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Students should be able to examine some of the current hazards and benefits of space exploration and discuss the future role and implications of space exploration in society

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EAS1, EAS2, EAS3,  PW2, NOS1, NOS6.

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Students should be able to describe the relationships between various celestial objects including moons, asteroids, comets, planets, stars, solar systems, galaxies and space -
The link here is that as we study EAS8 we need to understand what celestial objects are in order to understand why we explore space.

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Students should be able to explore a scientific model to illustrate the origin of the universe - In order to understand the complexities of space travel students need to be aware of the organisation of our universe to be able to comprehend the huge distances being travelled.

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Students should be able to interpret data to compare the Earth with other planets and moons in the solar system, with respect to properties including mass, gravity, size, and composition - The link to this LO is that students must understand that we are only aware of these properties of the various planets because of space exploration.

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Students should be able to identify and measure/calculate length, mass, time, temperature, area, volume, density, speed, acceleration, force, potential difference, current, resistance, electrical power - In this LO we cover measurement. The one measurement I am focusing on is force in particular gravity. Students must be familiar with gravity to understand the difficulties that 'no gravity' in space may cause for astronauts.

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Students should be able to appreciate how scientists work and how scientific ideas are modified over time - Science is all about inquiry, this includes space exploration. Scientists explore space because as humans we are driven to find out more about the unknown.

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Students should be able to conduct research relevant to a scientific issue, evaluate different sources of information including secondary data, understanding that a source may lack detail or show bias- Students should be able to conduct research based on space exploration and in order to understand why we explore space and the importance of exploring space.

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PowerPoints are a fantastic resource to enhance engagement and wonder within our students. It is a great teaching aid which allows one to use both visuals and word prompts as a basis for explanation. Rather than a teacher 'lecturing' at the top of the class it is a point of focus for students engaging multiple learning styles.

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Science Collaborative Planning Document - interactive

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Throughout the learning involved with EAS8 students must be willing to both listen and express themselves. Students will have discussion as well as debates about the various content involved in this LO. Communication is key so that each student can express personal feelings, facts and opinion appropriately in the classroom.

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Key skill- Managing Information and Thinking

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Key skill- Managing Information and Thinking

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Throughout the whole JC science course students must be capable of managing the information they are obtaining and must be able to think appropriately about this information. When students acquire this skill, they begin to foster curiosity in the unknown. They begin to think critically and creatively, evaluating new information at base level. This is important for these students when researching about space exploration, that the information found is coming from reliable sources.

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This key skill is another essential skill in every classroom. When planning for my classes, I want my students to be supportive of each others learning, willing to help and give one another the drive to reach one's potential. Working with others allows each student to escape from their own head for a minute and gain insight into topics from a different point of view. Often times through group tasks/discussion student will learn more than listening to the teacher.

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As part of my teaching philosophy I aim to make my classroom as inclusive as possible. I believe all students should be treated fairly and given the same opportunities no matter their attitude or academic level. This is why differentiation is such an important tool in teaching today. It allows a teacher to provide work and content through different approaches to reach the whole class rather a few. In order to do this we must be open to getting to know our students and their needs.

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Paper 1- Teaching the Experiments of the International Space Station by using the POE Strategy to Develop Secondary School Students' Attitudes towards Space Exploration and Their Scientific Explanations

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Paper 1- Teaching the Experiments of the International Space Station by using the POE Strategy to Develop Secondary School Students' Attitudes towards Space Exploration and Their Scientific Explanations

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This article talk about the lack of space science education as well as the negative attitude towards it in secondary schools. The aim is to motivate teachers to educate our students about the past, present and future of space exploration, so that they can develop a positive attitude towards this branch on science. This article use a Predict-Observe-Explain (POE) method when conducting experiments.

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Paper 2- Investigating the Potential of Irish Primary School Textbooks in Supporting Inquiry-based Science Education (IBSE)

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Paper 2- Investigating the Potential of Irish Primary School Textbooks in Supporting Inquiry-based Science Education (IBSE)

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This paper talk about Inquiry based learning and its capacity to be the basis for science learning starting at primary school level. Inquiry based learning allows learning to be student centered and student led. Rather than the 'traditional' method where the teacher does the teaching and the students listen. This lecturing style does not and will not suffice as students need to be active in their learning.

