The Science department at Mount Carmel were very excited to share the Moon and a selection of precious meteorites with pupils across years 7-10.
Pupils were able to get close up to the moon, by viewing actual samples of rock and soil, collected on the moon, in Lunar Disk 227, on loan to Mount Carmel from NASA and the UK Research Institute.
The moon rocks and soil samples were collected from the surface of the moon during Apollo missions 15,16 and 17, in 1970, 1971 and 1972 respectively. The meteorites had been collected from all over the world, including Argentina, Libya, the Sahara , Northern Chile and Germany. Pupils found the samples truly awe inspiring and hopefully an event we will be able to repeat in the future.
Students also carried out investigations to identify different meteorites, impactites and tektites by careful observation and by determining the density of the different samples.
Our Moon rock event, was also timed to coincide with international Moon day, celebrating the first Lunar landing on 20 July 1969, a massive day in history - it marked the first time a human walked on the surface of the Moon, 54 Year ago.
Thank you to Assistant Curriculum Leader for science Mrs Haworth for leading this project and providing such a wonderful opportunity for our pupils and staff.
