Investigating Materials
Children will investigate different materials while they research the best insulator for a spacesuit.
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Build Your Own Soyuz
This extension activity supports Time for Launch - Activity 1.1 in Chapter One.
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Earth to Principia
Budding young coders and mathematicians will enjoy this challenging activity.
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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
This extension activity supports Your New Home: Activity 3.1 in Chapter Three.
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Make Your Own Water Cycle
This extension activity supports Make a Splash: Activity 4.2 in Chapter Four.
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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)
This extension activity supports Activity 4.3: Experimentally Yours.
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Re-entry
Learn about the complicated and dangerous process of returning to Earth from the ISS.
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Egg Parachutes
This extension activity supports The Journey Home: Activity 6.2 in Chapter Six.
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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
Complete the maze then code a set of instructions for your Mars Rover using the available commands.
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Rover’s Discovery
Students practise their visual differentiation skills to crack the code.
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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
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
Use your engineering skills to make a colour wheel that turns the spectrum into white.
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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
Complete the sums then follow the key to unveil the blueprint of your space telescope.
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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
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
Programme your telescope with a series of commands to guide it to its final destination.
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Deep Space Decoder
Decode an encrypted message to unlock your telescope’s deployment sequence.
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Calibrate for Discovery
Measure the angles your telescope will need to rotate to examine six objects in space.
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Data Detective
Examine the datasets to find out if your telescope has identified any planets that might support life.
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