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St Peter-In-Thanet CE Junior School

Science Blog

Regular updates about science at St Peter's.

March 2023

Archive
  • 17/03/23

    Year 4 tracked the FUNcube satellite

    Year 4 tracked a satellite across the sky and received a personal message from it. The message read - Congrats to year 4 @ St Peter in Thanet school from FUNcube1. Hilderstone Radio Society supported the session and explained how a satellite works and the important functions they perform...
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  • 14/03/23

    Year 6 sent a message to the ISS

    Year 6 children sent a message to the International Space Station as part of Mission Zero. Mission Zero offers young people the chance to have their code run in space! Write a simple program to take a reading from the colour and luminosity sensor on an Astro Pi computer on board the Internation...
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  • 10/03/23

    Morse code with lights

    Year 3 learnt Morse code and then sent a message using LEDs. They were supported by Hilderstone Amateur Radio Society as part British Science Week. 
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  • 07/03/23

    Science club

    In science club this week, the children made butter by shaking a container full of double cream. We watched the fat separate from the water and clump together.  We then taste tested to see how much salt we should add. Why don't you try it at home?  
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