During Day 2 of their space project, Year 9 students from The Northicote School participated in the following activities:
- A research / analysis exercise based on the Moon Landing “hoax” (the idea that the moon landings in the late 1960s / early 1970s were faked and were filmed in a Hollywood studio). How do we evaluate evidence?
- Surviving in Space - How do you sleep in space? How do you go to the toilet in space?
- Exploring the International Space Station using the Virtual ISS simulator
- Designing and building Mars Landers to safely landed an egg dropped from a height
At the end of Day 2, we carried out a video link-up with Dr. Matthew Kenworthy, a British astronomer working at the University of Arizona in Tucson, USA. Dr. Kenworthy is part of a team of astronomers seeking to take images of planets orbiting stars other than our Sun. You can watch the interview, or download an audio version or mobile phone (3gp) video version, from the following page in our podcast section:
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What the teacher said:
Excellent! Excellent presentation - able to keep the group focussed throughout. Lots of activities, including hands-on. An outstanding learning experience for pupils.
l just watched the website of the children talking to Dr Kenworthy which was absolutley fantastic, it just shows how the school is coming on regarding learning,not just in the classroom but around the world,all the technology that they have now got and l am pleased to say l am proud to send my children to this school. thank you for working so hard
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