The resource from this module that I am looking forward to trying out in my classroom next year is the Make a Spacecraft Activitiy from the spaceweek.ie website.
We will start the lesson with the story ‘The Way Back Home’ by Oliver Jeffers. We will discuss the story.
Discussion of different types of space craft (Rockets, Shuttles, Satellites) and labelling the different parts of a spacecraft (Body, Boosters, Solar Panels, Windows etc). Look at some pictures of different spacecrafts.
Make a plan of what the spacecraft will look like and its design/colours. Give the children some ideas to follow. Remember it must have a tube for the effervescent Tablet to launch the rocket. When the plan is completed allow the children to make their rocket.
Go outside and launch the rockets following the instructions on the Space week Resource.