Our next science unit is going to be all about space.
This is a very exciting topic is it gives us the opportunity to conduct some fun and creative research on a very interesting topic.
Our first task is to learn some key facts about space – this is a helpful website for doing just that, and, in addition, it can help you to learn about how scientists observe space.
Once you’ve introduced yourself to the key ideas about space, I’d like you to research some of history’s greatest scientists and how their work has informed our understanding of space.
Humans have not always understand that the earth is spherical and that the earth orbits the sun because of gravitational forces. Our understanding of space has developed because of the pioneering work of expert scientists.
Research these famous scientists and see how their work has developed our knowledge of space:
Sir Issac Newton
Edward Hubble
Albert Einstein
Stephen Hawking
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galilei Galileo
This website is a good starting point.
Hello Mr Antcliffe,
I hope you are enjoying your half team, I would just like to say that i am really excited about leaning about this new topic. See you on November the 4th.
Hello again i have just been on the links that you put on. And i have learned lost of stuff all ready, look good cant wait to lean more.
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YES!!!!!!! We are learning about Space. This could link to our Trip to the Science Museum. I have seen lots of the comments on there and everyone would like to go to the Outer Space. I am very excited to learn about Space. Thank You Mr Antcliffe. See you soon.
YES!!!!Thank you so much Mr.Antcliffe I hope you had a lovely half term and I went yesterday to the Royal Observatory in Greenwitch and loved it, especially the space cinema, driving through space and nebulae, playing interactive hands on exciting games and then zooming down the hill and running in the park. I want to go again!!!
I think that this topic is so interesting and I think you’re a star.
Thank You so much Mr Antcliffe. I agree with Marko I think you`re a star.
If you are up for some thinking this rainy Thursday morning, here it goes: how many expressions can you find that are mentioning space, sun, moon, stars, planets, galaxies & similar.
here are some:
to be over the moon, once in a blue moon, to swing on a star, it’s not rocket science, someone is living on a different planet and now think of some more.
For a prize ask your parents for galaxy, milky way or mars chocolate or you will moon them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Space is definitely inspiring – been yesterday at the UCL Festival of Geology and won some shark teeth in a game, we had workshops looking at Earth in different ways, identified fossils and ammonites, looked through microscope at tiny shells and the day before at a ‘space jazz concert’ with music about twelve constellations, that the Sun passes through each year, “Zodiac” by Stockhausen. Each sign had its own very different piece of music.
I would recommend to all (not directly connected to the space|) to visit the exhibition about Zoroastrianism, an ancient religion and very interesting things to see. It might be an idea for all of us to write about interesting places, as we broaden our knowledge that way. I am going to see Solaris tonight (a sci-fi film by Tarkovsky).
Looks like a really fun science lesson
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Finally we’re learning about space. Thanks Mr Antcliffe.
Thankyou for giving us such a great thing to learn about. I am really excited, and I am sure that everyone else in the class will be too. You are one of the best teachers we have ever had, because you believe that each and everyone of us, will have a secret, special talent inside of them. For that, we thankyou. 😀
Space is a very interesting subject and I’m reallllly glad that we’re focusing on it. 😛
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I really enjoy learning about space.
I am really looking forward to studying space. It is a lovely subject and you can learn a lot about it. I hope everybody else enjoys it to!
SPACE IS EPIC. 😉 🙂 😛 😀
Learning about space looks fun!