Education

Astronomy Adventures visits schools in Northland to show kids how the stars and planets look through a telescope and to foster an interest in astronomy.

Solar observing at St Joseph's School, Dargaville

Thank you letters and drawings from St Joseph's School, Dargaville

• The Sun by Alexander
• A letter from Gabrielle
• The Sun and Saturn by Harrison
• The Sun and a letter from Kayleb
• The Sun and a letter from Matt
• The Sun by Michael

Kids' comments:

• I was really suprised how different the planets (like Mars) are in their shape to stars - Paige (aged 9), Auckland.
• Thanks for showing me how to use your telescope and show me lots of different stars and other cool stuff! Thomas (aged 11), Auckland.
• "The moon is bright and cool." - Courtney, New Zealand.
• "I'm lost for words" - Sarah (aged 7), New Zealand.
• "I Loved Mars!!! I was surprised how big everything was." - Emily (aged 8), New Zealand.
• "It was great. A once in a lifetime experience. You must have put a lot of work into it, like getting everything ready! Thanks!" - Moana (aged 10), New Zealand.
• "I liked looking at the moon the best" - Mitchell (aged 10), New Zealand.
• "A once in a lifetime experience" - Daniel (aged 9), New Zealand.
• "Thank you for coming to school to show us the sun through your telescopes" - Hunter.
• "I enjoyed looking through your telescopes" - Sinai-Lee.
• "I enjoyed the telescope because it was so big" - Liam.
• "I saw two black spots on the sun" - Alexander.
• "It looked amazing to me" - Kayleb.
• "The sun looked beautiful and it was a lovely day" - Gabrielle.
• "I liked the colour through the little telescope because it was beautiful" - Matt.
• "I liked the telescope that showed us the sun in colour" - Mary.
• "I liked the fiery colours" - Amber.
• "I liked watching the black and white view of the sun the best" - Riena.
• "I didn't know that the sun spot was bigger than New Zealand" - Sydney.
• "The sun had lots of patterns" - Trae.
• "In the coloured telescope the sun was firey coloured" - Man Sueto.
• "Thank you for the quiz, it was fun." Darryn.
• "I got all the (quiz) answers right like it takes Earth 3.65 X 100 = 365 days to travel around the Sun" - Harrison.