![]() Every household is responsible for adding to global warming because of heat loss. How much heat do you lose in your house every week? Probably more than you would expect. Chloe’s essay – winner year 7 to 8 Heat loss satellite Read all the 2022 prize-winning essays below. Abiha Asad, Year 8 of Zayed College for Girls in Auckland.Diksha Mahajan, Year 8 of Nelson Intermediate in Nelson.Year 9 to 10 to Hannah McDowall of Dunstan High School in Alexandra.Year 7 to 8 – Ruqayyah Zaheer, Nusaiba Shahim, Zainab Syeda and Zainab Muhammad of Al-Madinah School in Auckland. ![]() Year 9 to 10 – Alys Turley, Emily Buick-Constable, Saffanah Rahman and Zainab Farooq of Wellington Girls’ College in Wellington.Year 7 to 8 – Chloe Drinkwater of Selwyn House School in Christchurch.The authors of these essays will also receive a VR-enhanced mini-Earth model.Ĭongratulations to our prize-winners and thank you to all students who entered – it was very tough to judge! Judges also awarded prizes for two Outstanding Essays. Second place winners from each age category won a Virtual-Reality-enhanced mini-Earth model. The answers and links to resources and videos provide real-life examples of satellite missions.įirst place winners from each age category were awarded a Lego set of the International Space Station, complete with robotic arm to launch satellites into orbit. Maybe their satellite could track wild-fires, floods or droughts maybe it could track animals affected by climate change, like polar bears or the Little Blue Penguin or grow vegetables in space or look for water on other planets! Help getting startedīefore students started writing, they were encouraged to consider some of the questions below. Students in years 7 to 10 were challenged to write an essay about their own space mission (up to 500 words) and how this satellite could help fight climate change. The information they beam down to us helps farmers irrigate their fields and plant their crops lets us surf the Internet, tells us about effects of climate change on the weather, allows us to pay for things, tells us how to get somewhere and keeps us safe when we’re flying. Satellites orbit the Earth and are part of our everyday lives. The competition Could you design your own satellite mission to help fight climate change?
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