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Space exploration STEM teaching pack

Journey into space with this  Space exploration STEM teaching pack for KS2. Visit the International Space Station, find out if pupils have what it takes to become an astronaut and design a space vehicle for space travel.

This fully resourced , no-prep pack contains everything needed for a fun approach to STEM learning .

Who’s the pack for? This pack has been designed for a primary school science unit on space exploration aimed at KS2 . It can be used in conjunction with existing curriculum materials or as a standalone space science unit.

Suitable for both new and more experienced teachers, you'll find a variety of fun STEM activities that can be differentiated  to suit different types of learners , with engaging extension activities to ensure pupils are challenged.

What’s included?

This comprehensive pack has detailed lesson plans with step-by-step instructions, ideas for enhancing and extending learning and a handy teacher assessment sheet.  Lesson plans are linked to  ready-to-use printable teaching resources , handouts and worksheets in the teacher pack and pupil pack.

For the teacher

  • Lesson plans,  formative and summative assessment opportunities,  extension activities and homework tasks.
  • A Teacher pack with accompanying learning resources and printable worksheets with answers.

For the pupil

  • A Pupil pack with colourful learning worksheets and clear guidance for all tasks. 
  • Fun activities to learn all about space exploration, including virtual tours, research tasks and design tasks. 

How is the pack structured? The pack consists of five milestones , which if completed in sequence will build pupils' knowledge to enable them to complete a summative assessment activity in the final milestone. 

Lesson activities are organised as follows:

  • Prepare (Bell-ringer/starter activity)
  • Present (Teach/model)
  • Produce (Pupil project work)
  • Participate (Pupil/group share)
  • Practise (Homework/assessment/independent activities)

What's inside?

Milestone 1 : Building background knowledge of space exploration

  • Explore different NASA astronaut training activities and then explain the steps in the astronaut selection process.
  • Explain why it is so hard to become an astronaut.

  Milestone 2 : Famous astronauts

  • Answer questions about a famous astronaut by conducting research.
  • Explain the characteristics of successful astronauts.

Milestone 3 : Spacecraft and space travel

  • Explore the changes in spacecraft over time.
  • Identify the parts of a spacecraft and explain what they do.
  • Design a vehicle to travel in space.

Milestone 4 : Building a new space vehicle

  • Explain the changes in spacecraft over time. 
  • Design their own spacecraft.

Milestone 5 : Describing a trip to space

  • Write a story about a journey into outer space.
  • Explain if they would like to be an astronaut.

How to use this teaching pack This pack should be used for teaching and reinforcing concepts in a primary school science unit for KS2 . It is designed to be flexible and can be used as a standalone space science unit or in conjunction with other curriculum materials, STEM resources or STEM lessons. The teaching pack is designed to be delivered over five lessons but can be dipped into to supplement other learning plans.

Explore more resources like this Try our Solar system STEM teaching pack , browse our  STEM teaching packs  or explore Teachit Primary’s complete collection of teaching packs . 

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Statutory requirements, notes and guidance, upper ks2 - working scientifically, planet facts worksheet free, outstanding science year 5 | earth and space | os5d002.

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I can research and compare the different planets in the solar system.

Children learn about 3 different planet classifications - terrestrial, gas giant, and ice giant. They carry out a networking activity where each child has a sheet containing incomplete information and they find out the missing data from their classmates. They discuss various ways of comparing, grouping and ordering the planets.

  • 5d1 : describe the movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun in the solar system

The solar system Worksheet

Outstanding science year 5 | earth and space | os5d001.

I can explain how the Earth and the other planets in the solar system move.

Children cut out pictures of the Sun and the eight major planets of the solar system and use them to complete a diagram by placing them in order of distance from the Sun.

Earth, Sun and Moon Worksheet

Outstanding science year 5 | earth and space | os5d003.

I can explain how the Moon moves.

Children learn how the Moon moves around the Earth. They learn about theories of the Moon's formation, and that it has been explored. Children create an information text answering the questions 'How do the Earth and Moon move?', 'How was the Moon formed?', and 'Has the Moon been explored?', and complete a diagram showing the movement of the Earth and Moon.

  • 5d2 : describe the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth

The lunar cycle Worksheet

Outstanding science year 5 | earth and space | os5d004.

