Alex Mampana is AstroQuiz winners
Mathematics, science and technology are very easy for learners of Alex Mampana Primary School.
Alex Mampana Primary School showed that they are winners and are Astro-conscious when it comes to anything to do with mathematics, science and technology.
The school recently won the AstroQuiz competition.
Astronomy is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena. It uses mathematics, physics and chemistry to explain their origin and evolution.
Objects of interest include planets, moons stars, nebulae, galaxies, meteoroids, asteroids, and comets.
The AstroQuiz is a science competition for Grade 7 learners that is based on astronomy-related themes and linked to the ‘Earth and Beyond’ section of the natural sciences syllabus.
AstroQuiz is a project funded by the South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (SAASTA) and run provincially by the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO).
This project is aimed at encouraging an interest in science in primary schools, improving classroom practice, creating awareness and insight into basic astronomy, science and mathematics; and fostering an interest in career opportunities in astronomy and other sciences.
To enter the AstroQuiz, schools must identify teams of learners from Grade 7 to represent the school.
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The school won the competition at the school level in position two and proceeded to the district level where they won and represented the province.
According to science teacher, Ms Sophy Mahamba, a lot of research was done in preparing for the competition using the internet.
The learners were also prepared by using previous papers.
She said the questions in the competition were based on mathematics, science and technology. The same learners won the competition last year while they were in Grade 6.
One of the learners, Khanyisile Mahlangu said, “I feel great to be part of a winning team. It is a great achievement, and we are proud of ourselves. We received a lot of support from the teachers, especially Ms Mahamba and our parents. We were helped to research and reserve time to do the project. It was worth to learn more about science and astronomy in general. I have now fallen in love with science and plan to do cosmology (the scientific study of the large-scale properties of the universe as a whole) when I finish school.”
Mahamba said she was very proud of the learners, even though it was very difficult and a lot of effort and commitment was put into making sure that they won the competition.
“We did a lot of research, set aside hours to work created a WhatsApp group and sent questions to the group, even the learners put aside some time to work after hours. When they had to develop a working relationship with their teachers and give them catch-up work, they did well. Their parents also gave a helping hand, and they were very supportive,” explained Mahamba.
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