The large sphere on the right is standing for the sun. The line of children are each holding tiny spheres standing for the planets.
Year 5 Study Astronomy
A visitor called Mr Blakesley visited Year 5 and helped us do experiments about astronomy.
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The large sphere on the right is standing for the sun. The line of children are each holding tiny spheres standing for the planets. |
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This activity illustrates how far the planets are from the sun. Sion is holding up the big ball for the sun in the distance near the pavilion. The positions of the planets are marked on the rope and children are standing where the planets would be. |
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The furthest two planets reached across the field into the playground |
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This experiment showed how day changes into night when a globe spins. |
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This experiment helped to demonstrate how the grab-a-hand was used in space to manipulate the Hubble telescope. |
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The children had to choose from a list what astronauts would take with them into space |
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Using a trampoline like sheet of lycra we demonstrated how gravity prevents the moon from flying away from the earth. The large blue shot-put ball is standing for the earth and the small green one for the earth. |
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Here we were finding the right solution to possible problems that astronauts might face. |
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Mr Blakeesley poured a little boiling water into a flask. After a few seconds he quickly emptied the flask, which was then left full of steam. After a minute or two the vapour condensed, leaving a vacuum in the flask and then the pressure of the atmosphere caused the flask collapsed. |
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Here a solar panel is making electricity which is being used to the small blue fan spin. |