During our weekly science lessons, we have explored some of the big questions such as:
· What makes a planet, a planet?
· What do we know about the solar system?
· Why does the sun shine?
· What would Earth be like without the sun?
· How do we know space exists?
· What are planets, humans, life made of?
Using their ICT and creative thinking, students designed and created infographic posters focusing on a dwarf planet in the solar system.
Fun facts we learnt:
“You can’t hear sound in space due to the atmosphere” – Jemma HS., Emily G
“The reason we can’t hear in space is that normally sound vibrates, creating what we hear. Because there is no air in space, there are no vibrations meaning no sound!” – Charlie F., Rupert H., Ryan Z., Adhiraj B.
``A single day on Haumea is only 3.8 Earth hours due to it’s fast rotation.” – Nathan R., Mischka A., Ada C., Ella W.
“We learned that 225088 Gonggong and it’s moon, Xianglius’ names come from a god and a monster from Chinese mythology. “ – Archer L., Miles E., Dylan C., Ashton G.
“Makemake is a fascinating dwarf planet that is situated in the Kuiper Belt.” – Marium S., Chloe Z., Ashley Y.
“The average temperature on Makemake is -230 degrees Celsius. Chilly!!!” – Max S., Zac D., Sam C., Matt L.
“From 1930 to 2006, Pluto was known as a planet.” – Alex B., Teo X., Thomas A.
“Did you know that Ceres has ice volcanos?” – Emily G.
“Pluto has a heart-shaped region of ice on it. It also has mountains that were found to have watery ice floating on top of nitrogen ice.” – Leah L., Harper K., Clara N., June M.
Here are a few fine examples!
Our obsession with space has also extended into our mathematics lessons, where students in The Treehouse have explored connections between measurement, length, data, time, distance and astronomical units.
We investigated:
· How many kilometres each planet in the solar system is from the sun, representing this data using a column graph.
· Creating accurate representations of the solar system considering distance, diameter of planets and colour.
· Research into the formation of planets and representation of this as a timeline including the formation of each planet’s moons.
· Calculation of the Astronomical Units (AU) each planet is from the sun.
