5/6C’s Class Blog 2008

It’s the first day of Summer and the sky is happy about it! Tonight the moon, Venus and Jupiter aligned to make a happy face in the west. The moon is at the bottom, Venus is the bright eye on the left and Jupiter is on the right.

While the planets and moon appear to be close together, they’re not at all close. The moon is 403,000 km away, while Venus is 150 million kilometres away and Jupiter 870 million kilometres away.

The smiley face will not appear again in Australia until 2036.

Photos: Mrs C from her back yard.

SCREECH! We pulled up on the side of the road and entered the Science Works in
Melbourne!The first exciting place we went to was the magnificent home. It showed the secrets of what was really inside your home. It showed all the revolting insects that lived beneath your floorboards, and what kind of objects get sucked right up into vacuum cleaner. 

There were plenty of fun things to do around the kitchen area. My favorite part of the kitchen was the sink. It made an example of what would happen if you wasted your water, or gave it to your garden. We learnt many things about our houses and had lots of fun and humor! After a big day in
Melbourne we got on the bus and went home. We got home at 6:00pm and we had a brilliant day.

By Nikita and Zack

The Planetarium is at Scienceworks in Melbourne. It is where you look up to watch a movie. When you sit on the seats they move back so it is like you are lying down. The movie we watched was Spinning Out. It tells you about space and the tilt of the Earth and where most of the star constellations are and a lot more. I recommend you go to the Planetarium and watch Spinning Out. We rate it 9 out of 10 but you might rate it better.

By Aiden & Beau

We would like to welcome Fred Nirk to Earth. He will be a regular visitor to our grade, as he would like to learn a lot about Earth and our Solar System and that's what we are going to become experts in! Click on the play button to hear his message.