Astronomy department for @ThompsonSTEM. We love Space! 🚀⭐️🛸
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5 Oct 2021
Want to learn some fun science terms in Welsh this #WorldSpaceWeek?!
Watch @ThompsonSTEM's latest video - including learning Physics terms and all of the Solar System planets! 🏴🪐
#STEM #Cymraeg #Planedau #WorldSpaceWeek2021
1 Oct 2021
In this video we teach you some #science terms in the beautiful #Welsh language (#Cymraeg) so that you can get more enjoyment for our #gwyddoniaeth videos.
These touch upon the 3 core natural science, #Biology #chemistry and #physics!
#Scicomm #STEM
youtu.be/HTShrkdvJi0
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11 Sep 2021
The wonderful @SpaceflightScot have set up the #NessieSTEMChallenge to raise money for a small children’s charity 🤩
We’re absolutely delighted that @ThompsonSTEM are included in the shortlist & it would mean the world to us if you could vote for them! 🚀 🌟
10 Sep 2021
Launching this October, my #NessieSTEMChallenge will aim to raise crucial funds for the small, children's #STEM charity of your choice! Make your #VOTE count below and please retweet! #SpaceNessie #STEMeducation #STEMkids #TeamSpace #STEMed
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Thompson Space Engagement retweeted
14 May 2021
There has been a lot in the news recently about the #MarsHelicopter and the amazing engineering that went into it! Learn more about how this was done and create your own helicopters with this great activity by @NASAJPL_Edu
jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/proje…
#mars #STEM #spacescience
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Thompson Space Engagement retweeted
30 Apr 2021
In this video we begin our tour of the Solar System with part 1, rocky planets! Check it out!
@stem_wales
@pwastronomer
@astrocymru
#scicomm #STEM #Physics #Astronomy #space
youtu.be/8dxFCNPLnx0
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Thompson Space Engagement retweeted
29 Apr 2021
It's the pHinal weekly #Europlanet2024RI resource release - we hope you've been enjoying these as much as us!
Explore how pH could affect the habitability of Mars using the Rio Tinto River in Spain as a Planetary Field Analogue Site 🇪🇸🌊
europlanet-society.org/mars-…
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Thompson Space Engagement retweeted
23 Apr 2021
Yn yr fideo yma rydyn ni'n ymchwilio i fewn i faint mor enfawr yw'r bydysawd!
@stem_wales
@Cymraeg
@astrocymru
#STEM #SciComm #gwyddoniaeth #gofod
#Cymraeg
youtu.be/vV4SUCWnhQU
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Thompson Space Engagement retweeted
16 Apr 2021
Our next video is now out! In this video we celebrate the 60th anniversary of #YuriGagarin
blasting off into space with The Life of Yuri Gagarin - First Man in Space, a biography. Check it out!
@stem_wales
@astrocymru
#STEM #SciComm #Science #Space
youtu.be/OtQGxmbz0JY
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Thompson Space Engagement retweeted
15 Apr 2021
The next #Europlanet2024RI resource is out - and it's all about brines on Mars! 💫
Did you know there's lots of different salts on Mars - even NaCl (or table salt - yes what you put on your chips!) 🍟🧂
europlanet-society.org/mars-…
@europlanetmedia @faulkestel #H2020
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Thompson Space Engagement retweeted
8 Apr 2021
Chemistry time, in the next #Europlanet2024RI resource 👩🔬
Discover how the habitability of the Martian surface is affected by salt and temperature - introducing field sites in Greenland! 🏔️🇬🇱
europlanet-society.org/mars-…
@europlanetmedia @faulkestel #H2020
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Thompson Space Engagement retweeted
1 Apr 2021
It's time for the third #Europlanet2024RI classroom resource 🌟
This week we'll be exploring how field sites in Iceland can be used to investigate the volcanically active Tharsis region of Mars 🌋🇮🇸
europlanet-society.org/mars-…
@europlanetmedia @faulkestel #H2020
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Thompson Space Engagement retweeted
30 Mar 2021
Schools-look at the fantastic images you could take using robotic telescopes across the world! All free too!
30 Mar 2021
Check out these beautiful images captured and processed by students from Escola Secundária Marques Castilho in Portugal!
Which one is your favourite? 🤩🌌
@alvaro_folhas instagram.com/p/CNDXVNZjKxr/…
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Thompson Space Engagement retweeted
28 Mar 2021
For those of you who missed it on Friday, we at Thompson STEM Engagement are pushing the clocks back rather than forward!
Join us where we travel back in time to 3.5 billion years ago - when life on Earth began 🌎 🌿🐒
#STEM #Science #History #Life #Biology #Anthropology
26 Mar 2021
Tonight's video is now live! This is a full show length video originally developed for
@MidlothSciFest
on a tale 3.5 billion years in the making! A Brief History of Life!
enjoy!
@Museum_Cardiff
@stem_wales
#storyoflife #evolution #SciComm #STEM
youtu.be/dd8ksbjR6cg
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Thompson Space Engagement retweeted
25 Mar 2021
The second #Europlanet2024RI classroom resource is live 🙌
Learn how we can use the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia (one of the hottest environments on Earth!) to get a glimpse back in time through Mars' history ✨ ⏰
europlanet-society.org/mars-…
@europlanetmedia @faulkestel #H2020
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18 Mar 2021
Hooray! Happy #MarsDay21 ✨
18 Mar 2021
We are excited to announce new education resources funded through #Europlanet2024RI #H2020
The first set is Extremophiles europlanet-society.org/intro…
also available in Italian edu.inaf.it/astrodidattica/t…
What a great way to celebrate #MarsDay21!
@EU_H2020 @faulkestel @ThompsonSTEM
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Thompson Space Engagement retweeted
18 Mar 2021
Ever wondered how we can look at life on Mars from the comfort of the Earth? 🦠
We've been working with @europlanetmedia to produce classroom resources about Planetary Field Analogue Sites 🌎
Check out the first weekly release here: europlanet-society.org/intro…
#STEM #Astrobiology
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Thompson Space Engagement retweeted
16 Mar 2021
Reminder: through #Europlanet2024RI professional scientists and amateur astronomers have access to 16 large telescopes in the Europlanet Telescope Network. The majority have remote access and so are still available. Rolling call for submissions: europlanet-society.org/europ…
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Thompson Space Engagement retweeted
26 Feb 2021
Applications are now open for the first ever @esa #TeachWithSpace Online Conference. From 6-8 July we'll bring space to your classroom via demonstrations, expert talks, panel discussions, and more space-inspired activities. Full programme and to apply: esa.int/Education/Teachers_C…
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Thompson Space Engagement retweeted
19 Feb 2021
Tickets are still available for our upcoming @CdfScienceFest event this Sunday!
This is an interactive showcase of our upcoming sensory learning in astronomy project funded by @europlanetmedia
Tickets available here:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/sense-the…
Get them while you can!
#scicomm
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Thompson Space Engagement retweeted
18 Feb 2021
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What a journey @NASAPersevere!
Huge congratulations to @NASA and all those involved! 🥳
I’m safe on Mars. Perseverance will get you anywhere.
#CountdownToMars
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