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The Journey Home

Principia Space Diary

Activity 6.2

Challenge your students with this great map-making activity. This lesson compliments teaching on units of measurement, length and distance (cm, m and km) and will develop pupils' understanding of the concept of 'scale'.

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Download the The Journey Home Teaching Notes ↓

Subjects

  • Social Studies
  • English / Literacy
  • Geography
  • Maths / Numeracy
  • Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC)
  • Computing

Learning Methods

  • Visual Literacy
  • Personal Development
  • Reflect
  • Imagine and Invent
  • Design and Invent
  • Draw
The Journey Home

Support Materials

Links

  • Welcome Back to Earth
  • A clip of the Soyuz capsule landing
  • Teach map skills to your students
  • ESA Blog: Tim's return to Earth

Extension Activity

Extension Activity Egg Parachutes

Egg Parachutes

Activity 6.2

This extension activity supports The Journey Home: Activity 6.2 in Chapter Six.

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More Activities

Looking at the Earth from Space

Looking at the Earth from Space

Activity 3.3

Inspire research, discovery and writing using Tim Peake's incredible images of Earth from space.

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Town Planner

Town Planner

Activity 5.1

Practice mapping and drawing skills and explore what makes a good city, society and community.

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Return to Chapter:

Chapter Six: Mission Finale


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Teacher Toolkit

Visit the Teacher Toolkit to download curriculum links, lesson planners, evaluation templates and other resources to support running this activity.

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Zappar

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Learn how to use the Zappar App and take a selfie with Tim Peake

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