Deep Space Diary Certificate

Reward your students with certificates as they complete their Deep Space Diary programme. Signed by Director of the UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Gillian Wright, the certificates are the perfect to present to students during a Graduation Ceremony, where they can showcase what they’ve learnt to their peers.

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Deep Space Diary Info Pack for Teachers

This pack is your one-stop-shop for planning how to incorporate the Deep Space Diary into your classroom activities. You can use the whole programme or pick and mix activities to suit your needs. Inside you’ll find: An overview of the programme including information about timing, planning and sharing your work. […]

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Deep Space Diary Half Term Programme Planner

To take the guesswork out of running a Deep Space Diary programme, we’ve prepared a simple Half Term planner for you to follow. For flexibility and to support integrating the Deep Space Diary into your existing teaching schedule, our planners are available to run the programme across an intensive week, […]

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Deep Space Diary Full Term Programme Planner

To take the guesswork out of running a Deep Space Diary programme, we’ve prepared a simple Full Term programme planner for you to follow. For flexibility and to support integrating the Deep Space Diary into your existing teaching schedule, our planners are available to run the programme across an intensive […]

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Deep Space Diary One Week Programme Planner

To take the guesswork out of running a Deep Space Diary programme, we’ve prepared a simple one week planner for you to follow. This is perfect for when you want to run a Space-themed week in the classroom or to coincide with British Science Week celebrations. For flexibility and to […]

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Deep Space Glossary

From asteroid to ultraviolet, this glossary provides the definitions of the scientific vocabulary used in the Deep Space Diary. It includes definitions to all word search solutions, as well as other words you and your young space explorers may encounter during the programme.

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How to… Plot a Graph

Use this How To… Plot a Graph to support learning when doing Activity 3.1 Space Lab in the Deep Space Diary. Print out sheets for children to share and use as a guide when making their own graphs.

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Table of Results Template

Use our Deep Space Diary Table of Results Template in conjunction with Activity 3.3 Space Lab in the Deep Space Diary to help students record their findings with their experiments.

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Colour Blindness Awareness

Colour blindness affects one in 12 boys and one in 200 girls. This makes it highly likely that there’s a student in your class who is colour blind. This resources offers suggestions for teachers on how best to assist colour blind students in a few activities from the Deep Space […]

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Word Search Template

Using their space glossaries, children can create their own word searches to challenge their friends and classmates with. Each piece of paper has two blank word searches so you can cut it in half and save on printing/photocopying.

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Student Reflection: List

Ask students to reflect on what they’ve learnt in an activity or a whole chapter by getting them to list different things they have learnt. The listed items could be directed by the teacher or through class suggestions. Use keywords to jog children’s memories.

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Student Reflection: Recap

Ask students to recap on what they’ve learnt in an activity or a whole chapter by setting them this writing challenge. Reflections could be made in many formats — creative writing, articles or reports. Group students into teams and set a different writing style for each group.

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Student Reflection: Quiz

Ask students to reflect on what they’ve learnt in an activity or a whole chapter by challenging them to create a quiz. They can then swap quizzes with a friend and find the answers!

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