (one less than most breeds) which occurs in the Banker horses breed. Another unique trait of these horses is that they can live on the sandy islands, which is not a normal habitat for horses. The horses in the Outer Banks survive on sea grass, sea oats, persimmons and other native vegetation for their food and water.
They are one of the oldest and rarest strains left in the world, and are listed as a critically endangered/ nearly extinct breed. In the 1920s and 1930s, there were between 5,000 and 6,000 Corolla wild horses on the 175 mile stretch of the Outer Banks. However now there are only 100 horses left in the Corolla herd. The Corolla Wild Horse Fund works tirelessly to protect the Corolla wild horses and their habitat. The Corolla wild horses currently have access to 7,544 acres of coastal land (3,331 acres are public land, and 4,213 are privately owned). They move in groups, between 15 and 25 miles per day within their range.
They also drink fresh water from little streams when it rains, and dig holes to find fresh water, along with the water they get from the sea grass.
They are now protected, and while you can walk the beach and see them, it is illegal to feed them or pet them. Everyone must stay at least 50 feet away from them.
The Banker horses' gentle temperament, endurance, size, and beauty reflect their lineage as the descendants of the once numerous herds of Spanish horses that ran free along the sandy islands and beaches of the North Carolina coast. The beautiful Corolla wild horses are highly intelligent, athletic, sensible, and easy to train.
North Carolina designated the Wild Colonial Spanish mustang, (which includes the Corolla wild horses), as the official state horse in 2010, after many requests from the Corolla Wild Horse Fund and the students of Shawboro Elementary School in Currituck County. The Banker Colonial Spanish mustangs have also been designated as a North Carolina state cultural treasure. To schedule a tour to see the wild horses of Corolla, and to support the Corolla Wild Horse Fund, visit www.corollawildhorses.com.
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The Wild Horses of Corolla (cont.) on the Beaches of the NC Outer Banks
What do Corolla Wild Horses Eat?
Corolla wild horses eat a very specialized diet of sea oats, coarse grasses, acorns, persimmons, and other native vegetation.
They CANNOT eat apples, carrots, or other non-native foods (those foods would be extremely dangerous for them). It is against the law to feed them, or to intentionally get within 50 feet of a Corolla wild horse.
The Corolla Wild Horse Fund www.corollawildhorses.com
The Corolla Wild Horse Fund is the official non-profit protecting & preserving the Corolla wild horses. Its mission is to protect, conserve, and responsibly manage the herd of wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs roaming freely on the northernmost Currituck Outer Banks. The Corolla Wild Horse Fund also promotes the continued preservation of this land as a permanent sanctuary for the Corolla wild horses, designated as the State Horse, and defined as a cultural treasure by the state of North Carolina. You can schedule a tour with the Corolla Wild Horse Fund to see the Corolla wild horses in their natural habitat. Each year the Corolla Wild Horse Fund has a fundraiser contest to name the first foal of the year. 100% of the proceeds goes right back to the care of the horses. As a result of the naming contest, the first new foal of the year last year (shown above) is named Mateo. He has a white star on his forehead, and one little white sock. Learn more about ways to help support the Corolla wild horses at www.corollawildhorses.com. PUZZLES
Photos courtesy of the Corolla Wild Horse Fund, www.corollawildhorses.com.
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ALL ABOUT ART French artist Henri Matisse (1869-1954) is considered one of the greatest modern artists. He is known for his use of rich, bright colors, cheerful patterns, flattened, abstract forms, and graceful lines, both in his paintings and in his later paper cut-out art. Matisse's artwork is celebrated around the world for its happy, joyous expression. Matisse was very close to his family, especially his mother, and he gained a great deal of artistic inspiration and encouragement from her. (His mother worked in his father's shop mixing paints, and she was a painter/artist too). Matisse also was inspired by the beautiful fabrics for which his town in France was known. His father's family were weavers, and Matisse was surrounded by paintings, weaving, patterns, and color from a young age. Before Matisse devoted all of his time to his art, he went to Paris to study law, and worked in a law office. He had a sudden sickness (appendicitis) for which he had to stay in bed for a long period of time. While he was sick he began to paint using his mother's paints. He said later, “From the moment I held the box of colors in my hands, I knew this was my life." Matisse then went to Paris to study art, and to learn from more experienced artists. Color became one of the most important things that Matisse focused on in creating his paintings. With a wife and children to provide for, Matisse went through some hard times financially as he continued to work on his paintings and sculpture. But he never gave up, and finally he succeeded in selling his art.
