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Thursday 15 January 2015

Inside The Planetarium

Well today was cool!  We sat inside an inflated dome and got to experience a travelling astronomy show! 


It looks small on the outside but it was big enough for all of us!  

We started off by getting to hold an actual meteorite. It's made of melted metal and it's very heavy. 




Then we moved inside the dome. First we went forward in time and watched tonight's stars come out. 


We learned how to locate Polaris, where the constellations are and we saw how stars move across the sky. 

Next we saw where Jupiter will be. We also got to zoom in close to see Jupiter's rotation and well as how it's 4 biggest moons revolve around it. 


We wrapped up by learning how our own moon revolves around us and what phases it goes through. Today we understand our sky a little bit better. 

Thanks to Dr. D and to Westglen School for inviting us. 


Wednesday 7 January 2015

What a Drag!

As we come to the end of our flight unit we find ourselves experimenting with the effect of drag on paper airplanes (it slows them down so they don't travel as far) and parachutes (they will have a slower descent).