Everything you ever wanted to know about the universe - 1
Speaker:
Dr Lisa Jardine-Wright
Curriculum links:
Maths and ... Science
Age range:
8-11
Cost:
Other (see below, cancellation policy)
Date:
Friday, November 20, 2009
Time:
10.00 - 12.00 (UK time)
Participating schools:
Liss Junior School, Hampshire
Participating schools:
Stafford Junior School, E Sussex
Participating schools:
Our Lady's RC Primary School, Oldham
Places still available?:
Yes - book a place / create an account: you will need to create an account for your school if this is the first VC you've booked with us since September 2009. International Year of Astronomy
This is a special event sponsored by the Royal Astronomical Society, so we are able to offer places at £30 per school.
************
So what do you want to know about our solar system, the stars, galaxies, black holes or our universe? In this day conference, Lisa Jardine-Wright will use your questions to lead KS2 children in finding out more about our universe.
We would like participating schools to submit questions in advance, and we will then select those which have most to offer and plan a range of activities for the children to do and discuss during the session. The activities will be chosen to challenge the children's pre-conceptions and to help them find out more about the universe.
Equipment needed for experiments (ideally for each group of about 5 or 6 children):
- room to move around (for human earth-moon system and solar system)
- a selection of differently sized balls and other small objects, such as lentils, peppercorns, marbles, ... (for scale in the solar system)
- a toilet roll (entire, ie. with all its sheets, for scale in the solar system)
- rulers and calculators (for scale in the solar system)
- some cardboard boxes containing flour with a layer of cocoa on the top and a means of protecting the floor and table top from the mixture splashing onto them (to use with some of the balls/objects for a crater experiment)
