I hope to plan some engaging and hands-on activities for my second class students this year for space week.
DIY Rocket Launch – there are some great examples in this module of creating various types of rockets. We could measure how far different types of rockets fly.
Space Kahoot quiz
Planet Scavenger Hunt – Hiding planet pictures and providing clues for each.
Space Art – Drawing or painting scenes from Space, designing a spacecraft or an alien being.Creating a Solar System model.
Working with Stellarium to examine and create star constellations. Looking at the difference between how planets and stars look.
Space Stories – Reading space-themed story books and writing our own space stories.
NASA Virtual Tours
Guest Speakers
Space -Themed Movies eg Wall-E
Maths activities – investigating the length of the day on different planets, distance between planets, weight on each planet or playing space bingo.