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Welcome to the Discovery Diaries website where you can download over 60 FREE creative, cross-curricular science lessons along with differentiated teaching notes, lesson plan templates, PowerPoint presentations, videos with real astronauts and space experts, and much more! No registration required, but if you do register you can bookmark your favourite activities, be the first to hear about our free book giveaways and access exclusive content. Enjoy!

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Get ready for Webb’s launch!

Join space experts and enthusiasts on Saturday, 25th December at 12:20pm GMT for a livestream of the Webb telescope launch. You can watch the Webb launch on the NASA website. The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope is one of the most anticipated space events to ever take place. […]

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NASA successful test the folding of the Webb Telescope Sunshield

This article is a helpful resource for Deep Space Diary Activity 3.4: Pack Your Payload.  Engineers working on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have successfully folded and packed its sunshield for its upcoming million-mile (roughly 1.5 million kilometer) journey, which begins later this year. The sunshield — a five-layer, diamond-shaped […]

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  • I would rate this very highly in relation to other STEM resources. The format is accessible, the drawings are interesting. Putting their photograph on the front makes it theirs, gives it ownership.

    Dawn McFall, Primary School Teacher

  • It is a massive testament to the skill of whoever designed the Space Diary that not one child had ‘lost’ theirs over the summer. Indeed, they treasure them.

    Teresa Harris, Head of Science at Westbrook Hay

  • It is a fantastic resource. Clear teaching guides and plans to follow with excellent differentiation for various abilities. [Students] would frequently ask, ‘When are we doing our Mars Diary?’

    Hannah Chivers, Primary School Teacher

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