Tuka has spread her arms and she is spinning like a top. Suddenly she stops abruptly, but she can’t manage to walk straight. She staggers around, zigzagging until she bumps into Maco, who is lying on a picnic blanket reading his new space book.
“Did you know, Tuka, that while the Earth rotates on its own axis, the Moon doesn’t. It actually orbits the Earth!”

“No, I didn’t know that,” Tuka replies. She asks Maco to tell her more about the Earth and the Moon.
“Do you know how long it takes the Moon to go once around Earth?” Maco asks. Tuka has no idea. She is very surprised to hear that it takes a whole month.

“Now I’ll show you how we can play Moon and Earth,” Maco suggests. He asks Tuka to be the Earth. She has to keep rotating around herself. Maco will play the Moon, and so he starts to walk around Tuka.
“You are Earth, and I am Moon. Do you understand? The Earth rotates on its own axis and the Moon revolves around the Earth,” Maco explains. Tuka loves this new game. She wants to learn more about the Earth, the Moon and space in general. Maco’s space book tells them about the seven planets called Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Tuka thinks the names sound funny. Maco and Tuka study the book together. They get excited about the planets and decide to start a craft project, using paper to create things you find in space. They have quite a project planned!

Maco receives a message from Waaba and he invites Soca over. Soon all four Kip Crew members are studying the space book together. Tuka will never understand how Waaba can send messages to her friend without talking or writing a text message — she just thinks of her friends, and they suddenly realise that she is wanting to connect. Really weird! On the other hand, Tuka is much physically faster than any of her friends. Maybe we all have some talent that makes us special in our own way, she decides.

“How did you get here so fast?” Tuka asks. “You were here in a second.”
“Don’t exaggerate, Tuka!” Maco replies. “Do you know how short one second is? It’s about as short as a wink of the eye. ”Now Tuka definitely wants to know if it takes a second to wink her eye. Tuka understands that she has a lot to learn about both space and the passage of time. Tuka picks up her phone and immediately looks to see how long it takes them to wink. You too can use a phone or a clock to check the time. Then find out how long it takes to list the names of all the planets! If you don’t know how to check the time yourself, ask an adult to help you.