Artwork by Bradford Elementary Grade 2
Artwork by Bradford Elementary Grade 2
Ben and Emily sat back in their seats just as his mother was finishing her discussion about Draco and the dippers. "Sometimes," Ben's mom continued, "while we are looking at the sky things can suddenly appear and then quickly disappear." At that moment and bright meteor flew across the sky. It was very fast and left a glowing trail of yellowish-orange light behind in its path. The glow slowly faded and then disappeared.
"Wow! Did you see that?" cried Kevin out loud.
"That was a shooting star!" exclaimed Kate.
"Awesome!" murmured Daniel under his breath.
"You're right," answered Ben's mom. "People often call such things shooting stars or falling stars, but really they are things scientists call meteors. A meteor is really just a small pebble sized rock burning up as it falls through the atmosphere."
Emily's fear was now gone completely. "That was really cool Ben. How did your mother do that one?"
Ben didn't answer.
"Ben," Emily whispered. "How did she do that?"
"I don't know," Ben responded. "I really don't know. Every new show she adds something different. Now I have to see if I can figure it out. I think it might take me a while."
"I think it's all done with mirrors," Emily said smugly.
Ben thought for a moment then said, "You're probably right."