The Art of Henri Matisse placed, one by one. In this way, Matisse created huge walls full of "paintings" -- paper cut-outs adorning the walls of his apartment home. Matisse chose happy, cheerful subjects for his pictures, with bright colors and lots of movement. For example, he wished he could go swimming, but due to his illness he could not. So he asked an assistant to take him to watch people swim so he could watch how the swimmers and the water looked.
Henri Matisse, 1913, photograph by Alvin Langdon Coburn.
Then when they returned home, he surrounded the walls of his room with paper cut-outs of swimmers and water shapes -- shapes that reminded him of the movement of swimming. In his mind, when he looked at his paper cut-out swimmers and water shapes decorating his room, he could almost experience the joy of swimming. Those enormous walls of paper cut-outs later were collected by art collectors and now are displayed in museums. In his simple apartments, Henri Matisse created a special world to inspire his paintings (and later his paper cuttings). He created a kind of theatrical stage set filled with beautiful, bright colors and patterns. He would include his favorite "props" as subjects of his paintings, and he would re-use the same props over and over again (for example, a bird cage, a pewter jug, a Chinese vase.)
Matisse especially loved patterns (repeating shapes) and put them everywhere. Matisse also liked to use especially dark colors, and he liked to use colors and bright patterns in unexpected Although Matisse used paints and ways (for example, brushes for many years, when he was green paint for a in his seventies he became ill and woman's cheeks), and used a wheel chair. He couldn't move unexpected places (like around or paint as easily, but he bright patterns on wanted to keep creating his art, so he walls, ceilings and found a different way. floors). He began cutting out shapes from These bright colors brightly colored paper. Then his draw our attention to assistants would pin the shapes to the background of the the wall in the places where Matisse painting. requested each of the shapes to be
In the early 1900s, two sisters (Claribel and Etta Cone) from Baltimore, Maryland who loved to travel and collect art visited the Paris studios of Henri Matisse. The sisters began collecting many pieces of art from Matisse and other artists. The art was displayed in the sisters' Baltimore apartments, and now is displayed at the Baltimore Museum of Art. The sisters' collection is the world's largest collection of the different styles and types of art work by Henri Matisse. The Baltimore Museum of Art's website has kids' educational games and an art tool for children to use to create their own "digital" art inspired by the colors, shapes, patterns and props that Henri Matisse used for his paintings. Check out the Baltimore Museum of Art's online educational games for kids at https://artbma.org/ flash/matisse.html.
Henri Matisse Art Project
Make your own paper cut-out art! Turn to page 11 for a paper cut-out art project from www.CraftyClassroom.com.
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ART PROJECT
Make Your Own Matisse-Style Cut-Out Picture
This simple paper design project is fun for kids to make! Parents and teachers can visit www.craftyclassroom.com for many more fun educational art projects!
Materials:
Colored Construction Paper Glue Stick Scissors Optional: Print out Templates for Matisse-Style Cut-Outs at www.craftyclassroom.com
Step 1. Gather a bunch of colored construction paper.... the brighter the better!
Step 2. Cut out a variety of shapes (ask a parent/ teacher for age-appropriate scissors). Parents/teachers help younger children with the more intricate cut-outs.
"Art with Mati and Dada - Henri Matisse" is a short, educational video for kids about the art of Henri Matisse (7 minutes long on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s37OoBXkYAc). Ask a parent/teacher to visit www.matidada.com for short, fun educational videos about many other artists and their work.
Parents and teachers can visit www.craftyclassroom.com to print these Matisse-style templates (as shown here) for educational use at home or in the classroom, or create your own shapes.
Step 5: Add more and more pieces to your paper.
Step 3. You can use the "negative" of
your cut-outs as well. The "negative" is the remaining piece of paper out of which you have cut your shapes.
Step 4: Arrange your larger pieces in the background of your picture. Overlap your cut-outs to create your design.
Step 6. Cut around the edges to clip any overhanging paper. Step 7. Voilรก! Display your cut-out art work!
Parents and Teachers can find lots of fun educational art projects for kids at www.craftyclassroom.com.
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FUN ONLINE The Baltimore Museum of Art in Maryland has an extensive collection of work by Henri Matisse. The Museum's website includes fun, educational and interactive art-based games for kids about the life and work of Henri Matisse.
