International Day of Human Space Flight - Primary
The United Nations has designated 12th April as International Day of Human Space flight to celebrate the beginning of the space era for humankind. It was on this date in 1961 that Yuri Gagarin completed the first successful human space flight so beginning the exploration of space by people.
These resources for pupils aged 5 to 11 cover a range of topics from looking at:
- life and the experiments on the International Space Station,
- how plants and crops could be grown in space
- the manned flights to the Moon and how humans could survive on the Moon.
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Moon Shelter
This resource links to science and D&T but in a moon context. Children analyse the importance of having shelter for protection on Earth and in space. They compare the environmental conditions on Earth and on the Moon, then work together to design and build their own Moon shelter using materials comparable to...
Water on the moon - Filtering 'lunar ice cores' to extract water
In this set of three activities, pupils will spend a day recording how much water a person uses in an average day, followed by an experimental activity where they will use ‘lunar ice cores’ and filter them to get water. Through these activities, pupils will learn how a filtration system can be used to separate...
Mission on the Moon
This activity gives pupils in key stage 2 the opportunity to plan, test and execute a simple mission on the moon. Throughout the session pupils will take it in turns to give commands and to navigate blindly across the lunar surface. Pupils will be taught to understand the importance of clear step by step...
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Mission to the Moon
This collection of practical activities, investigations and games is all based on current lunar research. It supports many aspects of working scientifically and links to area of the curriculum including: earth and space, light and shadows, forces, materials, changes of state and rocks and soils. Activities are...
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| Subject(s) | Space |
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| Age | 4-5, 5-7, 7-11 |
| Published | n.a |
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| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cxhkrr |