I can explain how the Moon's appearance appears to change when viewed from Earth.

Children complete a diagram showing the eight phases of the Moon and why the Moon's appearance seems to change.

The formation of the solar system Worksheet

Outstanding science year 5 | earth and space | os5d005.

I can explain how the solar system was formed.

Children complete an information text explaining the latest model of the origins of the solar system.

  • 5d3 : describe the Sun, Earth and Moon as approximately spherical bodies

Comparing the planets Worksheet

Outstanding science year 5 | earth and space | os5d006.

I can compare the sizes of the planets in the solar system.

Children look at diagrams of the planets which are in proportion to one another. They use an 'Earth ruler' to measure the diameter of the planets in Earth diameters in order to compare them to the Earth. They then use a ruler marked in cm to measure the diameter, before using a formula to calculate their true size. They record their data in a table and look for patterns. Children can use the planet diagrams to make a display.

Day and night Worksheet

Outstanding science year 5 | earth and space | os5d007.

I can explain how day and night are caused.

Using a split pin, children create a moving model showing how the rotation of the Earth causes day and night. They move their model through a day and night cycle, using speech bubbles to explain what they would experience at each stage of the cycle.

  • 5d4 : use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night and the apparent movement of the sun across the sky.

Making a sundial Investigation

Outstanding science year 5 | earth and space | os5d008.

I can make a sundial and explain how it works.

Using a template, children cut out and assemble their own sundial. They carefully attach the gnomon (shadow caster). On a sunny, rain and wind-free day, children calibrate their sundial by fixing it in position and marking where the shadow of the gnomon falls at 9am, 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm. Children predict where the 4pm shadow line would fall.

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Help children to learn about the Moon, Earth and Sun with this worksheet. They must conduct their own research to complete the fact file templates provided, writing about the shape, diameter and orbit of the Sun, Earth and Moon, and finding out as many interestng facts as possible. As an extension activity, challenge children to find out why the Sun, Earth and Moon are spherical.

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Space at Primary Level

A list to inspire and help teachers introduce and teach space at primary level.Use these resources to inspire investigative work linked to the topic of space and ask the big question 'Does life exist on other planets?'

Lesson plans and activities for the QCA unit Earth, Sun and Moon. Develop thinking skills and practical work helping an 'eggnaut' re-enter the earth's atmosphere or making alka-seltzer rockets.

Try some experiments from Is There Anyone Out There?, which focuses on a Mars landing. Learn what it means to train to be an astronaut, look at life inside a space station or use these fantastic images from the Mars Rover with these activities which link space with science, literacy, art and PE.

Is There Anyone Out There?

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This is a great resource for Primary, with fun experiments that are easy (and cheap!) to do. It was produced with help from scientists working on Mars projects at Imperial College and written by experienced primary teachers.

This would be an ideal resource to use this year (2012) to link in with the landing of the Mars Curiosity Rover on 6 August 2012. You can keep track of the journey of the Mars Science Laboratory here http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/WhereIsCuriosity.html

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Build a re-entry capsule to allow your eggnaut to safely return to earth. A lovely group activity that devlops thinking skills and allows children to consider Newton's Laws of Motion whilst designing their capsules.

Earth and space: space presenters

Quality Assured Category: Science Publisher: Hamilton Trust

Produced by the Hamilton Trust, these resources give details of six lessons on space based on QCA scheme of work. This includes lesson plans, practical activities and all student materials.

The lessons are: • Earth, Moon and Sun • Day and night • Eclipses and seasons • Moon phases • Star constellations • Planets  

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Mission X: train like an astronaut *suitable for home teaching*

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An education programme developed by NASA scientists and fitness professionals. Mission X uses the excitement of space exploration to inspire students to learn more about nutrition, exercise, science and space exploration. The activities in this resource are designed for students aged 8 -14 but can be adapted to older and younger age groups. They can also be used enrich learning in afterschool clubs and extra projects. They are organised into Science and PE challenges however they could also be used to inspire in other curruculum areas.

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The ESERO website which contains news and events on all space related themes. Links to ideas and resources to promote education of STEM subjects in a context of space. Also includes the names of  'space ambassadors' who may support the teaching and learning of space education.

