That's right, you guessed it we have embarked on a space exploration inspired by Space Week from Camp Google
The experiments so far in camp google have been a bit hit and miss requiring a lot of equipment, and often more complex than they need to be. So we have started doing our own thing inspired by the camp. We went to children's section of the Nasa website which has a plethora of information, experiments, videos and games to engage in the subject.
This inspired exploration of satellites, what they comprise of and how they get into and orbit the earth. A few YouTube videos and a section with information later and we have a Minecraft space station and a cardboard satellite ready for orbit. Though Autumn was extremely upset at finding out it would cost £10,000 to get it to orbit.
The experiments so far in camp google have been a bit hit and miss requiring a lot of equipment, and often more complex than they need to be. So we have started doing our own thing inspired by the camp. We went to children's section of the Nasa website which has a plethora of information, experiments, videos and games to engage in the subject.
This inspired exploration of satellites, what they comprise of and how they get into and orbit the earth. A few YouTube videos and a section with information later and we have a Minecraft space station and a cardboard satellite ready for orbit. Though Autumn was extremely upset at finding out it would cost £10,000 to get it to orbit.
Space Station
Autumn's Satellite
Further adaptations to the satellite
Next we plan on going to the library and seeking out further things on this subject, and watching "How to build a planet"
and "How to build a universe"
by the BBC again.
Since this weekend (27th September 2015) there was an amazing event in our skies - The Super Lunar Eclipse, this seems like an excellent place to begin more work on our project.
Below are some links I'm going to be using to shape this project.
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