November 28th is... Red Planet Day, Make Your Own Head Day, National French Toast Day, It's Letter Writing Day, St. Catherine Laboure's Day, St. Simeon Metaphrastes' Day, Gone-ta-pott Day, Auto Race Day, Feast of the Holy Sovereigns (Hawaii), Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha
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PLUS - interesting books to read and free printables, paper crafts, kid crafts, activities, and coloring pages.
Red Planet Day-- The date of this unofficial holiday commemorates the day in 1964 when Mariner 4, a robotic interplanetary probe was launched by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). In the 8 months it was on its mission, the Mariner 4 became the first spacecraft to successfully fly by Mars. It also gave the world the first close-up images of Mars. Since then several exploratory missions have been sent to Mars to gather data about the planet. Source
Read: Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet
-- The next frontier in space exploration is Mars, the red planet. National Geographic goes years fast-forward to take a peek into the gravity-defying world of outer space with stunning photography, amazing visuals, and strong science. This companion book dramatizes the next 25 years as humans land on and learn to live on Mars. Filled with vivid photographs taken on Earth, in space, and on Mars; arresting maps; and commentary from the world's top planetary scientists, this fascinating book will take you millions of miles away — and decades into the future — to our next home in the solar system.
• MARS TV Series -- In a unique hybrid of scripted drama and documentary, executive producers Brian Grazer and Ron Howard present this epic series following a thrilling quest - in 2033 - to colonize Mars. Two Seasons.• Uncle Milton - Mars in My Room -- Watch the mysterious red planet light up and come to life on your wall. See pinpoints of light showing where Mars Rovers have landed. Then, place different Lander/Rover stickers to mark their landing locations. Includes Mars Rover/Lander Mission cards.
• Space Coloring and Activity Books
Space Station Construction Simulator 2018
Amazon Freebies:• Free Mars Novels ebooks. No Kindle? Download a FREE Kindle Reading App
• Read ebooks for free with a Free Trial of Kindle Unlimited
• Free Mars apps and games
• Listen to Mars LPs with a Free Trial of Amazon Music Unlimited
• Watch Mars Videos for Free with a Free Trial of Amazon Prime
• with Amazon Audible, and Get Two Free Audiobooks
• Free Alexa Skills | Mars
Free Printables, Coloring Pages, Activities and Crafts:
• Mars Facts | Mars Exploration Program - NASA Mars
• Printable finder charts for Mars
• Maps and Globes - Download, print, and make your own planetary globes!
• Mars Planet coloring page
• (Is there) Life on Mars? - Interact with Mars' craters and volcanoes. See all the places humans have touched through space missions and astronomical observations.
• Mars Activities - NASA's Mars Exploration Program
• Free Mars - Turn based free strategy game about colonizing Mars
Turn based free strategy game about colonizing Mars.
• Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs - free ebook
• Life on Mars - Activities - Lunar and Planetary Institute
• Mars Papercrafts | PaperCraftSquare.com
Make Your Own Head Day
-- Get out your pens, pencils, and other art supplies and let your imagination run wild. It can look as much or as little like your own head as you choose. Paper mache, plasticine, mashed potatoes, jello - make it out of whatever you have on hand! It could also mean make up your own mind, take some time for self-reflection, or just be yourself.
Red Planet Day
-- You can see the planet, weather permitting, as Mars is one of the five planets
that can be viewed without an optical aidduring November, according to EarthSky. Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn will also be visible.
French Toast Day
-- Also called Nun's toast, Poor Knights of Windsor and Pain Perdu, French toast has Roman origins. The original recipe was also called
Pain a la Romaine,French for Roman bread. In ancient and medieval times, it was made with expensive white bread after the crusts were removed. Instead of syrup, the ancient Romans used honey.
