7 Jan 2015
(Please click images to enlarge)News and Articles
brought to you by the student reporting team
Alex Doe (Little Green Man = Editor)
Jack Morgan (Mr Meteor)
Jon Perret
Adam Farmer
Nick Maxfield
Contributors
Staff, students and parents and all:
If you have an interest in space, and would like to share something astronomical, please send your contributions (ideas, pictures, written work) to:
Astronomicaluplands@hotmail.co.uk
...or bring them to Mr Pert (Lab 8) or Mrs Lynch (Physics prep room opposite L8)
Budding reporters welcome
(Now moved and continued at sister-site 88 Constellations)
This month: Orion
- Frant Primary School
- Heathfield Community College
- Lamberhurst Primary School
- Maynard's Green Primary School
- St Richard's Catholic College, Bexhill
- Ticehurst & Flimwell Primary School
- Wadhurst Primary School
- Bexhill High
- Chailey
- Grove (Hastings)
Images and contributions by Linked Schools
Linked Schools' websites
Lamberhurst St Mary's Primary School
Stonegate Primary School
Ticehurst & Flimwell Primary School
Wadhurst Primary School
Maynards Green County Primary School
Heathfield Community College
Uckfield Community Technology College
St Richards Catholic College, Bexhill
- ALL STUDENT CONTRIBUTIONS
- Yr 7
- Yr 8
- Yr 9
- Yr 10
- Yr 11
- A-level (yrs 12 & 13)
- Astronomy Class
Images & Contributions by Uplands students
Labels
Heavenly Bodies
2010 LX (asteroid); Black Eye Galaxy; Callisto; comet; Cocoon Nebula; Dumbell Nebula; Eagle Nebula; Europa; Ganymede; Great Globular Cluster in Hercules (m13); IC5146 (Cocoon Nebula); Io; Jupiter; M8; M13; M15; M16 (Eagle Nebula); M20 (Triffid Nebula); M25 (an open cluster); M27 (Dumbell Nebula); M30; M33 (Triangulum Galaxy); M42 (Orion Nebula); M57 (Ring Nebula); M64; M76; M79; M87; M92 (Great Globular Cluster in Hercules); M98; M101 (Pinwheel Galaxy; NGC5907 (a side-on spiral galaxy in Draco); N6027; N6621; NGC 5676 (a spiral galaxy); NGC6530; NGC 6818; open cluster; Orion Nebula (M42); Pinwheel Galaxy; Ring Nebula; Rosetta Nebula; Sombrero Galaxy; Triangulum Galaxy (M33) Triffid Nebula; Whipple (comet); Whirlpool Galaxy; Wild Duck Cluster;
Other Adam Farmer (*Reporter); articles;
asteroid; Astrodome; background radiation; Badge winners; Big Bang; black hole(s); Competition; computer program; Connor Lynch; Cosmology; coursework; creation; density; Dom Oram; Dr Durkin; eclipse; Event; Forthcoming events; Faulkes Telescope; Gifted & Talented; globular cluster; Gravity; Hawaii; Herstmonceaux; Jack Morgan (*Editor/Reporter); James Roye; Johny Ball; Jon Perret (*Reporter); Jordan Harris; Kleber Noel; Lamberhurst Primary School; long exposure photography; meteor; meteorite(s); meteoroid; Mr Pert; Multiverse Theory; MySky; Nick Maxfield (*Reporter); news; observation; Open Evening; Orbits; photography; Planetarium; Poetry; red shift; riddle; Royal Astronomical Society school trip; solar eclipse; Space Junk; Space video; Spiral galaxy; stars; Stellarium students Thanks; UCC equipment loan; Uplands Community College;
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Good Astronomy Links
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(Location of Faulkes images taken by your class. Also find out more about the Faulkes Telescopes) - Stellarium (where you can download Stellarium program to find out what sky objects are visible wherever and whenever in the world you are)
*Attack of the Space Junk
*Close Encounter with Herschel and Planck
*How to spot Astronomers
*Dr Andy's Guide to Exploding Stars
- Faulkes Astronomy Project (Galway, Ireland)
Other School Blogs
- Systemic (characterizing planetary systems)
Advanced level...(only the bravest should step into this space!):
Astronomy Equipment Loans
- MySky
- Astronomical telescope f70070
