*("Outredgeous" is the name for the variety of red romaine "rocket" lettuce used for the experiment)
Hello!
We have recently made an application to
take part in Rocket Science. I am delighted to inform you that our
application has been successful!
Tim Peake, a British astronaut is
visiting the international space station.
As part of his mission he has taken 2kg of Rocket Lettuce seeds with
him. On their return to Earth, our class
will be taking part in an experiment to see how their time in space may have
affected them.
When will we get the seeds?
The seeds will be sent out next year
after the Easter holidays (as long as they make it back!). We will receive one
Rocket Science folder for our school containing a step by step illustrated
guide to the experiment, a wallchart for us to record our results and share
them with our school and community, two packs of seeds (one containing seeds
that have been to space, one with seeds that have remained on earth), a door
sticker and individual stickers for the children.
While we’re waiting…
- The seeds are currently on
board the International Space Station (ISS) and will stay there until March.
You can track the ISS online here http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/#.VgLAf8tVhBc and wave at them as it flies over!
I believe there will be a sighting for 1 minute tonight, 7th
October at 8.25pm 10o above SSW, a slightly longer sighting of 4
mins on the 10th October: 7.23pm 10o above SSW. Good luck with that!
- Add to the excitement by
watching this video of the rocket launch that delivered our seeds to the ISS:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R7-gWKZZsg We have had a sneaky peek already but would definitely enjoy watching
it again.
Kind regards,
The school was involved with the Kirk and the Blythswood
shoebox appeal this year; opening it's doors to any contributions
and putting boxes in the shops for further collections. These were
then collated and put into shoeboxes and the children and staff were involved
in sorting, organising and filling the boxes. We filled 29 shoeboxes
which were then stacked into my Land Rover (see photo) and taken to the Kirk.
In total the Isle filled 40 shoeboxes (see further photo) with
generous contributions from local knitters, members of the congregation
and local shoppers.
