The most admired pictures from the Hubble Telescope

CERN starts the Large Hadron Collider Again!

Image courtesy of CERN
CLICK HERE to find out ALL ABOUT CERN in 3 MINUTES
CLICK HERE to find out ALL ABOUT LHC in 10 minutes

European Space Agency ESA

European Space Agency captured the interest of our Year 6 class today .I have put on a link to their site which has lots of information about the work of the ESA along with some fun things for you to try. CLICK HERE or CLICK ON THE LOGO below.

Chasing Comets- The International Rosetta Mission

Rosetta, the European Space Agency satellite has been on course to land on a comet in about four years time. Last night and tonight Rosetta passes very close to the Earth. Click here or on the picture to view some cool video animations of the satellite

National Geographic For Kids

Explore this AMAZING site over half term and learn all about VAMPIRE BATS and SNAIL ZOMBIES!
CLICK HERE to go onto NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC for KIDS HOME PAGE

Life on the Moon

Breaking News…Breaking News…..Breaking News..

Indias’s probe to the moon, Chandrayan, has discovered evidence of water in the lunar surface. Although the dust which covers the moon appears as a fine dry powder, it seems that there are water molecules locked away within its minerals.This means that in future if ever we were to go a nd actually try a live on the moon we could probably extract the water , a basic need for life.

Considering that the moon was actually formed from Earth along time ago, it’s only natural that we find water there! I wonder what else they will find there….gold, uranium and other very precious metals probably! I predict that a mining and drilling mission to the moon will be next. Watch this space…!

Polar bears very close to becoming extinct!

Image courtesy ofNative American Indians“

Scientists are warning that the polar bears may join the Dodo and disappear from the wild in less than 70 years! That’s within our lifetime.
It is a very sad and sobering thought.
It’s all happening due to the Polar bear losing its habitat- the ice in the arctic is melting as the Earth continues to get warmer.

If you want to find out more about the other animals on the endangered animals list, click here to play The Endangered Animals Game

you can see some of the animals which have already become extinct by clicking here or on the picture below:

Dodo by Roland Savery

Welcome back!

I hope that you all had a relaxing and peaceful summer after all your hard work in the summer term. It is great to be back at school ready to learn more about nature, space, chemicals , gems, microbeasts and lots more.

I would just like to share a photo of a place I visited in Japan during the summer. Does anyone know the name of this building? (Clue: A precious metal and a place of worship)
Let me know in the comments if you do know.

Mrs Mannan

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.