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Friday afternoon quiz!!!!
As we have quite unusual circumstances in which to host today’s quiz, we are going to have a little challenge! As none of the other teachers have seen the quiz, I thought that they should all join in…so you lot can beat them!
It’s…BEAT THE TEACHER!!!
Some of the staff are going to join in from home.
What we want you guys to do is get a higher score than your teacher!
Remember, you need a device to view the quiz on (with Zoom downloaded and signed into) and a DIFFERENT device to put the answers onto (with kahoot! downloaded onto).
The quiz will begin at 1:30 but I will open up the Zoom link afterwards so we can see the friends in our class for a chat.
The Zoom Meeting ID is:
946 5718 5074
The password is:
quiz
PLEASE do not try to log in before 1:20 as the password WILL NOT work before then.
The Earth from space and the ground
The astronauts in the ISS get to see the Earth from a completely different viewpoint to the rest of us. Here are some pictures of locations around the Earth, taken from the ground and then from space. can you match the location to the 2 photographs?
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Space suit materials
A couple of days ago, you looked at why astronauts need space suits and the different jobs they need to do. Space suits:
- hold in air and keep out the vacuum of space, so astronauts are able to breathe!!!
- pressure, the suits compress the astronaut as space is a vacuum and without the suits pressing down on the astronaut, they would expand and explode!
- Keep in warmth (space is VERY cold) as well as reflect harmful direct sunlight!!!
- protect astronauts from damage (they are made of very tough materials as a ripped spacesuit means certain death!)
- communication, the suits contain cameras, microphones and instruments that measure data about the astronaut
- tethers, there are lots of loops and straps for ensuring the astronauts are fastened to the spacecraft and not drifting off into space!
- drinking and going to the loo! that’s right, astronauts wear nappies…spacewalks can take over 12 hours and the astronauts are only human after all!
Challenge:
What would you construct an emergency spacesuit from at home? You are only allowed to use materials and items you can find in your house! Now, BEFORE YOU GO AND TIP THE GOLDFISH DOWN THE SINK FOR THE BOWL, you do not HAVE to make this spacesuit! Lots of your parents are busy enough managing homeschool and work without you cutting up the duvet and pinching bits from the dish washer! There are lots of ways you could do this task:
- design the spacesuit on paper and label the different materials (and explain why you selected them)
- make a mini space suit for a teddy bear or pet
- take photos of items around home and explain why they would be perfect for a space suit
- lay items out into the shape of a person to show what your suit could look like
- make a table, with a colum, that explain what a space suit must do, a column for the item you would use and a column for why it is a good choice
- go nuts…yes your teachers have noticed that some of your parents are absolutely bonkers and seem even keener to dismantle the house for crazy school projects than you do… so go on, let them go for it and make you a space suit!!!
I can’t wait to see the results of this one! Mrs Rees and I are trying to make a display in school so all of your writing, art, diagrams and photos will get used!
star constellations
I have seen this ace idea for an activity that is easy to do at home. You could do this activity two ways, as a sewing task or by making a viewing telescope.
Sewing:
This would be a great way of adding extra information to the back, such as; the number of stars in the constellation, where in the sky you find it, which galaxy it belongs to, the name of the stars, is the constellation used for anything such as navigation. Maybe you think it looks like something else and could ‘join the dots in a different way and give it your own name!
here are some printable cards:
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Telescope:
This is a nice, fun activity. make sure you use thick card or black paper for the constellation card to completely block the light. Can you use your telescope to help you locate the constellation in the sky?
Here are some printable templates:
What would you take?
When a rocket or shuttle is launched into space, it burns an incredible amount of fuel! Take a look at this infographic:
Look at how small the part that actually holds the astronauts is! Before the year 2000, to launch anything into space, NASA spent $18,500 PER KILOGRAM!!!
So as you can imagine, they only send things that are vital and reduce weight as much as possible. Therefore, the astronauts are only allowed a few special possessions. My challenge for you is, tell me what special items you would take for a year in space and explain why.
Friday Afternoon Quiz
We are going to TRY to host a quiz for you all on Zoom, this Friday at 1:30pm. To play, you will need:
- A device to use Zoom on.
This can be a laptop, a smart TV, a tablet or a phone but the bigger screens work best. You mustfirst download Zoom onto the device and register yourself for a free account. I will be admitting people to the group on Friday and will obviously not admit anyone who we don’t recognise so please use your child’s name as their username so we can admit them easily.
- Our Zoom meeting ID
Type this number into Zoom to access the meeting on Friday afternoon:
471 482 8743
Use the password
quiz
- A device to use Kahoot on.
You will need a different device to answer the questions on. You need to download the free Kahoot app. When the quiz starts, there will be a pin number on the screen that you type into your app to join the game.
If this goes anything like the quizzes we have done for Years 3 & 4 and the one I tried on the staff, all sorts will go wrong! However it works out, it will be lovely to see you guys and for you all to see each other. I will start the Zoom broadcast a little early to help people logging on and try and solve any issues.
Bear with me, it will only be the second time I’ve used Zoom so I won’t be very slick! Good luck and have fun!
The moon landing FUN FACTS (Pay attention, this may help with upcoming activities!!!)
Over 50 years ago, three men on the Apollo 11 mission landed on the moon – for the first time in history! It was a momentous event that caught the attention of the world. Here are some amazing facts about the space race and the moon landing.
1. The moon is 238,855 miles away from Earth. Even whizzing through space at super-high speed, it takes more than three days to get there.
2. Out in space, away from Earth, there is no gravity holding astronauts down, so they float around in their spaceships. Sometimes called zero-g.
3. The lunar module, Eagle, was so small that there was no room for seats. While Eagle dropped 60 miles to the moon’s surface, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin had to stand up.
4. The landing site that Apollo 11 crew had chosen was an area called the Sea of Tranquillity, which looked smooth and safe for landing. This isn’t a sea as we know it. It’s a lunar mare – a large plain formed long ago by a volcanic eruption.
5. When Neil Armstrong landed the lunar module, there were only 30 seconds of fuel left. Yikes!
6. Neil Armstrong was supposed to say ‘That’s one small step for a man’, but he forgot to say ‘a’. Instead, he said the now-famous words, ‘One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind’.
7. Gravity on the moon is only one-sixth as strong as gravity on Earth. If you jumped on the moon, you’d go six times higher. Wow!
8. While Neil Armstrong may have been the first man to set foot on the moon, Buzz Aldrin was the first man to go to the toilet there, using a special tube in his spacesuit!
9. An amazing woman called Katherine Johnson carried out the calculations that made the mission to the moon possible and got the astronauts home again. Katherine’s incredible achievement made it possible for other women and people of colour to follow in her footsteps, breaking down barriers of race and gender.
10. While he was still working for NASA after returning from the moon, Neil Armstrong helped invent computer navigation technology called ‘fly-by-wire’, which is still used in spacecraft and aeroplanes today.
Some of my projects, by Grace
I did a portrait of that terrible teacher we had last year…
I’ve also made some wooden characters with Syd, can you tell who they are?
I’m missing seeing my friends and Mrs Rees, love Grace xx
We designed and tested boats in groups
We have been learning about water resistance and buoyancy. We learned that boats need to have low water resistance to help them move through the water so we decided to design and make boats to see which team could make the boat with the least resistance…click to see how each team got on!