Mental Health Awareness Week
May 18-24 is Mental Health Awareness Week. This is a great opportunity to explore the importance of self-care.
Read more →May 18-24 is Mental Health Awareness Week. This is a great opportunity to explore the importance of self-care.
Read more →From recycling to renewable energy, Earth’s health is on our agenda for Week Four of National Share-a-Story Month.
Read more →For Week Three of National Share-a-Story Month, we’re exploring a theme close to our hearts – animals!
Read more →For Week Two of National Share-a-Story Month, celebrate how richly diverse our world is.
Read more →Children’s publisher Curved House Kids is excited to announce that their hugely popular primary school science programme has been translated into Welsh, with a mission to inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers and astronauts. 3,000 copies of the Discovery Diaries will be made available to primary schools in Wales […]
Read more →A guide for educators to empowering girls so they develop a genuine interest in science.
Read more →On Tuesday, 15 December 2015, ESA Astronaut Tim Peake launched into space.
Read more →Read our Q&A with Libby Jackson, Human Spaceflight and Microgravity Programme Engineer at the UK Space Agency. Here she tells us about her career in the space industry and what inspired her as a child.
Read more →Everybody wonders it, so we thought we’d answer it … just how exactly do astronauts use the toilet in space?
Read more →We chose Luke as August’s Star Apprentice after receiving a very heart-warming note from his mother, Laura, when she applied for Luke’s graduation.
Read more →You’ve tried the Astronaut Workout, but have you tried it in German?
Read more →Meet July’s Star Apprentice, Thomas! Thomas (11) wowed us with his superb work – especially his map and comment about going to Denmark.
Read more →We speak with Peter McOwan, Professor of Computer Science at Queen Mary University London. Here he tells us about his fascination with robotics and how he’s not out to rule the world.
Read more →Fill out the form before July 31st 2017 and get free Space Diary graduation certificates.
Read more →Meet our June Star Apprentice, Annabelle (8). Annabelle has a passion for science and was awarded a place at Portsmouth Space Conference to meet Tim Peake.
Read more →We speak with Cindy Forde, a Space Communicator with a special interest in inspiring children to see their own STEM potential. Here she tells us about her career in the space industry and what she was like as a child.
Read more →Find out more about Britain’s first astronaut, Dr. Helen Sharman.
Read more →Meet Harry, 2017’s very first Space Diary graduate!
Read more →Meet our very first Star Apprentice: Chloe!
Read more →Marianne Hopwood – science teacher, STEM expert and home educator – writes about her experience of working through the Space Diary with her two boys.
Read more →Here is a snapshot of the coverage of the Principia Space Diary during and after Tim Peake’s mission.
Read more →To introduce us to Chapter One of the Space Diary we asked private astronaut Richard Garriott to share his experiences of going to space.
Read more →We interviewed Britain’s first astronaut, Helen Sharman, and asked her to explain everything about communication in space.
Read more →Our showcase of STEM experts will help students challenge their ideas of who a scientist is and what he or she does.
Read more →2018 is the UK’s Year of Engineering! Get involved with our Design Your Spacesuit activity.
Read more →For Chapter Five’s video Professor Stephen Hawking asks some important questions about life on our planet, and life beyond.
Read more →Congratulations on completing the Principia Space Diary, you are now officially Space Experts!
Read more →Download your free Library Pack containing seven activities, perfect for running events with KS1-2 or equivalent.
Read more →This just in: Tim Peake is to return to space.
Read more →Keep your students motivated, whether they’re learning at home or in the classroom.
Read more →Every child in your class is unique, so we’ve prepared ideas for differentiation for each Discovery Diary activity.
Read more →Mission Badges are great way to incentivise students as they complete different chapters in our programmes.
Read more →The first activity in the Principia Space Diary is a 5-station Astronaut Workout.
Read more →What exactly is a Zap code and how do you use it?
Read more →Since launching the first edition of the Space Diary in 2015, we have received so many wonderful comments from teachers across the UK.
Read more →The second edition of the Principia Space Diary is better than ever, thanks to the feedback and suggestions we have received from teachers over the course of the programme.
Read more →Each month we’re looking to showcase some Star Apprentices and we want your students to help us find them!
Read more →For those interested in pedagogical methodologies, here’s a whistlestop tour of ours.
Read more →Principia Space Diary is back, giving thousands of schoolchildren the chance to become space experts as they learn about British European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake’s historic space mission.
Read more →Principia Space Diary is back, giving thousands of schoolchildren the chance to become space experts as they learn about British European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake’s historic space mission.
Read more →Imaging meeting Tim Peake! Students from Wellesley did just that at the Principia schools conference.
Read more →The Oxford Road Community School’s ORSAnauts watch the live stream of the Principia launch.
Read more →British Science Week 2016 has arrived! To help you celebrate, we’ve put together a list of our favourite space-related experiments for your Space Apprentices. We can’t wait to see how you celebrate Science Week. Don’t forget to use #SpaceDiary on Facebook and Twitter!
Read more →Growing plants in space is an important area of research – especially as we need to explore how we might be able to grow food on planets such as Mars.
Read more →We are thrilled to announce that the UK Space Agency/ESA have extended funding of the Principia Space Diary project, doubling the number of UK primary school students who will receive copies of the book. That’s twice as many space apprentices, and twice as much fun!
Read more →We’re going into space! Well, sort of…
Read more →We speak with Andrew Kuh, Human Spaceflight and Microgravity Programme Manager at the UK Space Agency. Here he tells us about his career in the space industry and how he got to watch Tim Peake’s launch in Kazakstan.
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