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Henham and Ugley get a taste of space
Young astronauts from Henham and Ugley have been getting a taste of space in their lessons with Heather MacRae, their ESERO Ambassador. Blind taste tests of apple sauce and jelly beans helped students understand how taste changes in space.
Bishops Nympton Space Exploration Club
In this activity, our children investigated the variables that affect their own sense of taste. We discussed how for astronauts, all their food and drink needs to be carried to the International Space Station (ISS) and how eating is an important part of crew morale and the one communal time when they share both a meal and
talk with each other. The children enjoyed learning that gravity acts on the fluid in our bodies and pulls it into our legs.5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Lift Off
Today we went outside and did Mission Peak Lift off. We had to do the burpees using the 5 steps. We had to do a before and after statement as well as our prediction. Some of us got totally different answers. We had to do a press-up mid burpee and that was tricky. We were out of breath and our brains were confused trying to talk and do actions in the right order. We did it twice over and the 2nd time was harder as we were already tired from the first time.
Mission X Rules
Today we took part in Planet You Go, Gravity You Find. We predicted that our arms and legs would tire and that the weight of the ball would be the cause of our arms tiring and the power of the squat would be pain in our legs. We completed the task in relay format and used different weighted objects. The technique was trickier than we thought as we kept letting the ball slips below shoulder height as we jumped. We still enjoyed it though and can feel our fitness improving.
St Vincent's students learn the importance of Hydration
In this lesson students learned about the importance of Hydration, that the body depends on water for survival and how much water there is (or should be!) in our body weight. They looked at causes and symptoms of Dehydration and tips for staying hydrated. They used various liquids and a teabag to replicate various 'urine samples' and used these to make comparisons to Hydration/Dehydration levels on a chart.
