Learning about the moon is a great introductory point to exploring space with younger classes. Children will already be aware of its existence and the fact that it goes through a cycle every month allows the children to observe frequent changes in its shape as well as its position in the sky. I would use several resources from this Module in a unit of learning about the moon. I would start with a general class discussion on the moon to ascertain what the children can tell me about it. I would use a mind map with pictures to show this. We would then recite and learn the Man in the Moon poem. In the next lesson, we would watch an appropriate video on the moon landing to prompt further discussion and imagination on being an astronaut. This would be used as the theme for our Aistear activities for the week, including Role-play as Astronauts, Small World play using astronauts, and construction activities building rockets/ spaceships. The main body of this lesson would be the Make your Own Moon project in the activity set. The third lesson would introduce the phases of the moon. There would be some direct teaching here but this would hopefully be heavily influenced by the children’s questioning. I would introduce the worksheets tracking the phases of the moon each week, and the children would complete the first week’s entry. This would continue in discretionary learning time throughout the month. The final lesson I would do with the children would be part of a PE lesson. The children will do the |”Dance the Phases of the Moon” activity from the activity set. This unit of work would provide a great introduction to exploring space while keeping the lessons fun, active, and child- centred.