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I like the lesson about Aliens and Mars.
To introduce we would collectively read the story ‘The Smeds and the Smoo’s by Julia Donaldson.
We would discuss and write down all the characteristics of each Alien, Talk about space travel, and also discuss the different Planets and their characteristics- making links to colours, textures of the surface and
If they think it is warm or cold there.
To follow this I would ask students if they can name any planets and concentrating on mars, question in more detail what it is like. We would then discuss the facts about planet mars showing photos or short videos of the planet, we would also discuss Rover on Mars and why humans have not gone to Mars yet.
Students would then be asked to create a 3D model using clay of the surface of mars based on the facts and an Alien of their choice to live on Mars.
A follow on to this lesson would be to discuss the other planets in the solar system and their characteristics.