Kids Sky Exploration (KSE) on January 16th visited Solomoni Mahlangu Primary School in Morogoro region. The school is situated at Solomon Mahlangu campus of Sokoine University of Agriculture as well as the former camp for South Africa freedom fighter in Tanzania. When you visit the place you will be received by Solomon’s word just before he was hanged “Tell my people that I love them and that they must continue the struggle. My blood will nourish the tree that will bear the fruits of freedom. Alluta continua!” UNAWE says “Tell my Children that I love them and that they must continue the struggle. Our efforts will nourish the generation that will bear the fruits of Science. Alluta continua…!”
It was a long journey for UNAWE-Tanzania from Dar es Salaam to Morogoro, which is about 200 km, and it was three hours drive by public bus. We scheduled to start at 10:00 am but started at 11:00 am which was a one hour delay and we are really sorry for keeping our enthuastic kids waiting.
Despite the delay we found kids happy and very nervous to learn what happened during Lunar and Solar eclipses as well as much more of what is occupying the universe. Teachers and EWAT members did a great job to cheer children on while we were on the way as well as during eclipse events at New Year’s Eve and the 15th January Solar eclipse. Their efforts were vivid as children had a lot of knowledge of stars, sky, sun, planets and the moon. This was the first school that we heard a primary school student talked about the Big Dipper and asking questions on who invented satellites and on which year.
Read the whole story on the UNAWE Tanzania blog.
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