This project came at the end of our space unit and allowed the students to follow their curiosity and investigate a space topic of their choosing. Our judges were Mr Thorpe and our special guest judge Mike Grocott who is an ex-space scientist who has worked for NASA. The quality of the work and the enthusiasm the Y7 had was fantastic. The top three projects for creativity and the top three projects for scientific merit were awarded. We learnt about everything from unusual space phenomena such as space snakes, what would we need to live on Mars and multiverse theory.

The winners were:

Scientific merit:

1st place: Emily and Miyah’s project on gamma ray bursts

2nd place: Ruby, Ayla and two other student's project on black holes 

3rd place: Eryn and Ileana’s history of the moon landings project

Creativity:

1st place: Zachary and Jack’s solar system model

2nd place: Zara and Emma’s “Could a cockatoo go to Pluto?!”

3rd place: Zach and George’s 3-D printed solar system on a washing line

Earlier in the day, Mike Grocott also kindly spoke to our Y10 T20 and triple science cohort about astrophysics and space careers.