Fruit Solar System

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Build a Solar System using mostly fruit. Encourage children to take an educated guess as to which planet each item represents to develop their thinking skills. A great way of showing the relative sizes of planets in the solar system.  

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Phases of the Moon

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A short video demonstrating the phases of the moon.

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The European Space Agency website specially designed for children with all you need to know about space.

It has animations, facts, games, puzzles and quizzes to stimulate and enrich learning about earth and space.

International Space Station (ISS) Education Kit - Primary

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A great resource with lots of ideas for planning lessons across the curricuum using space as a stimulus.

Looks at life in space and what is it like to live and work on board the International Space Station.

It includes: background information, worksheets, colour posters and a teachers' guide.

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Lunar and meteorite samples loan scheme

Engage and excite children with real moon rocks in your lessons. The STFC loan scheme will provide the moon rocks and the website contains facts about the rocks, teaching resource ideas and links to other websites.

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What is the Solar System?

The Solar System includes the Sun, the Earth (where you are now!) and all of the other planets, asteroids and comets that go around and around it.

You may think that the Earth is a pretty big place, but the Earth isn’t even the biggest planet in the Solar System. The biggest planet is Jupiter – you could fit 1,321 Earths inside Jupiter. The Sun is even bigger than Jupiter – it would take 1.3 million planets the size of Earth to fill the same volume as the Sun.

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  • Everything in the Solar System revolves around the Sun. The Sun is a star – a massive ball of hot gas that gives off light and heat.
  • There are eight planets that orbit around the Sun .
  • The closest planet to the Sun is Mercury, and the farthest away is Neptune.
  • The biggest planet is Jupiter, and the smallest planet is Mercury.
  • The Earth is the only planet that we know has creatures living on it.
  • The Earth rotates as it orbits the Sun. It takes one day to complete a rotation.
  • It takes 365 days for the Earth to complete one circuit around the Sun. We call this a year.
  • The Sun is just one of hundreds of billions of stars in the galaxy that we live in, which is called the Milky Way. The whole Universe has at least 100 billion galaxies in it.
  • You are held onto the surface of the Earth by a force called gravity . This is the same force that keeps the Earth and the other planets orbiting around the Sun.
  • Not everything in the Solar system orbits directly around the Sun. The Moon orbits around the Earth.

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  • The Sun is 93 million miles from the Earth. The light from the Sun only takes 8 minutes to travel to the Earth, but it would take Usain Bolt – the fastest man on Earth – 450 years to run from the Sun to the Earth.
  • The Earth travels around the Sun in a loop that is shaped a bit like an oval. We call this the Earth’s orbit .
  • The Earth is always spinning around – sometimes from where you stand on the Earth you can see the Sun (this is the daytime) and sometimes the part of the Earth where you are is facing away from the Sun so it is dark (this is the nightime). It takes 24 hours for the Earth to spin all the way around, and we call this a day. Find out more about night and day .
  • There are eight planets that orbit around the Sun. In order, going from the closest planet to the Sun, to the one that is farthest away, they are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
  • All of the planets and the Sun are round, like balls.
  • There is a lot of difference between the planets. Some planets like Earth are made of rock, and some like Jupiter are made of gas. The hottest planet is Venus where the average temperature is 460°C, and the coldest is Uranus, which is -220°C.
  • Mars is sometimes the called ‘the red planet’ because the rocks that it is made from are red. It is the closest planet to Earth, and is slightly smaller than Earth.
  • The biggest planet is Jupiter. Jupiter is made of gas and is so big that you could fit 1,321 planets the size of Earth inside it. There is even a storm on Jupiter that is bigger than Earth – this storm has been blowing for hundreds of years and is called the ‘Great Red Spot’.
  • Saturn is famous for having rings of small pieces of ice and dust around it. Like Jupiter, it is made of gas and is much bigger than Earth.
  • The Moon is a ball of rock that orbits around the Earth , in the same way that the Earth orbits around the Sun. It is much smaller than the Earth and takes 28 days to complete one orbit. The Moon is 239,000 miles away and is the only place in the Solar System that man has travelled to apart from Earth. Find out more about human space exploration .
  • Other planets have moons too. Jupiter has at least 66 of them!

