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27/1/2022
We had our first astronomy session today! It was mostly admin work, such as assigning groups, but I also learnt how to use different telescopes, and learnt more about telescopes in general.
2/3/2022
I found the part about the black holes interesting. I think that the presentation was made interesting and engaging.
9/3/2022
I learnt about the dark forest theory. This lesson can be improved by allowing fewer interruptions from the class as we almost could not finish because of time constraints. I would like to see which planets are habitable.
23/3/2022
I learnt about black holes, white holes and wormholes liked the part about the wormholes as it was exciting
I would like to see how can we travel to space
30/3/2022
I learnt about exoplanets. I liked the part about the different exoplanets as it was very interesting.
6/4/2022
We played with Spaceflight simulator and learnt the controls in Kerbal Space program ( a game).
20/4/2022
We learnt about rovers. It was interesting learning about them. I think that there are too many interruptions from the class.
27/4/2022
we played with SFS and gravity lab today
It was very fun and gravity lab was interesting to play with. here is my universe in gravity lab.
5/4/2022
we learnt about satellites and built some in Space flight simulator, so I took no notes.
It was a very interesting session and the Kahoot was very fun. I would like more lessons on space flight simulator and kerbal space program
18/5/2022
I leant about constellations and asterisms. It was exciting, and I hope to see more about nebulas in the future.
29/6/2022
I learnt about neutron stars and advancements in astronomy; the class was interesting; I feel like the presentation can be improved in the future by allowing fewer interruptions from the class.
Lesson 12 notes
6/7/2022
I learnt about food that is eaten in space, the presentation was interesting because I learnt a lot of new things like how biscuits cannot be brought into space.
13/7/2022
I learnt about red dwarfs and white dwarfs, and black dwarfs???? What?
the session was exciting and I would like more kahoots in the future
20/7/2022 & 27/7/2022
I learnt about stellar evolution.
Some things I learnt:
Supernovas happen at the end of their stellar lifespan.
Neutron stars are basically VERY compact stars(it's like mount Everest in a cup of coffee)
17/8/2022
learnt about special relativity and general relativity, even though I found them difficult to understand. quizizz was fun
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ytec4HyZmTKyPZpz6FCEiqqwsoAYyWvQDmCrw3C9ORQ/edit#slide=id.p
24/8/2022
I learnt about deep sky stuff.
I learnt about some exciting nebulas and galaxies like the horsehead and butterfly nebulas
31/8/2022
we did reflections, and we did a short group sharing.
The lesson can be improved by letting us choose our groupmates for the project
No i would not like this lesson to be repeated especially if i cannot choose my group m
19/9/2022
i learnt about the dome and overseas trips so sed sec 1 and 2 cannot go on trip next year :(
last lesson until EOY
18/1/2023
We played KSP, and I managed to land on the moon. KSP is very fun, and the lesson was informative. I also made a custom flag.
25/1/2023
We played KSP again and i managed to get to the mun again, i also learned about menuvers
22/2/2023
Very interesting to learn about extraterrestial life and the fermi paradox,We also played KSP again and i managed to get to the mun again, i also learned about menuvers
5/3/2023
We watched a movie called "Gravity"; I thought it was a very entertaining movie.
Very Interesting movie about how the Russians decided to blow up their broken spy satellite, cause a massive debris field which destroyed the "Explorer", killed three out of five of the crew, and ejected a woman named Ryan into space and mission commander Kowalski, Kowalski then finds Ryan, and they make it to the ISS, but then Kowalski started drifting away, pulling Ryan with him, Kowalski decides sacrifices himself to let Ryan save herself, she gets onto the Soyuz onboard the ISS, makes it to TianGong, realises she cannot read mandarin, randomly presses buttons, makes it back to earth, nearly drowns in a lake while trying to get out of TianGong.