- Meteorite samples to look at
(more coming soon):
We now loan the following equipement to students
(if you are interested,
see Mr Pert, L8):
Thanks from St Richard's College, Bexhill:
".... my Year 8 Astronomy potentials were absolutely buzzing and I hope to have a full class come September"
Thanks from Maynard's Green, Yr 5 (own spellings):
- Thanks Ian for giving us a wonderful lesson on space!! It would be excelent to do it again from Ben
- Thank you for coming to show us the telescope it was really exiting.everybody enjoyed it. From Holly
- Thank you for showing us the beautiful nebulers. They were really wonderful. We think everyone in the class enjoyed it. From Jordan and Lauren
- Thant you for showing us some pictures from space. My favourite picture is eagle Nebula from Sera Loh
- It was the best time ever. It was amazing. Thank you for letting us have a go from Jenny and Megan.
- Thank you for coming in to show us nebulae. It was very interesting. I never knew about them before. Thank you very much. From Sam Joy
- Mercy Papa
J'ai deriere exploseai sank minute!
thank you dad for using the telescope in Hawai at school. everyone loved it!
Mercy Papa,
Joe
- Far Beyond the Galaxey, stars are made. Year five took picture of them. Thankyou for coming in and showing us pictures from space. My favourite was where stars where made.
from Joanna.
We all had great fun learning about space.
- Thanks for helping us take pictures of space, It was out of this world! From Rebecca
- Thankyou for coming in on Thursday and showing all the wonderfull Joys of space and astronomy! I enjoyed it a lot and I am pretty much 100% sure that everybody else in year 5 enjoyed it alot too! The Faulkes Telescope was amazing quality and very interesting (Im sur everyone was jelous!)
Please enjoy this amazing picture that you kindly took for us on thursday! Thankds again, Finlay
P S Thanks for letting me borrow your pen!
P.P.S The picture to the left if you didn't know!
- Your lesson was out of this world
- We never knew nebulas and galaxies could be so Beautiful. We really liked the awesome pic of eagle nebula the lagoon nebula. THANK you so much from billy And Zach
-Thank you for a brilliant lesson from Jay and Morgan
- Thank you for coming to show us how to use the telescope in Hawaii. From Sydney
- Thanks, it was very interesing from carys
- Thank you for showing us the telescope in Hawii. It was great!! The Eagle nebula was the best! Thank yo for coming in. from Anna.
- I would like you to come again. Because I like you taking the amazing pictrures of the nebuls From Aaron
-Thank you for coming in to show us nebulae. It was very interesting. I never knew about them before. Thank you very much. From Sam Joy
- thankyou for coming in your awsome Thanks Mate from Ryan
- Thank you for showing us The Telescope in Hawii. We all liked it. from Emiley
- thank you ian for showing us a out of this world time!!!
- Thank you for booking the hawaii telescope for us. We really enjoyed it. from Katie
- Thank you for coming in and showing us pictrures from Space. My favourite picture was the eagle Nebula. From olivia
- Thankyou for showing us the telescope from Hawaii. It was really facinating. from Isabelle Dunn
- thank you for coming in and showing us how to use the hawaii teli scope. from Kate
- Thank you so much for showing us the nebulas!!! from Lydia
Thanks also from Ella, Beth, Callum, Will
Space from all directions
- English
- Geography
- Philosophical Religion
- Philosophy
- Religious Education
Space has many aspects and can be looked at from many points of view. Within Uplands Community College Students study different aspects of space depending on the curriculum subject:
Astronomy
History
Science
(more curriculum area links coming soon...)
wishes for Peace