Question Everything: A Science Fair Blog

                                Question Everything: A Science Fair Blog

                                              By: Edward Drew

                                                                       The Dome 

 

The Dome room was really cool and very interesting as they discussed about the planets that we can see from earth and how to spot them in the night sky and how to not mistaken them as stars. 

The staff explained that stars twinkle and planets don't. Both planets and stars emit light from what we can see with the naked eye but if you take a quick notice, the stars twinkle occasionally while planets do not since they only reflect light that's being shined from a star. We then looked at constellations and what they mean and their pattern in the night sky. In this room, I learned how to identify stars and planets which makes it easier for me to find a planet with my telescope now and how to find constellation patters. 

                                                                    Climate Change Room:

When we entered the climate change room, we were greeted by a friendly staff member and he explained to us about what climate change is, the countries that contribute the most (China, US, Brazil, etc) and the natural disasters it contributes (floods, storms, wildfires, landslides, etc)

They demonstrated some solutions on how to combat it like solar and wind energy. My favorite was the bike where if you pedal fast enough, the back wheels with spins and moves a motor that can generate electricity. In the video it is enough to power a small light bulb in the house. In this room I learned on how easy it is to make renewable energy and how much humans are affecting our planets weather system and how we are like a virus to earth. Constantly spreading and growing, doing more and more harm and killing nature.

Astronomy Room

In the astronomy room, the lovely staff talked about the International Space Station, how life up there can get lonely and how they communicate with mission control at NASA in Houston. They communicate with the use of radio waves and there is wifi onboard the ISS. The astronauts eat a special type of food that are similar to MRE's in which the military uses. The staff also talked about meteorites and the different types of it like iron rock meteorite. Apparently our hands cannot be wet or else iron will be on our hands. They also discussed about Mars and how there used to be bodies of water like lakes, rivers and seas. Hinting signs of past life on the now dead planet. Mars is a second option for humanity if our world leaders don't try hard enough to combat climate change. The perseverance rover is on mars right now collecting samples of soil and rock for signs of life for NASA to someday collect. The staff allowed us to hold meteorite fragments and they had a fun game for us all to try where we have to get the handle to the other side without touching the metal or else it will beep. It was really fun and quite challenging with the people distracting you. In this room I learned so much more about meteorites and how much NASA invests into discovering things humans ask themselves for years. 

Overall, the science fair was a fun experience for me and it was my first actual science fair event and I hope to attend more in the future and explore science museums because science is so interesting. It was 100% worth the 300 pesos for the ticket. It is a day that I will not forget as it is the day I got inspired to become even more interested in science. I thank sir Jay, my science teacher for gr 9 Prudence for this opportunity. Exploration is important because if we don't discover new things, we will never progress, we will never learn.

"The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."

 -Albert Einstein