12/3/2023
We learned about the solar system
Key takeaways:
the earth is flat, the moon is made of cheese, pluto is a planet(not really)
there are 8 planets in the solar system; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,Neptune
then we played kahoot and i did not win so i rate it 1/5
23/3/2023
We learnt about stellar evoluton
It was very interesting
We learnt about
Molecular Clouds
Open clusters
Protostars
Massive stars
Massive stars: Red dwarfs
Massive stars: Hypergiants
Low Mass Star
Brown Dwarf
Hertzberg Russell Diagram
Red Supergiants
Type 2 supernova
Supernova remnants
And many more but there are too many to list out. We also learnt about the stellar life cycle
26/4/2023
We learnt about The creation of the universe even though we did that last year. It was interesting I learnt about the Big bang theory which might be false.
3/5/23
We learnt about space exploration over the years and the missions like apollo and the upcoming artemis mission. we learnt about thrust to weight ratio and we also had a kahoot.
17/5/23
We learnt about space exploration and some of the exoplanets that have been discovered.
28/6/23
We played KSP, and we learnt how to make an SSTO(single stage to orbit). I managed to make mine reach Mach6 speeds. it was very fun
5/7/23
We learnt about SkyHooks, which was a concept for a space transport system. it was interesting learning about the concept and its limitations. we also watched a video about another concept and about a theoretical swarm of satellites orbiting the sun to give us energy.
Skyhook
26/7/2023
We learnt about ancient space beliefs from other civilisiations. it was very interesting to learn about their ideas and perception of the sun and planets
1/8/2023
We listened to a talk about volcanos in the solar system and the universe. It was very interesting and I learnt alot from this opportunity.
For example, I learnt about different types of volcanic rock Rhyolite: sticky, Andesite: sticky, Dacite: sticky
Basalt: not sticky
16/8/2023
I learned about orbital paths etc, we did a gravity simulation and I created a very cool orbit. https://lab.nationalmedals.org/gravity.php
3/1/2024
Today we sorted out administrative things
10/1/2024
We did water rockets and learnt how to assemble a telescope. It was a very informative session.
17/1/2024
We had two lectures. one on black holes, one on celestial mechanics, which were interesting.
7/2/2024
Today, we learned about general relativity.
It was a very interesting and informative session.
Some things I learned were the Equivalence principle, time dilation and Albert Einstein's participation.
I think the session could be improved by increasing audience engagement.
27/3/24
Today we learned about nuclear theory and nuclear fission/fusion. We also learnt about. It was not really an interesting session, I think it can be improved by having a different presenter and less wordy slides.
24/4
we did ksp today. We finally landed on the mun, and I almost made it to minmus
26/6
I learnt about astro events in june, and kepler's work on mars' orbit. I can use astro competition skills to join cimpetitions next year
10/7
I learnt about galaxies today.
17/7
Today we learned about planets and celestial bodies in our solar system, and we had a KSP session after that. I think it can be improved by making the lesson more engaging instead of just giving us all the facts about the planets.
31/7
Today we learnt about tides and the effect the moon has on the earth's tides, and we learnt about solar storms and aurora borealis. We also learnt about the time standards and terrestrial time.
7/8/2024
Today we has two presentations. one on the milky way and one on the sun.
28/8/24
Today, we had an activity where we made our own presentations on Elephant toothpaste and the potential of using it as a propellant for rockets. Unfortunately, due to inadequate leadership, the activity was planned poorly, and we were given insufficient information to effectively carry out the task. However, due to miscommunications, we did not access the instructions in the WhatsApp group chat as we were instructed not to use WhatsApp. I think Astro club needs needs to improve on their communications
11/9/24
Today we had a ksp activity. An alumni came back to SST to teach us about the software, although I already know how to use it, but it was still quite fun and informative
5/2/2025
I learnt about comets, stars, also we did an activity with universe sandbox.
12/2/2025
We listened to student presentations on astronomy topics.
19/2/2025
We did a hands on activity, we built a paper spectrometer and did an experiment to measure the EM waves.
26/2/2025
We had a talk by Dr. Poh from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. We learnt about space weather. The lecture was very in depth and I learnt many new things.
5/3/2025
We learnt about meteors, solar system planets etc.
12/3/2025
Today we had a hands on activity using universe sandbox. We had to create a planet that is habitable. It was surprisingly challenging for what seemed like a simple task. It is interesting to see how minute changes in the universe is makes such large differences.
26/3/2025
We learnt about telescopes
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