The activity I have chosen is the Build a Spacecraft lesson
As a starter I would show the children you tube video’s of rockets and rocket launches. This would encourage the children to discuss rockets. How are they made? What are the different parts of a rocket? Where have you seen them before e.g films, video games. Children could then discuss the history of rockets and space travel. What do they know already? Who was the first man in space? Who was the first man on the moon?
Next I would ask the children to draw the rockets that they are going to make. From the drawing I would ask the children to identify materials that they might use in order to build their rockets. Once this had been established I would ask the children to work in groups to create a plan for building their rocket. A procedural writing plan could be used to do this. After the children have finished their rocket I would get them to present their model to the class. Here they could discuss materials used and their set of guidelines and instructions for building the rocket