Help students to comprehend the huge distance from Earth to Mars and how orbits effect it.
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Mars Diary
Activity 1.4
This activity combines several factors – firstly, the incredible inspirational figure of Tim Peake and the way he has managed to engage the imaginations of school children across the UK with space travel. Secondly, it provides an opportunity for students to write creatively and persuasively and thirdly, it requires student to do some basic research into the issues involved in interplanetary travel.
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