Week 4: Astrogeology Camp: Exploration of Earth, Other Planets, Moons, Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites Free early drop off 8.30am 4-7 and 8-12 years, (age adjusted & separated groups) 5 Days: £460 The topics we will cover over the week are: Day 1, Monday, 1 August 2022 • What is beneath our Feet? • Welcome to Earth: Size, Shape, Spin and Age • How Henry Cavendish, Isaac Newton, Edmond Halley, and Charles Lyell helped answer some important questions • How do Scientists know what is inside the Earth? • Inge Lehman: The Geologist who discovered Earth’s deepest secret Day 2, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 • Rocks and Minerals • Exploration of Crystals • Who Wants to be a Volcanologists? • The Science Behind Earthquakes • The Story of Pangea • Tectonics Plates and the Richter Scale Day 3, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 • What is astrogeology? • Our Closest Neighbour, the Moon • Our Solar family of Rocky Planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars • Can we Colonise Mars? Day 4, Thursday, 4 August 2022 • Moons, Comets, Meteorites and other Rocks in The Space • Rosetta Project: Landing on a Comet • The Hidden world beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet • Exoplanets and how we look for them Fossils and the mysterious disappearance of Dinosaurs Day 5, Friday, 5 August 2022 • Soil and the Microorganisms • Erosion, Rains and Winds • What is the Shape of the Ocean Floor? • Rachel Carson and what she did for our Planet