Space and Rockets Open Day

We had a fantastic morning!

We welcomed our parents, grandparents and friends as well as 11 other classes to come visit our Space Morning.
All classes in the school as well as some from Renmore Senior School joined us in the infant yard for the launch of the bigger air and water rockets.

It was exciting and fun.

We showed off all about planets, life as astronauts, space shuttles, the International Space Station, satellites and lots and lots of different types of rockets.

We demonstrated experiments on gravity, volcanoes, and craters and the end of the dinosaurs.

We showed how to launch air/straw rockets, fizzy rockets, balloon rockets. stomp rockets, foam rockets, toilet roll rockets and the large air and water rockets. 

Teacher is SO proud of us.
Here are some of the highlights:
Our mission control:

Lots of visitors:

Air/straw rockets:

Fizzy rockets:

Balloon rockets:

Stomp rockets:

Foam rockets:

Toilet roll rockets:

Air rockets:

Water rockets:

Gravity experiments:

Volcanoes:

Craters and the end of the dinosaurs:

Lots and lots more photos here:
http://scoilchaitrionajnsphotos.blogspot.ie/2015/12/space-and-rockets-open-day.html
and on
http://scoilchaitrionajnsphotos.blogspot.ie/2015/11/blog-post.html
More videos and photos to follow later.

Clay rockets

Here are some wonderful rockets and space ships we made from clay.

We will paint them when they are dry!

Open Day Preparation

We can't wait to show our parents and friends, and the other classes all we have learned about space, rockets, life in space and the International Space Station.  We are looking forward to tomorrow!

We are all prepared now!

Science Week Visit 2015

We had a visit from Killaloe Planetarium today.

It was such an exciting day.

Galway Science and Technology festival sponsored the visit.

We learned all about the planets, the solar system, some astronomy (looking at constellations), and then saw a fantastic film about saving the coral reefs under the sea.

If you would like to see inside the planetarium, be sure to go to the Science and Technology festival in NUIG next Sunday!  They will be there, and all the fantastic shows are all FREEEEEE!!!!

Lots of us visited the Galway Science And Technology Festival on Sunday last.

One of our boys was lucky enough to win a terrific globe.

The globe shows the whole world, but when the lights go out, the globe shows all the constellations.

We find this really interesting after our visit to the Killaloe Planetarium last week.

Well done, and thank you for sharing with us!