Matisse for Kids
A charming animated sketch of Matisse's dog (a schnauzer) Raoudi (pronounced "rowdy") leads the way through the games step-by-step. Collect props as you answer questions correctly, then use the props and patterns to make your
own (digital) Matisse-style painting. You can then print out the Matisse-style art work you created. Learn more at https://artbma.org/ flash/matisse.html.
Meet Raoudi (pronounced 'Rowdy'), artist Henri Matisse's perky schnauzer, in Matisse for Kids, a delightful online exploration of the beloved 20th century master's bold, bright paintings. Along the way, you'll earn props, patterns, and colors to use in creating your own Matisse-inspired artwork.
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May 2018 Flick Picks Solo: A Star Wars Story
The Son of Bigfoot
(In theaters: May 25, 2018)
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Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in "Solo: A Star Wars Story," to follow the fast-paced adventures and heroics of Han Solo, the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy.
"The Son of Bigfoot" is a computeranimated comedy-drama film following the adventures of Adam, a teenager who sets out on a daring quest to uncover the mystery behind his long-lost dad, only to find out that his dad is none other than the legendary Bigfoot! Bigfoot had been hiding deep in the forest for years to protect himself and his family from HairCo., a giant corporation eager to run scientific experiments with his special DNA. As father and son start making up for lost time, and with HairCo. on their trail, Adam discovers just in time that he too is gifted with superpowers beyond his imagination
Through a series of daring escapades, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca. Solo also encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga's most unlikely heroes. 2 hrs. 15 minutes. Rated PG-13. Lucasfilm Ltd., Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
1 hr, 32 minutes. Rated PG. nWave Pictures SA/NV, StudioCanal.
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Corolla wild horses eat sea grass, sea oats, acorns, persimmons, and other native vegetation. (Do not feed the wild horses!) This wild horse is following the path to find more sea oats!
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Measuring the Movement of Water on Earth - By Teagan Wall
On our planet, we find water at every stage: liquid, solid (ice), and gas (steam and vapor). Our bodies are mostly water. We use it to drink, bathe, clean, grow crops, make energy, and more. With everything it does, measuring where the water on Earth is, and how it moves, is no easy task. NASA scientists have to get creative to study it all. One way they will measure where all that water is and how it moves, is by launching a set of spacecraft this spring called GRACE-FO. As far as we know, water is essential for every form of life. It’s a simple molecule, and we know a lot about it. Water has two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. It boils at 212° Fahrenheit (100° Celsius) and freezes at 32° Fahrenheit (0° Celsius). The Earth’s surface is more than 70 percent covered in water. On our planet, we find water at every stage: liquid, solid (ice), and gas (steam and vapor). Our bodies are mostly water. We use it to drink, bathe, clean, grow crops, make energy, and more. With everything it does, measuring where the water on Earth is, and how it moves, is no easy task.
The world’s oceans, lakes, rivers and streams are water. However, there’s also water frozen in the ice caps, glaciers, and icebergs. There’s water held in the tiny spaces between rocks and soils deep underground. With so much water all over the planet—including some of it hidden where we can’t see—NASA scientists have to get creative to study it all. One way that NASA will measure where all that water is and how it moves, is by launching a set of spacecraft this spring called GRACE-FO. GRACE-FO stands for the “Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-on.” “Follow-on” means it’s the second satellite mission like this—a follow-up to the original GRACE mission. GRACE-FO will use two satellites. One satellite will be about 137 miles (220 km) behind the other as they orbit the Earth. As the satellites move, the gravity of the Earth will pull on them.
An artist's rendering of the twin GRACE-FO spacecraft in orbit around Earth. Credit: NASA
Gravity isn’t the same everywhere on Earth. Areas with more mass—like big mountains—have a stronger gravitational pull than areas with less mass. When the GRACE-FO satellites fly towards an area with stronger gravitational pull, the first satellite will be pulled a little faster. When the second GRACE-FO satellite reaches the stronger gravity area, it will be pulled faster, and catch up. Scientists combine this distance between the two satellites with lots of other information to create a map of Earth’s gravity field each month. The changes in that map will tell them how land and water move on our planet.
For example, a melting glacier will have less water, and so less mass, as it melts. Less mass means less gravitational pull, so the GRACE-FO satellites will have less distance between them. That data can be used to help scientists figure out if the glacier is melting. GRACE-FO will also be able to look at how Earth’s overall weather changes from year to year. For example, the satellite can monitor certain regions to help us figure out how severe a drought is. These satellites will help us keep track of one of the most important things to all life on this planet: water. Learn more about our planet’s most important molecule - water! - at https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/water
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