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Home » Activities » Principia Space Diary » Chapter One: Goodbye to Earth! » Time for Launch

Time for Launch

Principia Space Diary

Activity 1.1

Learn about time and duration while completing a comic strip! The creative/visual elements in this activity, such as drawing, provide a way in to the complex topic of time, and challenge students to make links between analogue and digital time.

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Subjects

  • Computing
  • English / Literacy
  • History
  • Maths / Numeracy
  • Primary Science / Working Scientifically
  • Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC)

Learning Methods

  • Collaborate
  • Draw
  • Personal Development
  • Visual Literacy
  • Write
Time for Launch

Support Materials

Video

richard garriott, principia space diary, astronaut

Richard Garriott on being an Astronaut

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Multimedia Downloads

Solution: Time for Launch  (175.84 KB jpg) ↓

Links

  • Richard Garriott on being an Astronaut
    We asked Richard Garriott to share his experiences of going to space
  • World Water Day: what's space got to do with it?
  • Stages of the Soyuz launch explained
  • Clip of astronauts entering Soyuz spacecraft and blasting off
  • Clip of a Soyuz spacecraft blasting off to the ISS

Extension Activity

Extension Activity Build Your Own Soyuz

Build Your Own Soyuz

Activity 1.1

This extension activity supports Time for Launch - Activity 1.1 in Chapter One.

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More Activities

Making History

Making History

Activity 5.1

Where are you in space history? Learn about key events on our space timeline.

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Fast-Track Rendezvous

Fast-Track Rendezvous

Activity 1.3

Understanding how the Soyuz capsule gets from launch to the ISS is a complex concept.

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Chapter One: Goodbye to Earth!


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