Cardiff pupils reach for the stars with rare lunar collection


L-R Kings Monkton pupils Ffion Harker, Will Norton, Grace Pierce, and Sonny Holder billion years ago.


A rare collection of moon rocks and meteorites landed at Kings Monkton School in Cardiff recently, enabling pupils to get their hands on real pieces of space.


Pupils enjoyed a unique, interactive experience led by Kings Monkton’s Head of Science, Chris Remigio, where they used geologist lenses to magnify pieces of moon rock for closer inspection and learned about how the artefacts were first formed


billions of years ago. The pieces on show included a


nickel-iron meteorite


found in Argentina that was 4.5 billion years old, and a meteorite fragment found in Africa. Pupils also had access to samples of rock and soil taken from the moon, excavated during the Apollo missions of the late


1960s and early


1970s, including Orange Soil thought to have been formed by a lunar volcanic eruption 3.5


While


much of the 382kg of lunar material brought back by NASA is used for scientific research, small quantities


have been


allocated to educational packages for schools, with a vision to inspire scientists and engineers of the future.


The collection was provided by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), which offers free, short-term loans of the lunar samples


to schools across the UK. This year, Kings Monkton is the only school in Wales to take advantage of the opportunity. Chris Remigio commented: “The pupils have shown a real sense of intrigue when exploring the lunar samples and it’s great to see such hands- on interactions with modern science. This has been a money-can’t-buy experience for them.” Principal of Kings Monkton School, Paul Norton added: “The staff at Kings Monkton are continually looking for new and exciting educational experiences to offer our pupils, so of course, we were only too happy to play host to this rare collection. Fun and interactive


learning


opportunities like this are such an important part of a child’s education. ”


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