This term we have been learning about our planet Earth and where we are in the solar system.
In May, we had a great trip to Stardome Observatory in Cornwall Park, Auckland. When we arrived there, we had a lot of fun and exercise in the adventure playground and on the flying fox. Then we had our lunch.
After lunch we went into Stardome where we learned heaps about the earth, moon and planets in our solar system. When we went inside we looked at a lot of interesting displays about space.
After we looked at the displays we went into a really cool movie theatre. The seats tilted back so you could watch the giant screen on the ceiling. It was like looking up into space. We saw a movie called 'The Secret of the Cardboard Rocket'. The cardboard box became a rocket and went whizzing through space showing us the different planets in our solar system. We saw another movie that showed what the sky looks like at night. The whole ceiling looked like the night sky. We were shown different groups of stars and what they were called. It looked a bit like join-the-dots pictures.
Then the lady showed us how the moon moves around the Earth and the Earth moves around the sun. Three children dressed up as the Sun, Earth and Moon and showed us how they move around in space. We also used globes of the Earth and a bright light for the sun to see how we get day and night. After that, the lady showed us a funny movie of astronauts in a rocket ship in space. We saw them try to eat and move in the rocket ship. Because there was no gravity, everything could float around. It was funny.
After that, we got in the bus for the long drive home. It was a great day out and we learned lots about space and our solar system.
Check it out on our slideshow!
