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Investigating Materials

Investigating Materials

Children will investigate different materials while they research the best insulator for a spacesuit.

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Build Your Own Soyuz

Build Your Own Soyuz

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

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Earth to Principia

Earth to Principia

Budding young coders and mathematicians will enjoy this challenging activity.

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Your New Home

Your New Home

The ISS is an extremely complex structure and at first glance it can be intimidating.

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Build Your Own ISS

Build Your Own ISS

This extension activity supports Your New Home: Activity 3.1 in Chapter Three.

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Make Your Own Water Cycle

Make Your Own Water Cycle

This extension activity supports Make a Splash: Activity 4.2 in Chapter Four.

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Experimentally Yours

Experimentally Yours

Curiosity makes a great scientist! Design, draw and label an experiment to answer a scientific question.

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Experimentally Yours (Extension)

Experimentally Yours (Extension)

This extension activity supports Activity 4.3: Experimentally Yours.

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Re-entry

Re-entry

Learn about the complicated and dangerous process of returning to Earth from the ISS.

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Egg Parachutes

Egg Parachutes

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

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Going the Distance

Going the Distance

Help students to comprehend the huge distance from Earth to Mars and how orbits effect it.

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Team Work

Team Work

Complete the maze then code a set of instructions for your Mars Rover using the available commands.

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Rover’s Discovery

Rover’s Discovery

Students practise their visual differentiation skills to crack the code.

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The Sky at Night

The Sky at Night

Plot the coordinates to reveal a star formation you can see with the naked eye.

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Lights, Mirror, Action

Lights, Mirror, Action

Design a demonstration to show that light travels in straight lines, reflects off things and casts shadows.

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Make-Your-Own Colour Wheel

Make-Your-Own Colour Wheel

Use your engineering skills to make a colour wheel that turns the spectrum into white.

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Recipe for a Rainbow

Recipe for a Rainbow

Experiment with prisms and light, devising a step-by-step guide on how to make a rainbow.

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Blueprint for Space

Blueprint for Space

Complete the sums then follow the key to unveil the blueprint of your space telescope.

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Mega Mirror Engineer

Mega Mirror Engineer

Solve this engineering challenge by designing a mirror that meets the guidelines in your brief.

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Pack Your Payload

Pack Your Payload

Design how to fold up your huge telescope, so it will fit into the rocket taking it to space.

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Parking Skills

Parking Skills

Programme your telescope with a series of commands to guide it to its final destination.

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Deep Space Decoder

Deep Space Decoder

Decode an encrypted message to unlock your telescope’s deployment sequence.

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Calibrate for Discovery

Calibrate for Discovery

Measure the angles your telescope will need to rotate to examine six objects in space.

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Data Detective

Data Detective

Examine the datasets to find out if your telescope has identified any planets that might support life.

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