Planetarium Incursion

This week our Year 7 cohort participated in a Planetarium Incursion in the school gym to support their learning about the Universe in Science. 

The students entered the inflatable Planetarium and were immediately awed by their new, dark, echoey environment.  As they sat and lay down to watch the show they were mesmorised as suddenly day became night and the stars above them shone down.  The students learnt about day vs night, years and the phases of the moon.  They listened to an Aboriginal story about the phases of the moon and the lessons that can be learnt from this story.  The scenery then suddenly changed to show the constellations, looking finally at the Southern Cross and how we can use it for navigation when out under the stars. 

Finally the students experience ended by watching a short film taking them on a journey through the solar system, visiting the individual planets and learning about the conditions and challenges we, as humans, would face if we were to ever visit there.    Overall a great experience by all, that enhanced our learning about all things to do with space and in particular, our solar system.