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Science Rhymes eNewsletter #26 April 2021
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Perseverance:  From studying stromatolites in the Pilbera, Western Australia twenty years ago, to looking for life on Mars, Dr Abigail Allwood is the first female (and Australian) to be a principal investigator on a Mars mission.  She invented and oversees an X-Ray tool (PIXL) on the NASA Rover, Perseverance, which successfully landed on Mars in February. To persevere means to carry on and not give up.  Good luck NASA, Abigail and Rover Perseverance. 

Will you PERSEVERE with eating a healthy amount of fruit and vegetables this year?


Notorious Asparagus
by Celia Berrell


Notorious asparagus,
a vegetable that’s good for us,
is packed with healthy vitamins
for energy and body cleanse.
 
Yet infamous asparagus,
you sometimes make a fool of us.
Your spear-like shoots, a delicacy
when eaten, give us smelly pee.
 
Asparagusic acid means
our urine smells a queasy green.
But fructans (carbs) within these plants
help do away with stinky farts!

 

POEMS FOR SCIENCE WEEK PLEASE

2021 is the United Nation's International Year of Fruits and Vegetables, so we are inviting you to submit poems on this theme for our National Science Week collection.  Click HERE for a free pdf to help you get started.

The Bee is not Afraid of Me

Are BEES important pollenators, helping many of our favourite FRUITS & VEGATABLES to grow?

The Bee is not Afraid of Me: A book of insect poems was launched by Emma Press UK last month.  It includes two Science Rhymes (True bugs are suckers and Ask a Katydid).  Edited by science educator Fran Long and ecology poet Isabel Galleymore, it is a perfect portal to transport children into the engaging world of insects.

Cumquats and Wotnots

by Diane Finlay

Did you ever
tango with a mango
or mince with a quince
peel a lychee by the sea
or kiss a ‘blue’ berry?
 
Can you really
make rhymes with limes
or mix melons with lemons
blow GIANT raspberries
or get stuck in a strawberry jam?
 
Did you ever
scare a pear
or grapple with an apple
watch peaches on beaches
or discover plums have bums?
 
Can you really
tie cumquats with wotnots
feed grapes to apes
put a pawpaw on a seesaw
or be mean to a nectarine?
 
Did you ever
can-can with a rambutan
see grapefruits in suits
take kiwis to Fiji
or wonder why this rhyme began?


A cumquat (or Kumquat) is a grape-sized citrus fruit.
This poem by Diane Finlay was previously published in Australian Children's Poetry.

Can you see your own poem published on the internet?
If you have written a short poem about science, nature or the environment, send it to feedback@sciencerhymes.com.au for consideration to be published on the Science Rhymes website.
Previous eNewsletters: Best Wishes,
Celia
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