--- title: The night sky and outdoor myths — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «The night sky and outdoor myths», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A shooting star is not a star at all. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / The night sky and outdoor myths # The night sky and outdoor myths Lesson 240 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 25 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/0/) — A shooting star is not a star at all. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/1/) — It is a small piece of space rock, often no bigger than a grain of sand, that rushes into the air so fast that it heats up and burns, leaving a bright streak. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/2/) — The northern lights glow in the sky near the North Pole, seen from Canada, Alaska, Scotland and other far-north places; the southern lights glow in the far south, seen from New Zealand and Tasmania. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/3/) — Particles from the Sun make the air glow. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/5/) — A good thinker asks: what is the evidence, and what is the real reason? - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/6/) — Some myths have a grain of truth: it is fine to swim after a snack, but not when you are very full or tired. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/7/) — Honeybees usually die after stinging a person, but wasps and bumblebees do not. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/8/) — Example: a boy in Alaska tells his friend not to rub snow on her frozen cheeks. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/9/) — Rubbing damages frostbitten skin; she should warm it slowly instead. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/10/) — A shooting star is a small piece of space rock burning up high in the air, not a star. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/11/) — A shooting star glows because it heats up from rushing through the air. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/12/) — Go out to look at the stars with a grown-up, because in the dark it is hard to see dangers. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/13/) — The northern lights may be seen in Canada, Alaska, Scotland and other far-north places, and the southern lights in New Zealand and Tasmania. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/14/) — Particles from the Sun are pulled towards the poles and make the air glow there, and that glow is the northern and southern lights. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/15/) — Swimming after a snack is fine; the old one-hour rule has no real evidence, but do not swim when very full or tired. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/16/) — A honeybee's sting is barbed and gets stuck in skin, so a honeybee usually dies after stinging a person. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/17/) — Wasps and bumblebees can sting more than once and do not die. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/18/) — You cannot tell a safe mushroom by how it looks or smells; deadly mushrooms can look, smell and taste nice, so never eat wild ones. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/19/) — Rubbing snow on frozen skin harms it; warm frostbitten skin slowly instead. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/20/) — Urine does not help a jellyfish sting and can make some worse; follow local first aid. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/21/) — Touching a toad does not give you warts, because warts are caused by a human virus, but wash your hands after touching any animal. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/22/) — A boy in Arizona looked straight at the Sun during an eclipse; it burned a spot in his eye and his eyesight was damaged for life. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/23/) — A girl in Scotland believed that moss always grows on the north side of trees and used it to find her way; she walked the wrong way and got lost. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/24/) — Looking at the Sun, even during an eclipse (when the Moon passes in front of the Sun), can damage your eyes for good; sunglasses are not enough, only proper eclipse glasses are safe. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/25/) — Old sayings like "moss grows on the north side" are not reliable ways to find your way, because moss grows wherever it is damp and shady, on any side of a tree. - ← previous: [Litter and caring for nature](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/) - next →: [Safe toys for you and little ones](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/241-safe-toys/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)