Year 5 were lucky enough this week to be visited by Dr Jasmine Sandhu, a space scientist from UCL’s Mullard Space Centre. Jasmine explained to both classes about what her research entails, what she likes about her job and the skills she uses. There were lots of questions about The Sun, solar storms, the Earth’s magnetic field and the magnetic fields surrounding other planets. As well as answering lots of questions, Jasmine also helped us to build a magnetometer, similar to the one that she uses at her space centre. We are going to be taking magnetic field readings and seeing if variations match up with solar storm data. If you would like to find out more the Ogden Trust explain their excellent activity here.
