Astronaut Workout
Get ready for space with this 5-circuit exercise workout, combining maths with PE.
Read more →Get ready for space with this 5-circuit exercise workout, combining maths with PE.
Read more →A 10-question 'true or false' quiz about what happens to the human body in space.
Read more →Students will plan and draw a space dinner using the Eatwell food plate as a guide for choosing healthy options.
Read more →This activity supports Space Dinner (Activity 0.3 of the Pre-launch Chapter).
Read more →Design a spacesuit to keep yourself safe, either during mission launch or on a spacewalk.
Read more →Children will investigate different materials while they research the best insulator for a spacesuit.
Read more →Follow Tim's schedule on launch day! Learn about time and duration while completing a comic strip!
Read more →This extension activity supports Time for Launch - Activity 1.1 in Chapter One.
Read more →With the help of astronaut Richard Garriott, describing how it feels to launch into space for the first time.
Read more →Understanding how the Soyuz capsule gets from launch to the ISS is a complex concept.
Read more →It's time to find out about fellow astronauts and research the countries who have been to the ISS.
Read more →Imagining they are astronauts, students will write a newspaper article about their first day in space.
Read more →This extension activity supports Breaking News: Activity 2.2 in Chapter Two.
Read more →Budding young coders and mathematicians will enjoy this challenging activity.
Read more →The ISS is an extremely complex structure and at first glance it can be intimidating.
Read more →This extension activity supports Your New Home: Activity 3.1 in Chapter Three.
Read more →Get to know your new home! Draw a diagram of the ISS and colour-code the different parts.
Read more →Inspire research, discovery and writing using Tim Peake's incredible images of Earth from space.
Read more →Explore the Solar System, learning about the weather and conditions on each one.
Read more →This extension activity supports The Solar System: Activity 3.4.
Read more →It's gardening time! Find out which foods are best to grow in space then design your garden.
Read more →This extension activity supports Activity 4.1: Space Gardening.
Read more →Water is scarce on board the ISS and an intricate recycling systems allows astronauts to reuse every drop.
Read more →This extension activity supports Make a Splash: Activity 4.2 in Chapter Four.
Read more →Curiosity makes a great scientist! Design, draw and label an experiment to answer a scientific question.
Read more →This extension activity supports Activity 4.3: Experimentally Yours.
Read more →Where are you in space history? Learn about key events on our space timeline.
Read more →After completing the Solar System activity students can create their own imaginary space habitat.
Read more →Humans need robots to do some of the jobs that are too difficult, or too dangerous, for astronauts.
Read more →Learn about the complicated and dangerous process of returning to Earth from the ISS.
Read more →You're on your way back to Earth but where will you land and how will you get home from there?
Read more →This extension activity supports The Journey Home: Activity 6.2 in Chapter Six.
Read more →Write a postcard to the astronauts on the ISS and let them know you've made it back to Earth safely.
Read more →This activity asks students to research Earth and Mars and draw them side-by-side, focusing on ‘signs of life’.
Read more →Student complete a space history timeline showing past, present and future missions to Mars.
Read more →An interactive and entertaining way to find out more about Mars, for students and teachers.
Read more →ESA Astronaut Tim Peake wants to know the benefits of your mission to Mars.
Read more →Can you find eight scientific words from Chapter 1? Don't forget to write them in your Space Glossary!
Read more →Help students to comprehend the huge distance from Earth to Mars and how orbits effect it.
Read more →What the skills, knowledge and experience might people need for a successful mission to Mars?
Read more →Students will learn about the essential (and non-essential) items astronauts take to space.
Read more →In this creative, hands-on activity students will design their own Mars rocket.
Read more →Can you find nine scientific words from Chapter 2? Add them to your Space Glossary!
Read more →Students create their own infographic (or visual interpretation) of Mars weather data.
Read more →Write and illustrate an article telling the world about an exciting discovery - water on Mars!
Read more →Study images of Olympus Mons from space, and create an interpretation of how it would look from the ground.
Read more →Design a Mars rover to explore the Martian surface and collect samples to send back to Earth.
Read more →Can you find nine scientific words from Chapter 3? Add them to your Space Glossary.
Read more →Complete the maze then code a set of instructions for your Mars Rover using the available commands.
Read more →Students practise their visual differentiation skills to crack the code.
Read more →This activity asks students to create a machine to get their rock samples back to an astronaut on Mars.
Read more →Designing an experiment to test a hypothesis is a fundamental part of scientific enquiry.
Read more →Can you find ten scientific words from Chapter 4? Add them to your Space Glossary.
Read more →Practice mapping and drawing skills and explore what makes a good city, society and community.
Read more →Create a biodome to house food and plant crops that can sustain your Mars population.
Read more →Research energy sources then, design your own sustainable energy source to power your city on Mars.
Read more →How will you deal with the lack of oxygen, extreme weather and severe radiation on Mars?
Read more →Can you find eight scientific words from Chapter 5? Add them to your Space Glossary.
Read more →How can you communicate the excitement of space tourism in one image?
Read more →Design your characters, plan your plot then a comic strip telling the story of life beyond Mars...
Read more →Turn the specialist Mars vocabulary you have learnt into a number one hit song!
Read more →Imagine what you could discover if you could see more of the Universe than ever before.
Read more →Plot the coordinates to reveal a star formation you can see with the naked eye.
Read more →Examine an ancient diagram of the Solar System to discover what we’ve learnt over time.
Read more →Travel back in time to learn the history of astronomy and the development of telescopes.
Read more →Create a fun quiz to test your friends’ knowledge about the history of space observation.
Read more →Design a demonstration to show that light travels in straight lines, reflects off things and casts shadows.
Read more →Use your engineering skills to make a colour wheel that turns the spectrum into white.
Read more →Experiment with prisms and light, devising a step-by-step guide on how to make a rainbow.
Read more →See yourself in a whole new light! Draw a portrait showing how you’d look in infrared.
Read more →Can you find eight scientific words from Chapter 2? Add them to your Visual Dictionary of Deep Space!
Read more →Complete the sums then follow the key to unveil the blueprint of your space telescope.
Read more →Solve this engineering challenge by designing a mirror that meets the guidelines in your brief.
Read more →Devise an experiment testing how to keep the infrared camera on your telescope super cool.
Read more →Design how to fold up your huge telescope, so it will fit into the rocket taking it to space.
Read more →Can you find eight scientific words from Chapter 3? Add them to your Visual Dictionary of Deep Space!
Read more →Programme your telescope with a series of commands to guide it to its final destination.
Read more →Decode an encrypted message to unlock your telescope’s deployment sequence.
Read more →Measure the angles your telescope will need to rotate to examine six objects in space.
Read more →Can you find eight scientific words from Chapter 4? Add them to your Visual Dictionary of Deep Space!
Read more →Analyse your telescope’s first infrared image to identify the new wonders you’ve discovered.
Read more →Examine the datasets to find out if your telescope has identified any planets that might support life.
Read more →Share your exciting discoveries with your fellow space experts by creating a scientific poster.
Read more →Can you find eight scientific words from Chapter 5? Add them to your Visual Dictionary of Deep Space!
Read more →Write and illustrate newspaper articles to tell the world everything you’ve discovered with Webb.
Read more →Create a visual dictionary using your scientific vocabulary, so everyone can understand your technical lingo.
Read more →