Look through the gallery below and see if you can spot all of the following:

  • The planets which make up our Solar System
  • The Earth, seen from space
  • A Mars rover
  • The surface of Mars seen from the NASA rover ‘Curiosity’
  • The Milky Way
  • An illustration of the planets in order

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It takes just over 365 days for the Earth to travel all the way around the Sun. We call the length of time it takes to go around the Sun a year, but to make life easier, most years have 365 days and every 4th year has 366 days. We call a year with 366 days a leap year. The extra day is February 29th. 2012 was a leap year, and 2016 and 2020 will be leap years.

The same force that holds you on the surface of the Earth so that you don’t float away when you jump, is what keeps the Moon revolving around the Earth and the Earth revolving around the Sun. This force is called gravity and the first man to discover that it existed was Sir Isaac Newton in the 17th century.

Earth is the only planet on which we know that there have been plants and animals living. On some planets there is no air to breathe and on others it is either too hot or too cold. Some scientists think that creatures may have lived on Mars millions of years ago, when Mars was warmer and had more air – they try to find evidence to show this is true.

Until 2006, people thought that there were nine planets in the Solar System. The ninth planet was Pluto and it is even further away from the Sun than Neptune. Astronomers decided that Pluto was too small to be called a planet, so now there are only eight planets.

The Sun is a star, a huge ball of very hot gas. The temperature of the Sun is around 5,500°C – it’s so hot that you can feel the heat from it on Earth, millions of miles away, and see by the light that it gives out. The Sun is about 4.5 billion years old and will last until it is about 10 billion years old.

There are more than 100 billion stars in the Milky Way and there are many different types of star. Our Sun is of a type called a “yellow dwarf”. Scientists group stars together by how big they are and how bright they are. Some examples are red dwarfs and supergiants. A red dwarf is a star about half the size of the Sun and a lot less bright than the Sun. A supergiant star is about 70 times as big as the Sun and can be 100,000 times as bright.

The nearest star to the Earth after the Sun is Proxima Centuri. It is red dwarf that is smaller and colder than our Sun and gives off a lot less light. Even though it is the closest star outside the Solar System, the light from it is too faint to see except with a telescope. Proxima Centuri is 24 trillion miles from Earth and light from it takes four years and three months to reach Earth.

The planets

Mercury – this is the closest planet to the Sun. It is the smallest planet and is made of rock. It is so close to the Sun that it only takes 88 days for it to complete its orbit and is much hotter than Earth.

Venus – Venus is the next planet from the Sun after Mercury. It is also made of rock. Like Earth, Venus has an atmosphere (air) around it, but it is a lot thicker than Earth’s and Venus is permanently covered in clouds. Venus is the hottest planet and has an average temperature of 460°C. It is about the same size as Earth. It takes 225 days to travel around the Sun.

Earth – This is where we live! Earth is made of rock and is the only planet where water is liquid. The other planets are either too hot or too cold. Earth takes 365 days to travel around the Sun.

Mars – Mars is a little smaller than Earth, but a lot further out. It used to have an atmosphere like Earth and Venus, but it doesn’t have very much anymore. Mars is reddish in colour and is sometimes called ‘The Red Planet’. Mars takes 687 days to complete its orbit pf the Sun and the average temperature is -63°C.

Jupiter – Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System. You could fit 1,321 Earths inside Jupiter. It is made of gas and is one of the four ‘gas giants’. Jupiter has 66 moons; one of them, Ganymede, is bigger than Mercury. Jupiter is five times as far from the Sun as the Earth is and takes almost 12 years to travel around the Sun.

Saturn – Saturn is famous for its rings. The rings were first observed (with a telescope) in 1610 by Galileo and are made up of huge numbers of small lumps of ice and dust (mostly ice). The pieces in the rings may be as small as a millimetre or as large as a few metres across. Saturn is the second largest planet in the Solar System and is another one of the ‘gas giants’ like Jupiter. It takes 29.5 years to travel around the Sun.

Uranus – Uranus is another of the ‘gas giants’. You could fit 63 planets the size of Earth inside Uranus. Uranus takes 84 years to orbit the Sun and is the coldest planet, with an average temperature of -220°C.

Neptune – Neptune is the farthest planet from the Sun. It is 30 times as far from the sun as Earth and takes 165 years to travel around the Sun. Neptune is the last of the four ‘gas giants’ and is 58 times the volume of Earth.

