Trip to The Science Museum
Earlier this term, our STEM club students ventured to The Science Museum, on a trip that truly explored the wonders of science.
Here were some of the highlights of the day:
Antarctica
Students had the opportunity to watch a 3D movie called Antarctica where they enjoyed exploring the mysterious and wild continent of Antarctica.
The documentary transported every student to the farthest reaches of this majestic land and that reveals what happens there affects every single one of us.
Return of Soyuz, exploring space gallery
After a record-breaking national tour, the Soyuz TMA-19M descent module that safely carried astronauts Tim Peake, Yuri Malenchenko and Tim Kopra back from the International Space Station in 2016.
See matter older than our planet
Discovery about the remarkable Hayabusa2 asteroid sample mission.
This is the first time in the UK students were be able to see on public display a 4.6-billion-year-old sample from asteroid Ryugu, collected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), that’s approximately the same age as our solar system.
Making the Modern World Gallery
The gallery presents some of the Museum’s most remarkable objects. Students were able to discover some of the most iconic items that have shaped our society: face-to-face with the Apollo 10 command module, Babbage’s Difference Engine No. 1, Crick and Watson’s DNA model and the first Apple computer.
Discovery of the Space
From rockets to satellites, probes to landers, this gallery showcases some out-of-this world objects.
Students were be able to see a full-sized replica of Eagle—the lander that took astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin to the Moon in 1969. Then discovered how we are able to live in space—to breathe, eat, drink and go to the toilet.
They were able to get a unique insight into the history of rockets. Two real space rockets—a British Black Arrow and a United States Scout.
They were also able to find out how the space age started in 1957 with the launch of Sputnik 1 and see a full-size replica of the Huygens module that landed on Titan in 2005 and a model of the Beagle 2 Mars lander.
