Nasa has just “bombed” the Moon with two artificial meteorites in an attempt to see whether there is lunar water. This happened in the early hours of Saturday 10 October our time. Read about it here.
It looks like this venture has failed. What they were trying to do was created a huge plume of debris for analysis, but the impact was insufficient, according to this article.
Well done guys. Look at the email that came in today:
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Hi Hilary.
Just to let you know that Katikati College has been awarded one of two major prizes in our annual March Monitoring Month and Koura Kraze competition. Thanks to the commitment of your students (in particular those fantastic students of yours Courtney, Morgan and Savana) and of course yourself you have won $500 dollars worth of monitoring equipment for your school. This year it includes a dissolved oxygen kit worth $250.
A letter to your principal advising you of the results of the competition and the prizes are on its way to you shortly. A media release is been prepared and should also be sent out shortly.
You have also been acknowledged as Most Enthusiastic Teacher involved in March Monitoring Month. This is well deserved! I small prize will be given to you.
Thanks again for the huge effort your school goes to which again helped make our event such a success!
If you would like to see our data contribution, and those of others, click here.
Your booklets must be finished up until the end of Stage 3 by the end of Wednesday 1 April. Lunchtime sessions will be held this week to help you. In between, do help eachother. Email me for any help by posting a comment.
All the best, Mrs J.
Year 9 are currently learning about electricity, and looking at how we can power a home/bach via solar panels.
Look at this link to see what our American cousins are currently arguing about. What is your stance? How would you feel about this argument applied to your Kiwi bach? Add a comment to share your views.
Here is an email I just received from the co-ordinator
of March Monitoring Month.You have won the top prize
in this national competition and have clearly made
a big impression with the quality and depth of your work.
Well done!
Hi Hilary and 9MKE, We are delighted to inform you that your entry to March Monitoring Month and Koura Kraze 2008 has been awarded one of our top prizes. We were very impressed with the amount of work your students put into your waterways unit. In particular the comprehensive analysis of the health of the waterway carried out by each and everyone of you was fantastic. Clearly articulating the sources of pollution which can affect the health of your river and offering steps to minimise pollution in the future was very pleasing. As the major prize winner you will receive monitoring equipment including a clarity tube, pH paper and a net valued at over $300 to help you with your future water monitoring endeavours. On a personal note I have enjoyed interacting with you and your fantastic class as part of March Monitoring Month and Koura Kraze 2008. You did an outstanding job. We hope you will keep in touch and let us know about your future environmental monitoring projects. Your work will be profiled in our next EMAP Newsletter which is included in the ED Gazette Vol 87 Issue 9 due out on 2/06/2008. We also hope you will get involved in March Monitoring Month and Koura Kraze in 2009. Kind regards Rebecca ********************** Rebecca Goffin EFS Educator/EMAP National Coordinator The Royal Society of New Zealand, PO Box 598, Wellington
The Thames River into London was so filthy until some forty years ago that nothing could survive in it. With good management, it has become increasingly “clean”, and now, sea horses have been found in it. Check out this link to one of the main English newspapers, The Telegraph.
