LT Scotland Blogs

Recently I met with Don Johnston (and I don't mean the American actor from Miami Vice) the educational company that supports struggling learners in literacy and provides resources and tools to help students release their potential and a parental...

Atomic Learning provide web-based software training through a series of tutorials on a wide variety of applications. This year they are offering BETT attendees the opportunity to access the workshops on their website free for a limited period of time....

After 6 weeks many of you will have completed your mission. Some of you started late so we are going to keep the online materials available to you a while longer. You will also still be able to add some comments to the blog but you will not get answers...

Animals were first sent into space to test if humans would survive in space. Later on they were sent to investigate the effects space travel had on them. The first animals to be sent into space were fruit flies to explore the effects of radiation exposure. ...

Last week there was a Gaelic Masterclass in the Stirling Management Centre. 50 secondary teachers attended and recieved workshops on interactive whiteboards, powerpoint, podcasting and digital video. After being bombarded with information they then...

Throughout the Ticket to Space project many schools have set up their own blog to showcase the work they have been doing in relation to the project.  Have a look at the school links on thisd blog. However many schools and local authorities have been...

Planets are different colours because of what they are made of and how their surfaces or atmospheres reflect and absorb sunlight. Mercury has a dark grey, rocky surface which is covered with a thick layer of dust.Venus is entirely covered with a thick...

Why are planets round? When the universe was formed the planets where not solid and cold as they are today but were hot little particles that got together to form planets. The force called gravity pulls any liquid into a sphere shape in space (you can...

Got a question about the galaxies, then check here first to see if it has already been answered. Are there other galaxies and how do you get to them? No one knows for sure how many galaxies there are in the our universe, but there are many.  Our...

Many of you have been asking questions about Pluto and many of you have commented in a previous post about Pluto and its planet status.  Here are some of the answers to your questions. Megan Con asked if Pluto has ice on it as it is the coldest...

Does the Sun rotate in space? Yes the Sun rotates in space. It spins a bit different from the Earth though because it is not solid, it is made of gas. The Sun spins faster at its equator than at its poles. It takes 27 days for the Sun to spin round once...

Many of the planets were named by the Romans and the Greeks based on their movements and appearance.  Nowadays planets are named by the International astonomical Union which was established in 1919 is in charge of naming all celestial objects....

You are now in the final week of your mission and you will find out about gravity and weight in space and on planet Earth. You will also find out about the Sun and the role it plays in our solar system. The Sun is the most prominent feature in our solar...

We hope you are all enjoying your mission into space. This week you will be finding out about Earth and comparing it to other planets in the solar system.  If you have found out any interesting facts that you would like to share with others then...

Jack Borrill from Lenzie Primary asked, where does a comet/asteroid come from?  What is the difference between an asteroid and comet? Comets and asteroids most likely come from the left over material from the formation of the solar system. Comets...

Doonfoot Primary wanted to know if it is possible to maybe land on a star or maybe use it as a source of power? Well, no, it wouldn't ever be possible to land on a star - they are giant balls of burning gas out there in space, exactly like our...

Cameron Rubython along with many others asked the question: Is there any life anywhere else in the universe? Hi there, thanks for all your questions on aliens and life on other planets. As far as we know at the moment, there isn't any life out...

This week you will be asked to design a probe to launch into space and explore a planet in the solar system.  You may even get the chance to build your own rocket in the classroom. If you do remember to take a photo of it and send it into the blog....

We are glad to see your questions are still coming in to the blog and you have the experts working really hard to get answers for them all.  Please remember to look through the other posts to see if your questions has already been answered. We have had...

There have been lots of questions about the planets. See if yours is here. How many miles is Pluto from the Sun? Pluto is now what we call a Dwarf Planet, and its further away from the Sun than all the other planets in our Solar System. Its so far away...

This seemed to be a very popular question. So here is the scientists answer. As far as we know Planet Earth is the only place that life exists. However the Universe is a very, very big place with many, many Stars ( which are actually Suns like our own...

This is one that scientists are still trying to work out. In many ways Mars is a very similar planet to Earth which is why scientists think that life could survive there. It has an atmosphere, a rocky surface, polar ice caps and even has a similar temperature....

Sarah Smith I started working as a Science Communicator at the Glasgow Science Centre in April 2006. I recently started working in the Planetarium at the Science Centre (so I’m quite new to Astronomy)  where I deliver public and educational shows...

There have been lots of questions about how you shower in space, how you brush your teeth and even how you go to the toilet. The best place to find out these answers is from someone who has recently been in space. Anousheh Ansari, the Russian space tourist...

Many of you have been posting questions about black hole and worm holes. Here is some information that may answer some of these. What is a black hole? There are many myths associated with black holes especially the kind you see in films that depict...