Key Stage 1 Archives - Discovery Diaries

Astronaut Workout

Get ready for space with this 5-circuit exercise workout, combining maths with PE.

Your Body In Space

A 10-question 'true or false' quiz about what happens to the human body in space.

Space Dinner

Students will plan and draw a space dinner using the Eatwell food plate as a guide for choosing healthy options.

Eatwell Plates

This activity supports Space Dinner (Activity 0.3 of the Pre-launch Chapter).

Design Your Spacesuit

Design a spacesuit to keep yourself safe, either during mission launch or on a spacewalk.

Investigating Materials

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

Time for Launch

Follow Tim's schedule on launch day! Learn about time and duration while completing a comic strip!

Build Your Own Soyuz

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

8 Minutes to Space

With the help of astronaut Richard Garriott, describing how it feels to launch into space for the first time.

Fast-Track Rendezvous

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

United in Space

It's time to find out about fellow astronauts and research the countries who have been to the ISS.

Breaking News

Imagining they are astronauts, students will write a newspaper article about their first day in space.

Create a News Report

This extension activity supports Breaking News: Activity 2.2 in Chapter Two.

Earth to Principia

Budding young coders and mathematicians will enjoy this challenging activity.

Your New Home

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

Build Your Own ISS

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

Draw Your Own ISS

Get to know your new home! Draw a diagram of the ISS and colour-code the different parts.

Looking at the Earth from Space

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

The Solar System

Explore the Solar System, learning about the weather and conditions on each one.

Create Your Own Solar System Model

This extension activity supports The Solar System: Activity 3.4.

Space Gardening

It's gardening time! Find out which foods are best to grow in space then design your garden.

Space Gardener – Get Outside and Grow!

This extension activity supports Activity 4.1: Space Gardening.

Make a Splash in Space

Water is scarce on board the ISS and an intricate recycling systems allows astronauts to reuse every drop.

Make Your Own Water Cycle

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

Experimentally Yours

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

Experimentally Yours (Extension)

This extension activity supports Activity 4.3: Experimentally Yours.

Making History

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

Space Habitat

After completing the Solar System activity students can create their own imaginary space habitat.

Robots in Space

Humans need robots to do some of the jobs that are too difficult, or too dangerous, for astronauts.

Re-entry

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

The Journey Home

You're on your way back to Earth but where will you land and how will you get home from there?

Egg Parachutes

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

Send a Postcard to Space

Write a postcard to the astronauts on the ISS and let them know you've made it back to Earth safely.