Special Visitor

Today we had a visit from Professor Williams from Massey University.  He came along to share his knowledge of the universe to help us with our learning about What's Out There?

Here are some of the things we learnt:

• when stars collapse, they turn into black holes - Dylan J
• scientists have discovered 4000 other planets (so far) that orbit other stars in the universe - Ashlee E
• all living things on Earth need water - Mitchell
• there is an eight minute delay in what we see when we look at the sun - it takes eight minutes for the light to reach Earth - Briar
• dying stars can make a pulse that can be detected by radios on Earth - Dylan P
• during a Transit of Venus, you can see the shadow of Venus as it passes across the sun - Lila
• light travels at a set speed, no matter where you are in the universe - Rhianna
• you can shift objects with light - which is what scientists are doing to help explore the universe - Ryan
• the Earth is definitely NOT flat - everyone!