Words to know:

Asteroid – Asteroids are bodies of rock and ice in space. Millions of asteroids orbit the Sun -most between Mars and Jupiter. They vary in size between 1 metre across and 600 miles across. Atmosphere – the layer of gas around a planet Comet – a comet is a body of ice, dust and bits of rock that passes through space leaving a tail of ice and dust behind it. A comet may be up to 25 miles across. Day – the length of time it takes the Earth to spin all the way around so that you get a night and a day – 24 hours Galaxy – a large group of stars, all orbiting a central point. Gravity – the force that attracts a moon to a planet, or a planet to a star Light Year – the distance that light travels in one year. 5.9 trillion miles Meteor – a small piece of debris in space, up to the size of a boulder Milky Way – the galaxy that we live in Moon – A moon is a smaller object orbiting a planet. Some planets have many moons. Earth has just one, called The Moon. Orbit – the path that a planet takes around the Sun, or that a moon takes around a planet Planet – a large body of either rock or gas that follows a consistent orbit around a star Shooting star – This isn’t really a star! A shooting star is a meteor that is passing through the Earth’s atmosphere and has got so hot that it glows in the night sky. Solar System – the Sun and the collection of stars Star – A star is a huge ball of very hot gases, that gives off lots of light and heat. Some stars have planets orbiting around them, but not all do. Sun – the star in our Solar System Universe – The Universe is everything that exists: all the galaxies, all the stars, all the planets and everything in between Year – the length of time it takes the Earth to travel around the Sun, 365 days

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  • Take a quiz to see if you could live on Mars
  • Complete the  Planet Facts Memory Game
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  • Build your very own model solar system
  • Show how much you know about our planetary neighbours with a Solar System quiz !
  • Can you order our Solar System planets correctly?
  • Make your own paper solar system mobile

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  • Read the National Schools' Observatory guide to the solar system for kids
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  • NASA – The Solar System
  • Astronomy for Kids
  • American Museum of Natural History: Astronomy
  • Undestand how satellites, ground stations and mission planning work
  • The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory has prepared lots of videos to answer frequently asked questions about Mars

See for yourself

  • Watch an online model of our Solar System
  • See the amazing gallery on space in the Science Museum in London .
  • Visit Jodrell Bank in Cheshire, where scientists from the University of Manchester have made some amazing discoveries about the universe.
  • Visit the National Space Centre in Leicester

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  3. Earth and Space KS2

    KS2 children will benefit from fun activities, worksheets, PowerPoints, assessment materials and much more. Some of our favourite Earth and Space KS2 resources are: My Moon Diary: This moon diary worksheet contains a lovely template, where children can track the different lunar moon phases.

  4. Space

    Select from the list of questions to find out about Tim Peake's mission to the International Space Station. KS2 The World Around Us Space learning resources for adults, children, parents and teachers.

  5. Space Topic Planning KS2

    Covering all aspects of the KS2 framework, it can help to take the stress out of planning and inspire your space-themed lessons. You'll be pleased to discover that this aid for space topic planning for KS2 learners is a cross-curricular resource that features sections for a variety of subject areas. It covers six subject areas: English; science;

  6. Earth and Space

    Space Sats Questions . CYMRU Interactive Resources . Earth and space Why we have day time and night time on Earth, seasons and why the moon appears a different shape over the month . All about space Find facts about the Earth, the moon and the solar system. Planets, moons and their dark sides Learn about the Earth, moon, planets and the sun

  7. Primary Space Activities

    This resource contains a number of ideas for both teaching about space and for using space as a context for learning in other subject areas. They are: • Poems - using different types of poems in science and some space poetry words. • Songs and music - lists of songs concerning space and examples of space songs from clusterweb. • Children hot-seating - with names of people linked to space ...

  8. Earth, space and the solar system

    The Sun is the main source of light on Earth. Nuclear reactions at the core of the Sun create energy in the form of heat and light. The light reaches the Earth in just eight minutes and life ...

  9. KS2 space exploration: lesson plans and fun resources

    This pack has been designed for a primary school science unit on space exploration aimed at KS2. It can be used in conjunction with existing curriculum materials or as a standalone space science unit. ... Lesson plans, formative and summative assessment opportunities, extension activities and homework tasks. A Teacher pack with accompanying ...

