Well, guess what? Today is the day!! On April 11th Israel will try to make history and be the 4th country to land on the moon surface. Our school network in Israel invites you to join them and watch the live broadcast from the SpaceIL control room. The landing starts at about 20:45 CET.
So tighten your seat belts, and keep your fingers crossed!
Well, guess what? Today is the day!! On April 11th Israel will try to make history and be the 4th country to land on the moon surface. Our school network in Israel invites you to join them and watch the live broadcast from the SpaceIL control room. The landing starts at about 20:45 CET.
So tighten your seat belts, and keep your fingers crossed! http://www.visit.spaceil.com/
Throughout this school year, schools all over Israel have been working with the "Space Sciences: To the Moon!" accelerator.
This accelerator refers to Inquiry based learning by the pupils on the Israeli mission to the moon, through the story of SpaceIL. SpaceIL is the only Israeli team participating in the international Google Lunar XPRIZE competition: a modern race to the Moon.
The pupils have been learning about the mission, its history and its challenges. Through this, they have learned in general about what it takes to conduct a space mission, what are challenges in navigating to the moon and making a safe landing on it, as well as what are the ethical questions in a mission like this.
The pupils have been following the spacecraft from its launch from (planned for December 2018) Cape Canarveral in Florida to its landing on the surface of the moon.
In this adventure, SpaceIL aimed to create a new "Apollo Effect" - names after the historical American missions to the moon. The goal is to inspire the next generation in Israel and around the world to choose to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). This is a tremendous contribution to the community, as Israel faces a severe need for more scientists and engineers.
The pupils have the opportunity to study the different aspects of such a mission through inquiery based learning. During that process, they are to decide what they need to study – in working groups and with their teacher. Thus, the solutions that were achieved and the subjects that would have eventually been studied could take many directions. Students had the assistance from the professional staff of SpaceIL.