“A Remarkable Journey through the Universe”
Witty
International School, Pawan Baug organized a fun filled informative trip to Nehru
Planetarium located in Worli, Mumbai for the students of Grade 2 and 3 on Saturday, 18th February 2017.
The field trip
to “Nehru Planetarium” was indeed a flight through the universe. The first attraction was a model satellite
launcher at the entrance which fascinated all the students. It was an opportunity
to explore various exhibits like the surface of the Moon, the lonely terrain of
the plane of Mars and the exciting cubby rooms where you know exactly how much
you weigh on the Sun or any of the planets. The magnificent displays of
photographs of the Moon and of Mars are awe-inspiring. The expanse of the
observable universe and its galaxies, and the space our galaxy occupies, gives
perspective on many things. The Moon’s surface and how the Earth looks from the
Moon were their favourites.
Students then
proceeded for a dome theatre where the roof looked like Space. As the lights
dimmed and the journey through the stars began, the excitement among the
students was overwhelming. The skies came alive on their massive dome theatre. They
then went on a tour of their universe and saw the planets and stars like
Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Earth, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. They saw
how the Universe was created with the Big Bang. They learnt that Pluto is made
of ice. They did not know that there were rocks made of ice floating in
Saturn’s rings. They also saw how the Earth is made of gases. There were many
Black Holes, Galaxies, space showers, meteorites, etc. They were thinking that they
are in a real space.
The most exciting tour to the Milky Way and
our Solar System left the children speechless. The 3D effect made it seemed
that Meteorites and Shooting Stars were falling down at great speed. Children
were thinking that they were flying in the space. The show provided a good
visual experience as well as factual knowledge of astronomy.
Students could easily relate to this
whole informative and memorable out of the classroom experience of the
universe. We could see that spark among the children to know more about their space
and its surroundings. At the end of the educative trip we came back with lots
of information with greed to know more!
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