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Hi Aine,

This sounds brilliant. This can be useful for comparing the planets.

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Hi Catherine,

This sounds brilliant! It can be cool to think about what rockets are used for – delivering equipment to the ISS, satellite launches, rover deliveries etc.

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Hi Eimear,

This sounds great! I find comparing different kinds of rockets can be useful here too! Something dramatic like a vinegar and baking soda rocket at the start of the lesson to build excitement can be fun.

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Hi Margaret,

This sounds fab! If you are bringing it back down to earth with volcanoes as well then CO2 experiments opens up a way to discuss climate change with your class! We monitor the CO2 in our atmosphere lots of ways including through satellites!

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Hi Caoimhe,

This sounds great. You could use this activity to discuss the atmosphere of Venus! As the CO2 in the bubbles is the same thing that keeps Venus the hottest planet in the solar system.

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Hi Sharon,

This sounds fab! Showing children what its like to live on craft like the ISS can get them excited about rockets here is one of my favourite videos!

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Hi Andrea,

This sounds fab! CO2 depending on the circumstance can do lots of things! Consider the atmosphere of Venus for example thanks to its atmosphere being almost entirely carbon dioxide it is the hottest planet in our solar system! It could be cool to encorporate this fact into the lesson.

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Hi Alison,

This sounds fantastic. Setting up a launch zone is absolutely must! This resource might be useful for you.

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Hi Brendan,

This sounds lovely. You might be interested in this.

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Hi Cáit,

This is absolutely gorgeous, I particularly enjoy your use of graph making. You might be interested in this project.

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Hi Jennifer,

This sounds brilliant, I especially like your design aspect. For younger children like this I feel a demonstration of a large chemical reaction rocket first – i.e. vinegar and baking soda or a large balloon rocket through the classroom at the beginning of the lesson build huge excitement and curiosity.

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Hi Louise,

This sounds wonderful. I enjoy how you use different rockets – very useful for comparison of forces applied to different materials etc. This video might be a cool resource to incorporate.

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Hi Donal,

This is fab! Rockets have all sorts of functions – servicing the ISS, satellite launches, deliveries of rovers to mars or the moon! I find it can get children interested in rockets when we show what humans existing on spacecraft is like!

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Hi Deirdre,

This is a lovely plan for space week! This collection of esa resources might be useful for you!

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Hi Brian,

This sounds great! BBC bitsize is often useful for bits like this. This video might be a good resource for this lesson.

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