On Jan.17, 2013 Ms. Moody’s and Ms. Abbot’s classes explored the wonders of Vancouver’s space center. While there we did many exciting things including an informative movie, a demonstration on how make fire change colour and a stroll in the park. Here is a summary of our fun time at the space centre.

When we first got there we admired a large steel crab. We were then brought inside and taken to the screen dome in which we watched the night sky. We learned about the creation of the universe, telescopes, how stars are created and how to find stars like Polaris also known as the North Star.  We had a short break then watched another little video about how ancient civilizations tracked the stars and what important discoveries they made. We had another break then continued on to the cosmic courtyard which had some very interesting things like the first moon landing footage, a meteorite, a space suit and a couple of space arcade games scattered about. After that we watched a man make fire change into different colours like green, blue and red. He told us how scientists understand what a star is made of.  He showed us the different stages in star lifecycles and what problems our sun aging might cause in 5.5 billion years. When his presentation was over we went outside for a little walk down by the water. Then sadly our day in space had to end and we went back to school.

All in all I think everyone enjoyed themselves and I hope we do this again next year.

By Sophie