  10. Space exploration

    Space exploration is sending people or machines into space to visit other planets and objects in space. Mankind has dreamed of visiting the stars for hundreds of years, but it wasn't until 1969 that the first person walked on the Moon. Since the first person walked on the Moon, hundreds of satellites have been launched into orbit around the ...

  11. Space Websites for Homework

    Space websites for Kids to help them with their homework research. Information on Space and the Solar System. The moon is. The Earth is The sun is. about 2,000 miles. about 8,000 miles. about 800,000 miles (3,250 km) wide (13,000 km) wide (1,300,000 km wide. How many planets are there in our solar system?

  12. KS2

    Outstanding Science Year 5 | Earth and space | OS5D006. I can compare the sizes of the planets in the solar system. Children look at diagrams of the planets which are in proportion to one another. They use an 'Earth ruler' to measure the diameter of the planets in Earth diameters in order to compare them to the Earth.

  13. Earth And Space KS2 Planning Unit Pack (Teacher-Made)

    This unit pack will kindle your pupils interest and excitement about the mind-boggling subject of space. This Earth and space KS2 planning resource contains a galaxy of fantastic worksheets that will make learning about space as breezy as an asteroid! The resources within this unit pack will leave your class starry-eyed, from discovering the ...

  14. Space Fact Files (Year 5)

    As an extension activity, challenge children to find out why the Sun, Earth and Moon are spherical. Example answers are provided. Key Stage: Key Stage 2. Subject: Science. Topic: Earth and Space. Topic Group: Physical Processes. Year (s): Year 5. Media Type: PDF.

  15. Space Week Activities

    You can use this fantastic resource to take the stress out of planning and inspire your space-themed lessons. It has been created by our team of experienced teachers, so you can rest assured that it covers all aspects of the KS2 framework. Although this pack is suitable for use at any time of the year, it would be ideal for use during World Space Week. Activities, display materials ...

  16. Space

    Space - Live Lesson. This lesson was created to get your pupils starry eyed for World Space Week (4-10 October 2021) and inspire budding astronomers as we link up with world famous physicist ...

  17. Space at Primary Level

    An education programme developed by NASA scientists and fitness professionals. Mission X uses the excitement of space exploration to inspire students to learn more about nutrition, exercise, science and space exploration. The activities in this resource are designed for students aged 8 -14 but can be adapted to older and younger age groups.

  18. Earth and Space Activities

    In this video, Twinkl Teacher Saleena shows you a fantastic range of KS2 Earth and Space resources and activities to help support your Earth and space topic ...

  19. space exploration

    Through space exploration humans have learned a great deal about the planets, stars, and other objects in space. More than 5,000 spacecraft have been launched into space to gather information since 1957. They include spacecraft with humans on board, space probes, and satellites. The Soviet Union (now Russia) and the United States were ...

  20. The Solar System

    The Solar System includes the Sun, the Earth (where you are now!) and all of the other planets, asteroids and comets that go around and around it. You may think that the Earth is a pretty big place, but the Earth isn't even the biggest planet in the Solar System. The biggest planet is Jupiter - you could fit 1,321 Earths inside Jupiter.

  21. Activities

    The Space Place Experiment Center. It's science time! do; PDFs of Space Place activities. Print-ready, downloadable PDFs of fun hands-on activities. do; Write your own zany adventure story! Write your own zany adventure story! play; Do a Science Fair Project! Curiosity is the key! do; Guide your spacecraft through a space maze. Print and do ...

  22. Space Primary Resources

    Learn all about the scientific research behind these super space rocks… Mars facts primary resource. Be amazed by the wonders of the red planet… Life as an astronaut primary resource. Discover what it takes to become a real life astronaut . Space images primary resource. Check out these eight awesome images taken from outer space! ...

  23. British Science Week 2024 Teaching Resources

    British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths which will take place 8-17 March 2024. Below you will find links to our best science, technology ...

  24. KS1 / KS2 Science: Rockets and astronauts

    Teacher Notes. This clip could be used to develop an awareness of space rockets and the work of astronauts. The class could discuss together how the first men on the moon were part of the Apollo ...