As part of Rugger Girl's fascination with space, we have turned our attention to the ISS and NASA
The Moon topic from earlier in the week had already prompted us to refresh ourselves on the planets in the solar system and we added to this the concept of Light years; how they work and why we use them. We also delved into the music of Holst and his Planet's Suite whilst doing some space colouring for our front page in our topic folder.
Rugger Girl wanted to know more about the astronauts who had already been to space, so we studied Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Mae Jamieson and Tim Peakes.
We also looked at the computer systems used, the algorithms that would be needed and created our own algorithms for everyday activities. We discussed the different computer languages that are available and what each one does. We then considered which languages we might use for some of NASA's everyday tasks.
Rugger Girl also shows a keen interest in circuitry - a good thing if she plans to follow through on her plan to make a 'lights flashing and noise making' model space shuttle by the end of the year. So the good ole snap circuits have come in handy once again and we investigating ever more and more complex circuits and systems.
There has been a lot of alien based maths and we've enjoyed reading some science fiction novels.
We have also completed the introduction to coding on Khan Academy and enjoyed having a play with computer programmes on Scratch. We are now ready to move onto some deeper coding.
The Moon topic from earlier in the week had already prompted us to refresh ourselves on the planets in the solar system and we added to this the concept of Light years; how they work and why we use them. We also delved into the music of Holst and his Planet's Suite whilst doing some space colouring for our front page in our topic folder.
Rugger Girl wanted to know more about the astronauts who had already been to space, so we studied Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Mae Jamieson and Tim Peakes.
We also looked at the computer systems used, the algorithms that would be needed and created our own algorithms for everyday activities. We discussed the different computer languages that are available and what each one does. We then considered which languages we might use for some of NASA's everyday tasks.
Rugger Girl also shows a keen interest in circuitry - a good thing if she plans to follow through on her plan to make a 'lights flashing and noise making' model space shuttle by the end of the year. So the good ole snap circuits have come in handy once again and we investigating ever more and more complex circuits and systems.
There has been a lot of alien based maths and we've enjoyed reading some science fiction novels.
We have also completed the introduction to coding on Khan Academy and enjoyed having a play with computer programmes on Scratch. We are now ready to move onto some deeper coding.