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Hi Irene this is fab! This can be a fun start to a lesson like this.

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This sounds wonderful Michelle! Exactly what space week is all about. Some resources for these kinds of activities can be found here.

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Hi Emer,

These two activities sounds wonderful!

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Hi Sarah this is fab!

I love that youre using the space week resource. What can be fun at the start of a lesson like this is ballon rockets.

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Hi Niamh this is fab!

When making rockets to launch, elastic bands can often be the easiest and cheapest if you want to stick to something mechanical. Bicycle pumps can also be loads of fun!

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Hi Emma,

This sounds fab! Might be cool to consider places that might be god for life even within our solar system. https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Juice/Juice_and_Europa_Clipper_Dream_team_to_Jupiter

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Hi Sean

That sounds fab! Investigating different stories for the constellations could be engaging during the discussion part – For example the position of the constellation Orion was used across Europe as a sign to take Harvest.

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This is wonderful Elaine!

What might be useful here is the google earth pro software either for Earth or mars or the Copernicus software!

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Hi Aoife this is lovely,

Considering the twinkling of stars might be cool here!

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Hi Hannah this is fab,

Might be cool to consider where aliens might live. Some material here could be simplified to do this.

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Hi Siobhan I think this is great! might be cool to consider some Earth beings in the process. https://www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/14-creatures-that-live-in-volcanoes-6-330510/

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/weirdest-sea-creatures

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Hi Meabh,

This is wonderful I particularly like the maths link! Might be cool to virtually drive one of the mars rovers around too!

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Hi Mary this sounds Fab! The constellations can be explored using software like stellarium and perhaps the star colours could be investigated simply also – even just to make children aware that they have colours!  https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/star-colours

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Hi Eimear,

This is fab! I especially like how you engage with the physiology being affected by the Martian environment. What might be interesting to incorporate here is that while the surface of Venus is completely hostile we could possibly have humans live in its atmosphere!

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Hi Marie,

I love this especially the drama piece! Might be cool to consider how we find alien worlds also! https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/all-about-exoplanets/en/

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