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Paper 3- Inspiring STEM Engagement: Space Science Education in the 21st Century

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Paper 3- Inspiring STEM Engagement: Space Science Education in the 21st Century

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This is a short paper which focuses on the need for students to be educated in stem subject- Science, Engineering, Technology and Maths. In particular, it talks about the need for us to education students about space in order to inspire an interest in space science which may result in a career in that area.

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This is a clever way of summarising LO EAS8 in one eyeshot. Each branch of the map can used for revision by expanding on the point/word.

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Sometimes for students to truly understand a concept/ new knowledge they need a visual representation. All these videos shown below are short videos showing different aspects of life in space. It allows students to see the differences between earth and space in reality rather than as written word.

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The websites linked below provide are great based for research and inquiry based learning. In particular, the NASA space place website is a fun one for students with loads of reliable information to learn from.

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NASA's award-winning Space Place website engages upper-elementary-aged children in space and Earth science through interactive games, hands-on activities, fun articles and short videos. With material in both English and Spanish and numerous resources for kids, parents and teachers, Space Place has something for everyone.

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On this day in 1958, the U.S. Congress passes legislation establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a civilian agency responsible for coordinating America's activities in space. NASA has since sponsored space expeditions, both human and mechanical, that have yielded vital information about the solar system and universe. It has also launched numerous earth-orbiting satellites that have been instrumental in everything from weather forecasting to navigation to global communications.

NASA was created in response to the Soviet Union's October 4, 1957 launch of its first satellite, Sputnik I. The 183-pound, basketball-sized satellite orbited the earth in 98 minutes. The Sputnik launch caught Americans by surprise and sparked fears that the Soviets might also be capable of sending missiles with nuclear weapons from Europe to America. The United States prided itself on being at the forefront of technology, and, embarrassed, immediately began developing a response, signaling the start of the U.S.-Soviet space race.

On November 3, 1957, the Soviets launched Sputnik II,which carrieda dog named Laika. In December, America attempted to launch a satellite of its own, called Vanguard, but it exploded shortly after takeoff. On January 31, 1958, things went better with Explorer I, the first U.S. satellite to successfully orbit the earth. In July of that year, Congress passed legislation officially establishing NASA from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and other government agencies, and confirming the country's commitment to winning the space race. In May 1961, President John F. Kennedydeclared thatAmerica should put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. On July 20, 1969, NASA's Apollo 11 mission achieved that goal and made history when astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon, saying "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

NASA has continued to make great advances in space exploration since the first moonwalk, including playing a major part in the construction of the International Space Station. The agency has also suffered tragic setbacks, however, such as the disasters that killed the crews of the Challenger space shuttle in 1986 and the Columbia space shuttle in 2003. In 2004, President George Bush challenged NASA to return to the moon by 2020 and establish "an extended human presence" there that could serve as a launching point for "human missions to Mars and to worlds beyond."

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NASA created - Jul 29, 1958 - HISTORY.com

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On this day in 1958, the U.S. Congress passes legislation establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a civilian agency responsible for coordinating America's activities in space. NASA has since sponsored space expeditions, both human and mechanical, that have yielded vital information about the solar system and universe.

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Welcome to the 21st-century space race, one that could potentially lead to 10-minute space vacations, orbiting space hotels, and humans on Mars. Now, instead of warring superpowers battling for dominance in orbit, private companies are competing to make space travel easier and more affordable. This year, SpaceX achieved a major milestone- launching humans to the International Space Station (ISS) from the United States -but additional goalposts are on the star-studded horizon.

Private spaceflight

Private spaceflight is not a new concept. In the United States, commercial companies played a role in the aerospace industry right from the start: Since the 1960s, NASA has relied on private contractors to build spacecraft for every major human spaceflight program, starting with Project Mercury and continuing until the present.

Today, NASA's Commercial Crew Program is expanding on the agency's relationship with private companies. Through it, NASA is relying on SpaceX and Boeing to build spacecraft capable of carrying humans into orbit. Once those vehicles are built, both companies retain ownership and control of the craft, and NASA can send astronauts into space for a fraction of the cost of a seat on Russia's Soyuz spacecraft.

