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Hi Breege,

This sounds wonderful. Comparing the different textures unwrapped to the different textures one would experience in space would be cool! Associating something light with the gas giant planets for example, and something heavy with terrestrial planets!

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Hi Bríd-Síle,

This sounds wonderful. I especially like your focus on engaging with their curiosity! This could be a useful resource.

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Hi Abby,

Google mars is a fantastic choice! You might also find this virtual rover tour engaging for your class.

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Hi Laura,

This is wonderful. You could use stellarium for displaying constellations for your class! This video might also be of use to your for this activity.

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Hi Michelle,

This sounds super creative it’s fab! I would perhaps have a look at what life in and around extreme environments looks like on earth for some inspiration.

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Hi Monica,

This sounds wonderful, Bright Sky, Starry City by Uma Krishnaswami might be a good resource for this one. I think your part about making predictions is particularly important.

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Hi Isobel,

This sounds brilliant. A huge amount of space technology is used to monitor and predict climate change here on earth – it could be cool to link looking down on your Minecraft world with satellite imagery  

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Hi Mary,

This sounds wonderful! It would definitely be worth looking at mars on google earth pro and having a look at the software that allows you to operate a virtual rover on its surface!

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Hi Mary,

This is lovely, I like you you explicitly mention gravity and have comparison present! This video might be useful for you!

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Hi Michelle,

This sounds fantastic! It might be cool to use animals that live in or around extreme environments here on earth as inspiration for what aliens might look like!

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Hi Louise,

This is fab, i especially like how you discuss adapting the lessons! Paxi can often be a great tool here as some children engage faster with the whimsy of a mascot, and others with direct scientific content and many of the resources surrounding him do well to balance this!

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Hi Louise,

This sounds fab! It could be cool to mention that stars can be different colours.

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Hi Lorraine,

These are some brilliant questions and this activity sounds great. Integrating this information with the song twinkle twinkle little star might be of use to you!

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Hi Lorraine,

This sounds wonderful I enjoy your inclusion of the museum piece!

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Hi Lianna,

I love the sound of this! Thinking about what aliens would sound like and how they would communicate is something we have considered for a long time this or this might be of interest to you!

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