2 April 2025:
I learnt about Stellarium which is an app that I can use to explore the stars and planets by myself, also letting me know the locations of the stars and more. At first, I was quite lost as to where I can access certain functions like the changing of time. But after some exploring, I found out how to do all these. I think that here should be more teaching on Stellarium so that I can discover more things.
9 April 2025:
I did a presentation together with my friends which helped me to recall what I have learnt the previous lesson. This also let me further understand the topics taught last lesson as I could do some research and discover more about them. In the process of making these slides, I had to find some images. This helped me to visualise how a certain topic looks like and thus deepened my understanding in these parts. But I feel that the time to work on the presentation could have been longer as this way I could also add more interesting information to the slides.
16 April 2025:
I learnt about the Kepler's laws and how they can be found in the orbits of the planets. Using the simulation site, I learnt more about how they work. It also helped me understand what certain parts of the laws mean. Overall, it was an interesting lesson as I could learnt lots of new things.
(1) I think that scientists use light years instead of km is because the measurements in space are too large and it is harder to imagine the large amounts of kilometers when measuring distance in space.
2) Maybe it is used to calculate weight of objects (like in a weighing scale).
23 April 2025:
I learnt about the term "spectra" and what it is. Additionally, I learnt how this is also related to light and also the wavelength of it. On this topic, I have leant about the parts of a wave and the types of it. I think it could be better if the second part of the lesson was explained more thoroughly so that I could better understand its content
(1) I would show them how the stars and constellations can be used to make calendars work. I could show them a modern calendar and describe to them how it works.
(2) The light emitted by the stars can vary in colour. If it is red, it is moving further away from us. If it is blue, it is moving closer to us. We can then estimate the distance away from us depending on the light colour that is emitted.
30 April 2025:
I leant about the parts of the telescopes and how to assemble them together. Although I had a fun time learning about these telescopes, I needed to be aware of the accidents that might happen when assembling them. I always thought that telescopes would be the big ones which you put on the ground, but I found out that they can also be smaller in size, until you are able to carry it in one hand. Overall, it was a fun experience learning about the telescopes.
3 cool things:
1) I learnt about how to assemble and disassemble the telescopes which I can do during future stargazing events.
2) I learnt about the risks of handling telescopes and how to prevent accidents from happening. During future stargazing events, I will be more cautious about the handling of the telescopes.
3) I learnt how to use the telescope which I can use on my own next time.
7 May 2025:
I felt that the presentation activity was interesting as it taught me different planets that the scientists can consider to colonise or research on. Other than Mars and Venus, I am quite unfamiliar with the other planets. I think we could have explored more information on these planets if we had another 10 minutes to research.
I feel that Galileo had a greater influence in astronomy because he made observations about certain planets and moons in the solar system, which then led to the astronomy that we use today.
14 May 2025:
I think that the moon base building activity was quite fun as it taught me the parts of a moon base, and how the different parts contribute to making the base a good one which allows us to survive. I feel that there were some restrictions on Tinkercad as I could not find the desired models. It could have been way better to further design the base for a longer time with more details added.
I would have added some place for entertainment for the people there to have some fun.
I would add a heating system as I learnt that the moon's surface has quite the low temperature.
21 May 2025:
I feel that the recap helped me to recall the topics I have learnt in the past. It also let me remember the essentials of each topics. I like how it was conducted as it was helpful with all the examples. The mars base also taught me on what will be different from the mars and moon base. It would have been better if we could have worked on the moon base instead as we already had some progress on that.
I think they have to built with some cooling system as it is quite hot over there as it is close to the Sun. Also, I think there has to be some system to protect the base from the Sun's rays.
2 July 2025:
I learnt about the parts of a rocket and how they all play a part to make the rocket function through the playthrough of Kerbal Space Program which was very interesting. I also think that the blooket game was a great way to use up the remaining time as I got to recall and memorise certain concepts. However, I feel like the playthrough would have been better if there was more time for it to have better explanations.
9 July 2025:
I learnt about the Sun and its parts. It was a very interesting lesson which made me realise how the previous concepts are connected with the new ones I've learnt today. I feel that the deck of slides were very helpful to me as I can refer to them in the future. It would have been better if all the extra stuff that was taught were also added in the slides to help me recall easily.
I think that they will consist the core and the crust or like the outer layer.
I think the red dwarf will have all the same parts like the sun but the white dwarf would have the core and an outer layer.
23 July 2025:
We did the fox hunting activity and I thought that it was fun. This got me to learn more about the transmitter and receiver and how they connect. It was an interesting activity as it got us to actually think and physically check the locations. It would have been better if we got to have a bigger playing area so that certain places wont have too much people.
1, I think that the transmitter sends a radio wave to the receiver and depending of the location, the signal will either be strong or weak.
2, I think it can detect some radio waves from different galaxies.
13 August 2025:
I learnt more about the types of stars and how to classify them. This topic helped to revise the previous topic on light and how they both are used to find stars. I can now tell from the classification, what properties certain stars have llike its colour. I also learnt how doppler shift is used to find exoplanets.
I think it can be applied for the movement of objects and the distance
20 August 2025:
I learnt more about stars and their future and their significance in the universe. I like how the lesson is basically a recap and built on what we had learnt last lesson. I find this useful as I am able to deepen my understanding of the last lesson's topics. I feel that the first part of the lesson could have been longer and have more content as it was more of a recap than actually learning new things.
27 Aug 2025:
I learnt more about the Sun and its layers and what it is. I feel that this is essentially a recap on previous lessons. I think that the quiz really helped me to recall and memorise the key learning points and I can also look back at it to find out more on my own. I feel that it could have been better if the lesson was longer so that I could learn more instead of playing the same activity again.
I was surprised about how the sun's coronal mass ejections are able to reach us and can possibly do lots of damage to us.