Nova in the Maya World

Nova opened her book and suddenly stepped into a jungle full of tall stone buildings.

‘Where am I?’ she asked. Nova had traveled back to the time of the Maya,

over 1,000 years ago. The Maya built great cities with pyramids, temples,

and wide stone plazas. They were amazing scientists and mathematicians. The Maya studied the Sun,

Moon, and stars to create calendars and understand time. They also invented

their own writing and used the number zero long before many others. Nova smiled and

said, ‘The Maya were brilliant thinkers who learned from the sky and nature.