MarsPhoenix on Twitter
MarsPhoenix on Twitter
Originally uploaded by plakboek The blogosphere has many posts about the Mars lander Phoenix that landed this week on Mars. It has been fantastic to follow this with my students and read the many posts and this splendid achievement for NASA.
There are still some huge gaps in the science knowledge of our students. After a lesson I gave to my year 9 students about geostationary satellites, booster rockets and their impact on our current lives, a student mentioned that: "I thought that it was silly to launch stuff into space because it will all eventually fall back down and waste lots of money."
I wonder what we can better do to build upon the curiosity of my science students and stimulate their technical interest?
Tonight I noticed that you can follow the progress of the Mars Phoenix mission with these posts to Twitter. It is a fascinating idea and perhaps might even help engage some of my students. Just a thought.
http://twitter.com/Marsphoenix