DSTC Teachers in Euro Space Centre Belgium

 

This weekend Miss Brand and I (Miss Staples) went on a very special space mission...

We arrived in Dover ready to board a coach with 50 other Science teachers from around the UK on Friday afternoon. A pleasant ferry journey and a short trip on a coach once we got into Calais saw us heading to Belgium towards the Euro Space Centre!

Why did we go?!

Well you see, it is our aim to one day take students like yourselves to join us on our next trip to Euro Space. Exciting? Yes it really is!!!

We had such an awesome time, we took a tour of Euro Space which showed us all of the amazing artifacts and replicas that enable space exploration and travel, those space suits look heavy!

We had the chance to join mission control as we took a simulated rocket launch. Let me tell you, being Commander of the space shuttle is an adrenaline fuelled rush! Have you ever been in charge of hundreds of buttons, with other lives in your hands whilst you are trying to follow instructions from mission control, battle against computers and fuel cells not operating properly and trying your hardest to locate the right button in time before it all goes wrong? I've never had so much fun whilst learning about Space travel before!

We also built rockets, sampled the anti-gravity wall, the moon walk simulator (are you good at bunny hopping?), the multi-axis chair and the spinning chair. Little tip, do these before lunch...

 

Now you all know that I am a Biology teacher, and that I believe Biology is by far the best Science... However, this weekend, I am proud to say that I LOVE Physics (maybe not as much as Miss Brand does though). The weekend at Euro Space has given me a whole new respect for physicists, how they work with biologists, chemists, engineers, and many other science related professions to enable us to journey into space.

Next time, will you be joining us?

 

The alien is...

Right up until the last pieces of evidence were collated the ladies of DSTC still pinpointed 3 main suspects...

1. Miss Quan
2. Miss Pitts
3. Miss Staples

Who was the red (or pink!) herring?!

Who has been taught by an alien for a whole week?

Which of you got the answer right?

 

 

 

 

 

 

MISS PITTS you are host to the alien, please return our teacher back to us and leave for your home planet!!!

Alien Evidence

How much evidence have you collected so far?

 

Have you calculated snot viscosity?

Have you looked at the alien blood chromatography?

Have you discovered who's diet is closest to the alien sample?

 

I asked 5 students who they thought was the Alien Teacher and came up with some interesting results...

 

Mclaren, Year 8

"I think it's Miss Quan, because everything is always Miss Quan"

 

Hannah, Year 8

"I think it's Miss Pitts because her focal length is 5cm the same as the aliens"

 

Cameron, Year 7

"I think it's Miss Rowe because she doesn't seem very suspicious, it might be a trick"

 

Amrit, Year 7

"I think it's Miss Quan because the flame test colour was unusual compared to the others"

 

Britney, Year 8

"I think it's a choice between three at the moment, Miss Pitts, Mrs Essex or you Miss Staples, as you've all got traces of the alien blood"

 

Some very interesting ideas from our DSTC investigators today, some with much more scientific evidence than others, but are any of these thoughts reliable, have we gained enough evidence yet?

 

What do you think, could it be me like Britney's evidence might suggest?

The aliens have landed...

Who is the Alien Science Teacher at DSTC?!?

 

Something strange has happend over the weekend at DSTC...

 

If you venture into the hall you will find a most unusual sight...

 

An alien craft crash landed, looking like a murder scene with the entrails of an alien splayed everywhere, slime, blood, even poo!!!

 

Someone doesn't want to be found, but who is it?

 

We have 6 suspects, who looks most like an alien, who is acting strange, who does the evidence point to?

 

It is down to you DSTC Science Agents to find out and save us all!