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Hi Lauren,

This is brilliant! I like how discussion based and engaging this is. Some alien inspiration can come from funky creatures here on Earth!

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Hi Laura,

This is fab! This video might be of use to you for this lesson.

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Hi Laura,

This sounds lovely! I consider discussing how different cultures had different stories for the stars in this lesson as inspiration for making their own!

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Hi Killian, Welcome to the forum. This is a great space fact, the reclassification of Pluto was a big fiasco back in 2006 but thanks to this little guy we now have a more standardised definition of a planet.

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Hi Killian,

This sounds brilliant, it can be fun to use creatures living around extreme environments here as inspiration for alien life!

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Hi Kathryn,

These are some brilliant questions. One friendly alien that you could introduce them to (perhaps after they have created their own!) is the ESA mascot, especially if you are discussing exoplanets!

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Hi Kate Anne,

This sounds lovely. It might be interesting to discuss star colours as well.

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Hi Jennifer,

This is fab, it might be cool to consider what creatures living in extreme environments on earth look like as inspiration for aliens! You are also introducing the children to the concepts of exoplanets here, so this resource might be useful! In my experience passports can be a stressful one for children even doing the same thing without using that word can be good!

 

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Hi Dean,

This is fantastic! Getting the children to speculate often makes them more engaged in the actual answers! This might be a useful resource, as well as stellarium!

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Hi Annemarie,

This sounds wonderful, It might be cool to show them some of the Gaia images and animations.

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Hi Anna,

This sounds lovely, I recommend looking into the stellarium software for this specifically the sky cultures feature!

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Hi Aideen,

This is lovely. A great way to explain that stars are actually quite far away from one another, for your own interest this reminded me of the Boötes void!

 
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Hi Sarah,

That sounds great here is a stars video, and for your own interest!

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Hi Shauna,

This sounds wonderful! If you are covering twinkle twinkle! you can mention that stars of course twinkle in the sky but planets don’t and that’s one way to spot planets in the sky!

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Hi Siobhan,

This is a very good point sometimes aliens do frighten younger children. Paxi can soften this!

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