YOUR MATARIKI KETE PRIMARY EDITION. Learn about Matariki. How do you find it in the sky and why is it important?

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1 YOUR MATARIKI KETE Larn about Matariki. How do you find it in th sky and why is it important? 2016 PRIMARY EDITION Includs a comptition and pull-out postr.

2 WHAT IS MATARIKI? Matariki is a clustr of svn stars in th constllation Taurus. Thr ar about a thousand stars in Matariki but only svn can b sn with th nakd y. MĀORI NAMES OF PLANETS Nptun Tangaroa MATARIKI FACTS Bcaus th star clustr can b sn all around th world, in diffrnt culturs it has lots of diffrnt nams, lik: Th Pliads Grc Th Svn Sistrs Grc Subaru Japan Th six wivs of th six sags Tamil Svn chickns Thailand Matali I Samoan Astronomrs call Matariki Mssir45. Whn Matariki rappars in th pr-dawn sky in arly wintr, for som iwi it signals th start of th Māori Nw Yar. Ngā mihi o t Tau Hou! Th Matariki fstival starts at th first crscnt Moon aftr Matariki has risn Saturn Rongo Uranus Whērangi Jupitr Parārau WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? Matariki is a clustr of svn stars in th constllation Taurus. Thr ar about a thousand stars in Matariki but only svn can b sn with th nakd y. For som iwi Matariki rsts th Maori lunar calndar, Maramataka. Calndars us th Moon to st th months and th Sun to mark th sasons. Th cycl of th Moon around Earth (lunar cycl) dosn t fit vnly into th cycl of th Earth around th Sun (solar cycl). Each yar, th Moon cycl is around 11 days shortr than th solar cycl, maning that aftr 12 months thr is still about 11 days until th Earth rturns to th sam position in its orbit around th Sun. Stars can b usd to rst th calndar bcaus thy appar in th sam plac at th sam tim vry yar. Whn you s Matariki rising in th ast at arly dawn, you ll know th Maramataka has bn rst and a nw yar bgins again. Th Maori Nw Yar is traditionally clbratd at th first crscnt Moon aftr th first apparanc of Matariki in th morning sky. This occurs btwn arly and lat Jun and this yar is on th 6th Jun. Mrcury Apārangi PLUS Mars Matawhro Earth Papatūānuku Vnus Kōpū Milky Way Mangōroa Orion Tautoru Sun Tamanuitrā

3 HOW TO FIND MATARIKI AUCKLAND NORTH-EASTERN DAWN SKY 16 JUNE 2016 / 6:30AM Matariki is visibl most of th yar xcpt in lat autumn whn it is too clos to th Sun. In Nw Zaland it riss in th northast and sts in th northwst, travlling across th northrn sky in btwn. This movmnt, as with all othr stars, is not causd by th stars thmslvs moving but by th Earth turning, making it appar to mov across th sky. Matariki appars highr and highr in th sky as th yar gos on until it sts again kp looking for it using this mthod. 2 1 MATARIKI ORION S BELT 1 To find Matariki, look for Orion s blt Tautoru 2 Follow a lin through th thr stars of Tautoru towards north and you will s a small clustr of stars. You v found Matariki!

4 Th svn brightst stars ar also calld th IT CONTAINS ABOUT A THOUSAND STARS, BUT ONLY SOME ARE VISIBLE WITH THE UNAIDED EYE. āori Traditionally, M brightr th t a th d v li b th warmr, r w rs ta s th son would th coming sa crops. b for growing Matariki is in th constllation of Taurus. CLASSROOM RESOURCE Th stars in Matariki wr formd aroun d 100 million y ars ago that s only 1/50th

5 th ag of our Sun! STARDOME.ORG.NZ THE CLUSTER IS DOMINATED BY BLUE STARS WHICH ARE SCORCHING. THEY ARE MUCH HOTTER THAN OUR SUN! MATARIKI Svn Sistrs. Thy ar sistrs bcaus thy ar positiond clos to on anothr and wr formd from th sam gas and dust cloud! Astronomrs stimat th clustr will surviv for about anothr 250 million yars bfor all th stars drift apart. MATARIKI CAN BE SEEN FROM ALMOST EVERY SINGLE SPOT ON EARTH, FROM THE NORTH POLE ALL THE WAY SOUTH TO THE SOUTHERNMOST TIP OF SOUTH AMERICA!

6 ACTIVITIES GLITTER SLIME WHAT YOU NEED: ¼ cup clar Elmr s school glu ¼ cup cold watr Glittr postr paint Glittr spcks ¼ cup Tid dtrgnt (plus an xtra ⅛ cup) INSTRUCTIONS Pour th Elmr s school glu and watr into a bowl and mix togthr. Add svral drops of postr paint and as much glittr as you lik to th mixtur and combin togthr. Slowly pour in th Tid dtrgnt and mix with a spoon. Add in anothr 1/8 cup of Tid and bgin mixing and knading with hands. Th mixtur will bcom soapy and sticky but continu to knad and roll btwn hands. Th soap and bubbls will bgin to disappar as you continu to touch th slim. St asid your colourd slim and rpat as many tims as you lik with varying colours of postr paint and glittr. Roll out your multipl slims and li flat on a surfac. Braid th slims togthr, making a largr and colourful slim mixtur. Play, strtch and squz your nw galaxy slim! PLAY, STRETCH AND SQUEEZE!

7 CROSSWORD ANSWER HOW MANY: PLANETS 5 / ALIENS 6 / ROCKETS 3. ACROSS 3. Matariki is part of th constllation. 6. W can s stars with th nakd y in th Matariki clustr. 9. Th svn brightst stars ar also calld th svn. 10. Th Māori Nw Yar is traditionally clbratd in which month? 11. To find Matariki, look first for. 12. Matariki fstival starts at th first Moon. 11 possibl activitis 12 LAST YEAR DOWN maz is. crossword in lat. word sarch baking 1. Th English nam for th plant Parārau 2. Matariki is visibl most of th yar xcpt 4. Whn Matariki rappars in th sky it signals th start of th Māori. 5. Matariki riss in th. 7. In Thailand, Matariki is known as th Svn. 8. Th Māori nam for th plant Saturn is. HOW MANY? Hunt and find th following itms throughout this booklt, how many can you find? HOW MANY? HOW MANY? HOW MANY?

8 COLOURING IN COMPETITION Colour in th abov imag, cut it out and snd to us to b in th draw to win an ipod Touch. NAME: ADDRESS: PHONE: SCHOOL: AGE: Trms and conditions: On ntry pr prson. All contact dtails must b compltd to b ligibl for ntry. All ntris must b rcivd bfor 5pm on 31st August Judgs dcision is final. SEND YOUR ENTRY TO: Matariki colouring comptition, Stardom, PO Box , Royal Oak, Auckland 1345 STARDOME.ORG.NZ