An inquiry-based activity I would use to teach children about space would be a lesson on “a real spacesuit”
Engage
Prompt a picture of an astronaut and a diver
Wonder / Explore / predict Discussion about weather and what clothes we wear. Picture of the astronaut and the diver -Show the photograph of the diver. Explain
That a diver has to take air with him to be able to breathe underwater. People in
space cannot breathe like they do here on Earth. That is why astronauts have to
take their own air supply with them. It can also be very cold in space. That is why
the astronauts wear special suits. Show the photograph of the astronaut. Explain to the children that they are going to make a spacesuit that will keep the
astronaut warm and have its own air supply.
Experiment and Investigation :Allow the children to design clothes for the astronaut and give them a copy of a template of an astronaut.
Discussion and applying learning: Encourage them to describe what their
astronaut is wearing. Why did they choose this? Can their spacesuit keep the astronaut warm? For example, did they use lots of cotton wool? Does their astronaut
have a helmet?