Our school puts alot of effort into science week with guest speakers coming into the classroom, science fairs, regular science breaks in the class etc.
One thing I always did was during eating time I would play Chris Hadfield the Astronaut that makes videos from space. These are fun snippets that showcase regular things being done in space.
I think out of all the Activity Set shown I would like to incorporate – Rockets
I would Read the book Smeds and Smoos to introduce the concept of space exploration and rockets. I would show videos of Chris Hadfield in space. I would show pictures of different types of rockets.
Showing two different rocket designs I would ask the children which rocket design they think will work better and why. Which rocket will go the farthest? would divide the children into groups with a list of the same items to build a rocket e.g. Pringles can, milk carton, sellotape.
I would get each group to predict which rocket design they think will fly higher or farther. I would ask the students if they had to change one thing what would that be?