The final part of the space topic is to look at friction – a particular problem when space craft re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere.

Here are the teaching materials in English and a Polish version for Karol ( and anyone else who wants to learn Polish)

friction

friction-polish

1D3 and 1G3 have been modelling the solar system to get a better idea of what distances are like in space. Working in pairs, pupils had to produce coloured scale pictures of their planets, including any other structures such as rings. The planets were then stuck up along the science corridor with all the distanced from the window (sun) worked out to scale.

Here are some young astronomers with their planets at the top of the wall –