Module 5: activities for space week that I would plan for my First Class students
Science: Rocket Launch (I would probably use the rocket mouse activity)
English: Reading books such as ‘The Darkest Dark’ by Chris Hadfield and ‘The Way Back Home’ by Oliver Jeffers.
Oral Language/Drama: Interviewing an Alien (One of the children in the role as alien and the other in the role of interviewer and recreating the moon landing (What’s in my Head activity)
Drama: Interviewing an astronaut role play
Gaeilge: Learning the vocab for discussing space.
Art: Decorating the rocket mouse launcher
History: The moon landing, learning about it, watching the video, linking in with the Darkest Dark
Maths: Paper rocket challenge (design a paper rocket to see which one will go the furthest-graphing the results using different charts