In August we were lucky to host Associate Professor James Scott from the University of Otago.

He is an academic in the Department of Geology and he has a passion for the cosmos, in particular our solar system. 

He spoke to our year 9 students about what geology is and what geologists do, and then gave us a fascinating explanation of what we know about the planet Mars, the difficulties of space travel, the potential for life on Mars. He explained clearly to us a number of cosmological phenomena, like how days and years are defined, and how an Earth day is different to a Mars day. 

Those who wanted were able to touch real pieces of Mars, and pieces of rock from meteors and asteroids. James is an ex-Logan Park student, (from quite a few years ago!) and so he also enjoyed catching up with the older Logan Park teaching staff.