We were very lucky to have Mr Rose come back to visit us again. This time he took the planetarium with him, we enjoyed learning about the stars and constellations. Most of the Primary 4/5s went in the morning and some of us had to go after break with the 6/7s as we are a big class and they don’t have as many in their class. It was great fun and a great way to end our space topic!
Category Archives: Sciences
Space with Mr Rose
Today Mr Rose came in to speak about the last few planets of the solar system. Here are a few more facts for you:
It takes 11 and a half Earth years for Jupiter to go around the sun.
Saturn takes 29 and a half years to go around the sun.
Uranus takes 84 years to go around the sun.
Neptune takes 165 Earth years to go around the sun.
You could fit all of the planets in the solar system in Jupiter.
The smallest star is the same size as 8 Jupiter’s.
It would take 1,000 Earths to fill Jupiter.
It would take 1,000,000 Earths to fill the sun.
1 day on Jupiter is 10 Earth hours
The Great Red spot on Jupiter is a tornado and you could squeeze 3 Earths into it!
Jupiter has 16 satellites and they are named after mythological creatures connected to Zeus.
Saturn has 18 satellites. The Satellite Titan creates a shadow on Saturn.
Uranus has 15 satellites and these are names after characters form Shakespeare.
Neptune has 8 satellites and are named after water goddesses
Science experiment with Mrs Spowart
We did a science experiment to do with friction. We had to move jelly from a bowl to a paper towel using chopsticks. It was really hard! Only some of us could do it, then we put oil on the jelly and that made it harder but we still enjoyed it. We learnt that if you have more grip on a surface then it doesn’t slip as much.
Science
We have been learning about friction with Mrs Spowart. We carried out an experiment, using our shoes, and discovered that the more friction there is, the more you need to pull to make something move. In this case, our shoes! We learnt that there are two types of friction. The friction between two things that aren’t moving is called ‘Static Friction’ and the friction between two moving objects is called ‘Dynamic Friction’.
