February Half Term Science Camp 2025

20 December 2024
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Astrophysics Unveiled: Decoding the Universe’s Hidden Secrets

Monday 17th February – Friday 21st February 2025

Day 1 – 17th February 2025

  • The Big Bang: Exploring the Universe’s Dazzling Birth
  • Space Telescopes: Discovering the Wonders of the Cosmos
  • The James Webb Telescope Saga
  • Gravity Unveiled: The Force that Shapes the Universe
  • Stellar Evolution and the Life Cycle of Stars

 

Day 2 – 18th February 2025

  • The Wonders of our Solar System
  • The Hot Zone: Exploring the Inner Planets, Venus and Mercury
  • Mission to Mars! the Next Giant Leap for Humanity (Wednesday video class)
  • Terraforming Mars: Survival on the Red Frontier

 

Day 3 – 19th February 2025

  • Cosmic Wanderers: Comets, the Kuiper Belt, and Other Celestial Rocks
  • Beyond Earth: Space Missions to Asteroids, Comets, and distant Pluto
  • How to Land on a Comment: The Amazing Rosetta Project
  • Alien Worlds: Exoplanets and Extremophiles
  • Becoming an Astronaut: The Ultimate Guide to Space Exploration

 

Day 4 – 20th February 2025

  • Our Brilliant Sun: From Fire to Fusion
  • From Galileo to the Solar Orbiter Mission: Solar Winds, Sunspots and Beyond
  • Dancing Lights: The Mystery of Auroras
  • The Moon: Earth’s Constant Companion
  • The Speed of Light: Nature’s Cosmic Speed Limit

 

Day 5 – 21st February 2025

  • Vera Rubin and Galaxies:
  • Mastering Aerodynamics: the Secrets of Flight
  • Living in Orbit: the International Space Station Story
  • Margaret Hamilton and the Apollo Missions: The Software That Launched Us to the Moon
  • The Power of Lift: Exploring the Science Behind Rockets
  •   The Science of Space and Time