 Intrepid Year 5 voyagers journeyed to the South Coast Planetarium at Chichester to star gaze and to be filled with awe and wonder. They were able to sit back and gaze up into the dome of the Planetarium as the evening sky was projected above them. Venus, Jupiter and almost a full moon were visibly seen. Then the light pollution was reduced still further as if the crew were in the countryside seeing a clear night’s sky full of a twinkling stars. |
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Once back down to earth the class asked all manner of space questions that Dr
Mason answered fully and with enthusiasm and interest. Space exploration was
viewed from the NASA space site and the amazing views from the Hubble space
telescope seeing in particular how the Icelandic volcano erupted and the passage
of both the lava and the cloud of dust that affected northern Europe. The fantastic treat for the class was to view one of only 4 models in the world that have been made of the complete surface of the moon that the centre has and to handle pieces of meteorite many millions of years ago that entered our earth’s atmosphere, cooled and hardened. An amazing trip that kept us orbiting through space all the way back to school! Towers to Earth can you read us? |
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