Trip to Stardome Observatory

Today on Thursday the 12th of November 2015, the students in classes 7,8,9 and 10 went to the Stardome Observatory to learn about Discovering the Future. This was a very fun time for the students. 

At 10:00, we boarded the buses. Rooms 10 and 9 was on one bus, and rooms 8 and 7 were on the other bus. When everyone was on, the bus driver drove to the destination.

When we got there, we had some morning tea. Then rooms 7 and 8 took off to the observatory for their lesson. The remaining classes played on the fire fox, park and on the field. We had a lot of fun playing around. 

When we were told to come and collect our bags, we hesitantly did as we were told. There was one bag between 2-4 people, so there weren't that many bags. We sat down in two lines per class and waited until we were told to come in.

When we got inside, we put our bags into the cage and met our educator. His name was Tim. Tim was a very friendly person. He took us into the Space room and got started with the lesson. 

In the space room, there was a projection of a Nebula viewed from space. It looked so colourful and bright. It was a great sight to see so many colours in one cloud or object that occurs naturally. It was so fascinating to look at.

Tim told us to sit down, and he started the lesson. Tim answered the questions that the students asked him, and at the end of the lesson, Siosifa thanked him.

After we got out of the Space room, we walked around and looked at the displays and objects that were there. Some of the things were roped off, but the things that weren't we were allowed to touch. All of the displays were involving space. There were models of the planets, models of spacecrafts, astronaut suits, models of space rocks, and so much more. Looking around, I was just so fascinated to see that some of these objects actually came from or are involved with space. 

After our little tour around the aisles of Space, Tim called us into the observatory room where we were going to watch a movie. It was about how the universe, planets and everything else in space was formed. The movie showed us a lot about what happened in space, and how it was formed over millions of years.

At the end of the long movie, we took a look at some of the stars. Tim showed us some of the planets that looked just like stars. Tim said that the planets were all in line with each other, that's how we see them when we stargaze. We also looked at constellations. We saw the star Sirius. Sirius is the brightest star in the Earth's night sky. The only two planets we could not see were Venus and Mercury because they were too close to see in the night sky.

After we finished looking at constellations, we went out of the theatre room, and walked into the foyer where we got our bags and hopped onto the bus. The bus driver then took us back to school. We got back at 2:00-2:15.

I enjoyed my day at Stardome because I learnt some new things about space, and because I enjoyed playing on the park and fire fox. I cannot wait to learn more. I also cannot wait to go back and play on the park and fire fox.