Resources by UK Space Agency
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The Mars Mission: Aliens!
In this activity children use the context of exploring Mars to investigate living things, habitats and electricity. The activities are:
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The Mars Mission: And Now for the Weather!
This resource provides activities for children aged from 4-11,using the theme of exploring Mars as the context. With a focus on the Martian weather. The activities are:
...The Mars Mission: Building on Mars
This resource provides activities for children aged from 4-11,using the theme of building a settlement on Mars as the context. The activities are:
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The Mars Mission: Landing and Exploring
This resource provides activities for children aged from 4-11,using the theme of exploring Mars as the context. With a focus on the Landing and exploring. The activities are:
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The Mars Mission: Marvellous Machines
This resource supports learning about the ExoMars rover, which will travel across the Martian surface and drill up to two metres below the surface to collect and analyse samples in the search for evidence of life. These activities support children in finding out how more about the rover and the ExoMars mission. The...
The Mars Mission: Robots
The European Space Agency’s (ESA), new robotic rover Rosalind Franklin will explore Mars and send back data vital for human exploration in the future. This resource provides activities for different age ranges, which are:
4-5
In this activity, the children are introduced to robots...
The speed of light
Hold a ruler or speed of light indicator, to test your reaction times by working in pairs with one student holding the ruler at...
Tim Peake's Food Likes
As part of the The Great British Space Dinner competition, celebrity chef, Heston Blumenthal, asks astronaut Tim Peake about what foods he likes to eat. Tim talks about how it is also important psychologically, as well as nutritionally, to eat good food in space. Tim also explains that having some British food...
Training in Space
In this activity pupils will be able to discuss various ways of simulating gravity in space and the importance for maintaining a healthy body for the return to Earth. Working in teams of four, pupils should choose their favourite exercise or sport and adapt it for space. They should identify the forces required for...