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Space to Earth Astronaut Training
Tim Peake is a European Space Agency astronaut. This resource gives background to Tim’s training leading up to his mission in 2015/16 to the International Space Station. Tim is shown in survival training, in the swimming pool training for microgravity, and in the centrifuge at the European Astronaut Centre to...
Training in Space
In this activity pupils will be able to discuss various ways of simulating gravity in space and the importance for maintaining a healthy body for the return to Earth. Working in teams of four, pupils should choose their favourite exercise or sport and adapt it for space. They should identify the forces required for...
Preparing for Space
For the g-forces activity pupils will be able to discuss how astronauts use forces to simulate the effect of launch and landing on their bodies, when preparing to go into space. The pupils look at the forces on a ball at the end of a piece of elastic and discuss the forces on an Astronaut in a centrifuge. For the...
Career Profiles
This resource provides careers profiles for two young people working in the space industry: Jonathan Scott - Team Lead for the Medical Project and Technology Team in the Space Medicine Office at The European Space Agency’s European Astronaut Centre Jennifer S. - Biomedical Engineer Flight Controller for the...
This collection contains resources relating to the Solar System and Planets. There are a range of activities, images, video and information from sources such as the European Space Agency and NASA. There are a range of materials which can be used with primary or secondary students.
The Search for Dark Matter
This film, from Twig World, looks at the work of scientists, deep underground in a disused mine in Yorkshire, searching for particles that can't be seen and have never been detected, but might bind our Universe together.
The key points made in the film are:
•Dark matter is believed to make up about...
Telescopes
This film, from Twig World, looks at who invented telescopes and how they have developed throughout history.
The key points made in the film are:
•The first optical telescopes were made around 1608. •Early telescopes consisted of a convex lens and an eyepiece.
•Later telescope designs used...
What is a Light Year?
This film, from Twig World, looks at what a light year is, how it is measured and why we measure distance in terms of time?
The key points made in the film are:
•Light travels through space at 300 million metres per second
•A light year is the distance that light travels in one year
•...
One of Our Scientists Is Missing
This Science upd8 activity offers an opportunity to test students' understanding of the solar system, and their skills as independent enquirers, problem solvers and effective communicators. Students are part of an earth-bound team set the task of interpreting a range of data relating to the solar system/universe....
Kittinger: First Man in Space
This film, from Twig World, tells the story of Joe Kittinger who made the first journey beyond Earth's atmosphere.
The key points made in the film are:
•Project Excelsior III was the American Air Force’s mission to test high altitude bailouts.
•As part of this mission Colonel Joe Kittinger...