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The Pinwheel Galaxy is Make a Pinwheel 21 million light-years starring the from Earth. Pinwheel Galaxy

Where are you? If you were to A galaxy in your hand! make a map of your location, what would you put on your map? You’re in a state, which is in a country, which is on a planet. What You’ll Need But keep going! Your planet (Earth)  Pinwheel Galaxy printout (next is in a solar system, which is inside two pages) a galaxy called the Milky Way—  Chenille stems  Chopstick or just one of the trillions of Popsicle stick galaxies in the universe.  Scissors It’s amazing to think about  Single hole puncher how massive the universe is! Now you can hold a little part of our Get even more big universe in your hands by making excited about your own version of a spiral galaxy space with Luciana called the Pinwheel Galaxy. by Erin Teagan at scholastic.com /american-girl. More About Galaxies

A galaxy is a huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars. Galaxies are held together by gravity. Check Spiral galaxies have Elliptical galaxies are Irregular galaxies out the three types curved “arms” that make smooth and shaped like have—you guessed it— of galaxies. them look like a pinwheel. ovals (elliptical means oval). irregular shapes. SCHOLASTIC and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved. Inc. All rights reserved. of Scholastic trademarks registered and/or trademarks are logos and associated SCHOLASTIC Girl. American from under license and used by owned are trademarks Girl and associated American Girl. All rights reserved. © 2018 American

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Your Pinwheel Galaxy Pinwheel Blueprint 1 2 3 4 Cut out the hexagonal Cut along the Punch holes in the Turn the paper so it’s shape for your Galaxy dotted white lines. white circles: six around facedown. Pinwheel. the edges and one in the center.

5 6 7 8 Thread a chenille stem Going around the circle, Tie a knot in the Wrap the other end of the through the center hole. fold each flap so the chenille stem at the chenille stem around the Be careful in case there chenille stem goes front of the pinwheel. stick. Leave space between are sharp edges. through each hole. the pinwheel and the stick. FAMILY ACTIVITY

Design Your Own Spiral Galaxy! Use your imagination along with markers, colored pencils, or crayons to draw your own galaxy on the template below. Then follow the directions on the previous page to assemble it.

Find out more Make your stars really shine BY about space at nasa.gov Photo: © drbimages/iStock. Photo: ADDING GLITTER to your pinwheeL! /kidsclub.