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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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How it WorksFree primary STEM-literacy resources for at-home learners
Read more →Keep young learners happy and engaged with these STEM-literacy activities
Read more →Lucy is the author of the Principia Mission Space Diary and the Mars Diary.
Read more →On Tuesday, 15 December 2015, ESA Astronaut Tim Peake launched into space.
Read more →Who was Rosalind Franklin, the scientist behind the ExoMars rover’s name?
Read more →Our farewell to an important member of the Discovery Diaries crew.
Read more →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
Journey to the ISS with ESA Astronaut Tim Peake! From astronaut training to conducting experiments and observing Earth, upper KS1/lower KS2 (or equivalent) students can participate in Tim Peake’s Principia mission.
Buy this diary →Get ready for your mission to the Red Planet! Recruit a crew, invent a helpful rover friend, decode and analyse data then design the ultimate Martian habitat. Perfect for KS2 (or equivalent) students.
Buy this diary →Uncover the secrets of the Universe! KS2 (or equivalent) students explore space, light, colour, infrared and much more with the James Webb Space Telescope.
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