It has been a busy week so I apologise that I almost forgot to give the kiddos a new quote! Apparently, I am on a Carl Sagan spree, so I thought this one from Cosmos might be nice:
[We are] star stuff contemplating stars. – Carl Sagan
Remember to have the kiddos memorize it- put it on the fridge or slip it in their book bags.
Here is a nice video from Neil deGrasse Tyson explaining how we are all connected by our common origins- Star Stuff.
Good science is as pretty as poetry:
Choose Something Like a Star
O Star (the fairest one in sight),
We grant your loftiness the right
To some obscurity of cloud –
It will not do to say of night,
Since dark is what brings out your light.
Some mystery becomes the proud.
But to be wholly taciturn
In your reserve is not allowed.Say something to us we can learn
By heart and when alone repeat.
Say something! And it says “I burn.”
But say with what degree of heat.
Talk Fahrenheit, talk Centigrade.
Use language we can comprehend.
Tell us what elements you blend.It gives us strangely little aid,
But does tell something in the end.
And steadfast as Keats’ Eremite,
Not even stooping from its sphere,
It asks a little of us here.
It asks of us a certain height,
So when at times the mob is swayed
To carry praise or blame too far,
We may choose something like a star
To stay our minds on and be staid.
