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On all of the coming evenings – June 23, 24 and 25, 2021 – the moon might appear full to you. It comes when the moon is most opposite the sun for this month, when its lighted face – its day side – is aimed at us most directly. That full moon instant comes this month on June 24 at 18:39UTC.
Flower moon
credits: EPA/ Etienne Laurent
All the full moons have names. In North America, the June full moon is called the Rose Moon, Flower Moon or Strawberry Moon.
Some people will call the third of these four seasonal full moons a Blue Moon.
Blue moon
credits: Priya Kumar in Oman
via EarthSky
The last Blue Moon came on October 31, 2020, the night of Halloween, remember? Like most Blue Moons, it was blue in name only. It was called a Blue Moon because it was the second of two full moons in a single month.
The term "blue Moon" has been around a long time, well over 400 years, but its calendrical meaning has become widespread only in the last 25 years.
There’s another definition for Blue Moon. It can also be the third of four full moons in a single season. A season is the period between a solstice and an equinox.
The next Blue Moon will be of this sort, and it’ll happen on August 22, 2021.
On June 23, 24 and 25, 2021, find the full moon and look in the moon’s glare for a starlike point.
The Moon will appear full for about three days from early Wednesday morning through early Saturday morning.
This year the Strawberry Moon is closer and larger than an average full Moon. When we have such a large bright Moon, it is sometimes called a Super Moon.
Such an incredible event! Most European students (primary, elementary education) are still at school because the pandemic obliged most countries to teach on remote learning a big part of the school year.
Most of all, great team that fought until the end with courage and bravery. Croacia can be proud!
Congratulations to both teams! However must not forget all the teams that fought for their dreams. Values: Football has been around since 500 B.C. when Spartans played it as an ancient game. Across centuries, football has evolved as the culture around it has thrived. Promoting the power of sport values is an important skill we must spread. Fair-play, equality, respect, dignity. Football & sport are a powerful vehicle for social inclusion, gender equality & youth empowerment. And the values of sports are those vital for peace.
And now June in review. Themes, resources, tips and tools for you to try something new or something different you can include into your lessons.
My usual readers know I write in English, Français and Português. June English and Français. Here are the most popular posts of the last month:
Blogging is my free contribution to inspire new and young teachers, by proposing different subjects from Literature to Science or Sports. And of course Environment.
Hope you enjoyed my pedagogical proposals published in June and you included some of them into your lessons.
Summer is here! That's a nice time to think about sun and beach!
June 21st was the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, and if you’re feeling a little happier at the end of the week, science may explain why. The summer solstice are one of the happiest days of the year, and it’s all thanks to that sweet, sweet sunshine.
Philip Gehrman, associate director of the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program at the University of Pennsylvania, says that people are generally more cheerful in the summertime.
Why? Light is the strongest cue when it comes to the body regulating circadian rhythms like the sleep cycle and hormonal fluctuations, more light is generally a good thing when it comes to improving your mood. I'm Sun addict for sure!
On the Summer Solstice, June’s waxing moon will reach its full lunar phase in the wee hours of June 28, kicking off a summer of celestial happenings. Stargazers are in for a treat since this full moon, known as the Strawberry Moon, also happens to arrive during Saturn opposition, meaning Saturn will be at its closest and brightest this year.
Strawberry Moon? Why?
Yes, June Full Moon is called the Full Strawberry Moon. This Full Moon got its name from the Algonquin tribes who knew it as a signal to gather the ripening fruit of wild strawberries. This is a diverse group of tribes that covered the continent as far as California.
Algonquin couple, 18th-century watercolor by unknown artist
Courtesy of the City of Montreal Records Management & Archives, Montreal, Canada
The Strawberry Moon has different nicknames in different cultures:
the Full Rose Moon (Europe)
the Honey Moon (Europe)
the Mead Moon (Europe)
the Green Corn Moon,
the Planting Moon,
Birth Moon.
NASA illustration of how different Mars can look, depending on its distance to Earth https://www.inverse.com/
Summer will offer rare opportunities for stargazers. Events such as Mars opposition in late July will bring the red planet closer to Earth than it has been in 15 years, giving anyone with a telescope the chance to see Mars’ unique features more closely than usual.
The Strawberry Moon will be the season’s first celestial event visible to stargazers, and thanks to Saturn opposition occurring on the same night, it won’t disappoint.