SpaceX, which established a new paradigm by developing reusable rockets, has been running regular cargo resupply missions to the International Space Station since 2012. And in May 2020, the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft carried NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the ISS, becoming the first crewed mission to launch from the United States in nearly a decade. The mission, called Demo-2, is scheduled to return to Earth in August. Boeing is currently developing its Starliner spacecraft and hopes to begin carrying astronauts to the ISS in 2021.

Other companies, such as Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic, are specializing in sub-orbital space tourism. Test launch video from inside the cabin of Blue Origin's New Shepard shows off breathtaking views of our planet and a relatively calm journey for its first passenger, a test dummy cleverly dubbed "Mannequin Skywalker." Virgin Galactic is running test flights on its sub-orbital spaceplane, which will offer paying customers roughly six minutes of weightlessness during its journey through Earth's atmosphere.

With these and other spacecraft in the pipeline, countless dreams of zero-gravity somersaults could soon become a reality-at least for passengers able to pay the hefty sums for the experience.

Looking to the moon

Moon missions are essential to the exploration of more distant worlds. After a long hiatus from the lunar neighborhood, NASA is again setting its sights on Earth's nearest celestial neighbor with an ambitious plan to place a space station in lunar orbit sometime in the next decade. Sooner, though, the agency's Artemis program, a sister to the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s, is aiming to put the first woman (and the next man) on the lunar surface by 2024.

Extended lunar stays build the experience and expertise needed for the long-term space missions required to visit other planets. As well, the moon may also be used as a forward base of operations from which humans learn how to replenish essential supplies, such as rocket fuel and oxygen, by creating them from local material.

Such skills are crucial for the future expansion of human presence into deeper space, which demands more independence from Earth-based resources. And although humans have visited the moon before, the cratered sphere still harbors its own scientific mysteries to be explored-including the presence and extent of water ice near the moon's south pole, which is one of the top target destinations for space exploration.

NASA is also enlisting the private sector to help it reach the moon. It has awarded three contracts to private companies working on developing human-rated lunar landers-including both Blue Origin and SpaceX. But the backbone of the Artemis program relies on a brand new, state-of-the-art spacecraft called Orion.

Currently being built and tested, Orion-like Crew Dragon and Starliner-is a space capsule similar to the spacecraft of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs, as well as Russia's Soyuz spacecraft. But the Orion capsule is larger and can accommodate a four-person crew. And even though it has a somewhat retro design, the capsule concept is considered to be safer and more reliable than NASA's space shuttle-a revolutionary vehicle for its time, but one that couldn't fly beyond Earth's orbit and suffered catastrophic failures.

Capsules, on the other hand, offer launch-abort capabilities that can protect astronauts in case of a rocket malfunction. And, their weight and design mean they can also travel beyond Earth's immediate neighborhood, potentially ferrying humans to the moon, Mars, and beyond.

A new era in spaceflight

By moving into orbit with its Commercial Crew Program and partnering with private companies to reach the lunar surface, NASA hopes to change the economics of spaceflight by increasing competition and driving down costs. If space travel truly does become cheaper and more accessible, it's possible that private citizens will routinely visit space and gaze upon our blue, watery home world-either from space capsules, space stations, or even space hotels like the inflatable habitats Bigelow Aerospace intends to build.

The United States isn't the only country with its eyes on the sky. Russia regularly launches humans to the International Space Station aboard its Soyuz spacecraft. China is planning a large, multi-module space station capable of housing three taikonauts, and has already launched two orbiting test vehicles-Tiangong-1 and Tiangong-2, both of which safely burned up in the Earth's atmosphere after several years in space.

Now, more than a dozen countries have the ability to launch rockets into Earth orbit. A half-dozen space agencies have designed spacecraft that shed the shackles of Earth's gravity and traveled to the moon or Mars. And if all goes well, the United Arab Emirates will join that list in the summer of 2020 when its Hope spacecraft heads to the red planet. While there are no plans yet to send humans to Mars, these missions-and the discoveries that will come out of them-may help pave the way.

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The future of spaceflight-from orbital vacations to humans on Mars

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Welcome to the 21st-century space race, one that could potentially lead to 10-minute space vacations, orbiting space hotels, and humans on Mars. Now, instead of warring superpowers battling for dominance in orbit, private companies are competing to make space travel easier and more affordable.