Space Exploration

Go to the National Geographic Time LIne to see how space travel has evolved. Click Here.

Watch out for those bugs!

If you are worried about the spread of Swine Flu, follow these basic hygiene rules:

Wash your hands regularly with soap and water. Dry them using disposable paper towels.
Use a tissue to cover your mouth when you sneeze and turn away from any people close by.
Blow your nose into a tissue and throw it away into a bin or flush it down the toilet.

Watch this video to see how germs spread.

Energy Games

Year 6 have just begin their topic on energy. Join them in their quest to learn more about how to save our planet!
Click here to go to the kids saving energy site to try out some great activities.

Antarctic Ice Bridge Breaks

There are definite signs of serious global warming as the predictions turn into evidence.
Click here to visit the BBC coverage with excellent footage of the ice shelf.

Click here to visit the National Geographic site which is where the animated picture is taken from.

Space Shuttle Discovery carries science teachers to the International Space Station

The Moon and Venus!

On Friday 27th January 2009 Venus was closest to Earth which made it a very bright object in the sky. This coincided with a new crescent moon as well! The picture is truly awesome! Let me know if you managed to see it.

Happy 200th Birthday Charles Darwin!

Charles Darwin went on his voyages in HMS Beagle. Here is a model of the ship at the Natural History Museum in London..

Click Here to watch an excellent video on THE TREE OF LIFE

Charles Darwin ( you may have heard about him) was born on 12th February 1809- that’s 200 years ago!
He shares his birthday with another very famous person, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of America, best known for abolishing slavery.

Charles Darwin studied living things and looked at past at present evidence for the formation and evolution of Life on Earth. He put his theory forward in many controversial written works such as On The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man.

Natural History Museum ( Click here for more information)in London have an excellent exhibition on at present looking at Darwin’s work. He lived in Kent in a large house called Down House( Click here for more information) which has recently been opened up by the National English Heritage. You can visit both places and learn more about Darwin, the man, the scientist , the explorer and the philosopher.

Snow!

Atlas of The Universe

This site is especially recommended by a Falcons Girl on the Hubble Telescope Post. I must say it’s an EXCELLENT find.
Well done for recommending it to How on Earth?, KoolkatFreak.

Click Here or on the picture to go onto Atlas Of the Universe

The Hubble Telescope

Year 5 have just begun their topic on Our Universe.

In recent years we have been very fortunate at obtaining images of galaxies and other space objects through the Hubble telescope.

CLICK HERE to look at some of these beautiful and exciting images.

If you would like to find out where the Hubble Telescope is right now, then CLICK HERE.