A class plan to engage with Space Week.
My aim would be to celebrate space week in a fun filled action packed manner with lots of opportunities to learn from hands on activities. I would aim to ignite in the children a love of space and encourage their wonder and awe. I would aim to use a cross curricular approach.
Day 1: Rocket building and launching activity.
I would start the week with this fun, hands on activity. I would put the children into groups and encourage them to design and create their own rockets using materials such as plastic bottles, paper, tin foil etc.
Day 2: Interview an astronaut.
I would ask the class to imagine an astronaut visited the school and came into our class. What questions would they like to ask the astronaut? I would look up some interviews with astronauts to show the class to help with the questions.
Day 3: Space related science experiments.
I would carry out a few space related science experiments with the class.
Day 4: Space Quiz
In groups we would have a quiz with questions that are space related.
Day 5: Planet Exploration
Show the children the songs, ‘Planet Song’ and ‘We are the Planets’. Divide the class in to groups and give each group a planet to explore. In their group they must put together some facts about the planet. They will create their given planet using papier mache.
At the end of the week we would have a space dress up day. I would encourage the children to dress up as spaced themed characters such as aliens, astronauts, Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon etc