This year’s Strawberry Moon, which marks the short harvesting season for strawberries, offers an exciting event for celestial sightseers. But this year, Saturn’s opposition will be visibleuntil September.
“It’s the most colorful of all full moons,” Daniel M. Soref, Milwaukee Public Museum’s Theater & Planetarium director, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in an interview published Monday. “We always get more color in the sky when things are lower.”
One thing to note is that the moon will also appear as a minimoon, which is difficult to notice with the naked eye but means the moon is at the furthest possible position from Earth. A minimoon happens when the moon is at its furthest point from Earth (called the apogee). It will appear just a tad bit smaller in the sky.
For the two celestial events to share a set time is a rare treat for stargazers, but it’s just the first of many cosmic happenings slated for this summer.
Stonehenge
via European Heritage /before Brexit
Traditions:
Summer solstice, also called 'midsummer' is a special day for many as it means the start of the summer. It has links to many ancient cultural practices as different cultures have celebrated it being symbolic of renewal, fertility and harvest.
Every year, hundreds of pagans and non-pagans congregate at Stonehenge to see the sun rise in the morning and welcome in the summer. Stonehenge is a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with it’s neighbour Avebury. Some pagans and druids perform a fire ritual to celebrate the occasion. This involves people with unlit candles forming a circle around a large lit central candle and lighting theirs off it one at a time.
On June 27, Earth’s orbit will bring the planet in between Saturn and the sun, which will place Saturn opposite the sun in Earth’s sky and create a rare opportunity to observe the ringed planet throughout the night. Saturn will rise in the southeast sky around sunset, where it will be at its closest and brightest in 2018 before setting in the west around sunrise.
Stargazers can catch the Strawberry moon on June 27 as well, on June 28. Saturn will be at its highest in the sky around midnight, making it easy to observe alongside the moon.
While the Strawberry Moon will only hang around for one night, there will be opportunities to see Saturn and its bright opposition until September. For the two celestial events to share a set time is a rare treat for stargazers, but it’s just the first of many cosmic happenings slated for this summer.
Education:
On June 27 and 28, 2018, find the full moon and look in the moon’s glare for a starlike point. That point is a planet, Saturn.
Such an incredible event the Strawberry Moon June 28 and most European students (primary, elementary education) are enjoying summer holiday.
So teachers can't include Summer solstice and Strawberry Moon (June 2018) into school lessons. However, students are curious, and they will pay attention on YouTube perhaps? Yes, they are the YouTubers generation
So the date of the June 2018 full moon depends on your time zone. From the most of the contiguous U.S., the moon turns full on the evening of June 27. From Portugal and the western portions of Africa, the instant of full moon occurs before sunrise June 28.
For Asia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and the most of Europe, the moon turns full during the daylight hours on June 28, at which time the sun is above the horizon and the moon is below it.
After Summer holiday, teachers and students will discuss their experiences and knowledge about summer solstice and Strawberry Moon. I'm sure!
Curricula: Cross-curricular: Geography; History; Sciences; Languages (traditions, literature).
Level : All levels.
Teachers must consider the activities to every level or curriculum they are teaching.
The UEFA European Championship is one of the world's biggest sporting events, although the competition's genesis was more difficult than might be expected.
Championships for national associations had already begun in other continents by the time the idea of a European competition for national teams began to reach fruition in the 1950s.
History:
At the time that UEFA was born, in 1954, the impetus for a European championship was coming from the distinguished French sports newspaper L'Equipe, which proposed a competition with home-and-away matches to be played in midweek in the evening.
Adding to the French drive for such a tournament was Henri Delaunay, first UEFA General Secretary and former French national association general secretary. Read more here
Many parents are writing about the enthusiam of their kids on football since the Euro 2016 began.
Well, as extra and funny summer hobby, educators can do some funny learning activities about Europe and football.
Young people might enjoy finding out more about the countries taking part in Euro 2016, particularly Iceland and Wales, which are hosting the tournament for the first time.
Ask them to find each country's flag and then locate the competing nations on a map of Europe. Which teams will have to travel furthest from home to play in the competition?
Summer break continues. Schools are closed in the most part of European countries, as well in North America, Australia, and most countries in the world. High schools and universities are still working. Exams time!
Well, I will backto posting some ideas and educational resources until August. My summer break.
