Salisbury Cathedral School News
13/05/2011
Year 5 visit Intech
Year 5 visited the Intech Science Museum in Winchester this week, the pupils reported on their trip.
Theo W and Alex H introduce our morning: "In our trip to Intech we practised lots of scientific activities, including using a crane, moving ball-bearings up and down hill (using an Archimedes screw), making a parachute ascend, looking in the direction of our houses using a huge periscope, and a golf challenge machine that involved adjusting the angle and positions of metal blocks so that when a ball was released it eventually landed in a hole at the end of the run. We were also treated to an information-packed illustrated talk in the centre's Planetarium. Charlie S writes:"The Planetarium was an oval shape. The seats were really low down so that when you lay down it was as if you were looking at the sky. First the lady showed us the Earth. It felt like you were moving round because you could see the Earth turning round. It takes the Earth 365.25 days to orbit the Sun. Then we were shown the Sun. Most people think it is just a big ball of fire but actually it is made out of hydrogen plasma. You wouldn't be able to get as near as 150km to the Sun before it would get too hot." Georgia D adds:" The lady then showed us the moon, and how to recognise "the man on the moon". He has two eyes, a cartoon nose and a surprised-looking mouth. She reminded us that Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon, and then Buzz Aldrin, and that Michael Collins also went up, but had to remain on the space rocket. She showed us the exact point where they landed" (just south of the Sea of Tranquillity).
Diagram by Alex H and photograph by Ian Wicks
