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What Would Happen If Humans Tried To Land On Jupiter

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Lesson16- Stars, planets and planetary systems

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Space exploration is always reaching new heights, with missions to Mars and plans to land a probe on a comet after a 10-year journey through the solar system currently under way.

To celebrate World Space Week from Friday 4 Ocober to Friday 10 October, we've collected a range of primary and secondary resources about all things space-related - and we can safely say they're out of this world.

These posters of the planets in our solar system from Teaching Ideas are great for quickly creating a colourful display. They also lend themselves to a range of problem solving activities for older primary school students. The fact box information can be uesd to challenge study groups to put the planets in order and to work out which has the biggest and smallest diameter. Fruit can be used to represent the comparative size of the planets, which planet would be a watermelon, a grapefruit, a blueberry, a large apple, a peppercorn and a small orange? Which two would be cherry tomatoes?

As a homework task, ask pupils to find out an interesting fact about one of the planets and add this information to a learning wall.

There's more information on planets in these reading comprehension activities about Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Split the class into groups and allocate one planet to each group. After reading the passage and answering the questions, ask each group to present their planet to the rest of the class - a great opportunity for some peer learning. Groups could also write three or four questions about their planet for a whole-class solar system quiz.

Other useful materials for primary pupils include this space-themed word search, word mat and colouring sheet by Seeme Resources. There's also a poem about spaceships. Follow-up activities could include building a rocket, conducting a class survey to find out how many people believe there is life on other planets and writing a short story about a journey into space. These space-themed page borders and writing frames by Twinkl could also bring some colour to the exercise.

One thing that is really hard to grasp is the sheer vastness of the universe, and this article from the archives of Education Guardian is sure to leave your pupils agog. It takes the reader on a journey through the solar system, past asteroids and comets, to consider the speed at which objects in space are travelling and also the consequences of cosmic collisions. Use the article as a starting point for research about the scale of man-made debris that's littering outer space and the efforts of space agencies to ward off possible future collisions between asteroids and Earth.

The theme of World Space Week 2014 is satellite navigation, with a particular focus on the benefits of "satnav" to humankind, not just in road navigation but also in aviation, shipping, agriculture, disaster recovery and many other important areas of our lives. A great resource for exploring this further is the comic All U Need is Space. Each page highlights concrete examples of space applications experienced by Elena, her family and her friends in the course of a day. Use this resource and accompanying links to explore issues such as climate change, transport, energy, health, security, food and waste. As an extension activity, ask students to create a comic strip of their own about the application of space technologies. There are related games, videos and posters here.

For more ideas inspired by World Space Week, check out the Settle Storytelling Festival, due to be held in North Yorkshire from Friday 10 October to Sunday 12 October. It's running a competition for children aged seven and up to design a spaceship with labels explaining: how the spaceship changes speed and direction; where it gets its power from; how it communicates with Earth; and what scientific instruments it has on board. Also, this education Guardian article about space rockets might give your class some good ideas.

Pupils are also being asked to consider what they would pack for a seven-month mission to Mars with a luggage allowance of just 10kg. These ideas could be used as a stimulus for a piece of imaginative writing. What would pupils miss most about home? What would the view look like from the window of their spacecraft? And what would they write in a postcard from Mars?

This reading activity from PrimaryLeap will give pupils an idea of what it's like to be an astronaut. An explanation of weightlessness is provided here, while this experiment from London's Science Museum uses marshmallows and a vacuum pump to highlight how important space suits are. There are, of course, many space-related careers that do not involve leaving the planet. Find out more with this resource from Tomorrow's Engineers.

For more stellar ideas, check out this How to teach ... article on astronomy and the latest news from space on the Guardian here.

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Space exploration is always reaching new heights, with missions to Mars and plans to land a probe on a comet after a 10-year journey through the solar system currently under way. To celebrate World Space Week from Friday 4 Ocober to Friday 10 October, we've collected a range of primary and secondary resources about all things space-related - and we can safely say they're out of this world.

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When planning this unit, it was a struggle to think of activities/ experiments for the students to do as there is a lot of material that doesn't involve the hand on experiment experience the students are used to.
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When Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the dusty surface of the moon, Armstrong summed up the epochal event with the famous words "that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind".

When Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the dusty surface of the moon, Armstrong summed up the epochal event with the famous words "that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind".

The first moon landing will be remembered for centuries to come and this summer (Monday 20 July 2015) marks 46 years since it happened.

The anniversary is a great launching pad for teaching about outer space. We've gathered a few creative intergalactic lesson plans below - including edible meteorites and studying real lunar rocks. Our list isn't exhaustive, however, so feel free to offer your own ideas in the comments thread below, or tweet us your favourites @GuardianTeach.

Borrow the moon

Get engagement levels soaring by bringing in real moon rock. The Science & Technology Facilities Council loans out moon rock, brought back to Earth by Nasa's Apollo astronauts in the late 1960s and early 1970s, free of charge.

Advice on the website says that teachers should reserve samples four months in advance, and each loan comes with a wide range of support materials including books and DVDs. For example, as part of the Earth science unit at key stages 2 and 3 you can use the rocks to hold a talk exploring what lunar idioms and expressions mean. Teach about the differences and similarities between the Earth and the moon, as well as whether humans could survive there. There are plenty of ideas here on how to use the samples with secondary students.

Edible meteorites

Explorechondrules and fusion crust by making edible meteorites from peanut brittle and chocolate brownies. This resource, designed by Nasa, is aimed at 10- and 14-year-olds (fifth to eighth grades) in the US to help teaching the exploring meteorite mysteries unit. It can easily be adapted for other curriculums, however, including the Earth science unit in the UK.

First, grab an apron and get baking; the meteorite recipes can be found here. Once you've got your edible samples, each representing a type of meteorite (eg rice cereal as meteoritic breccia), pop them in plastic bags for teams to study and write notes about, putting together short geological descriptions and sketches of their specimen. What's its density? Is it porous? Cut the edible meteorites in half so students can describe what they are like inside, but make sure they use technical vocabulary not culinary terms. This is a great way to teach scientific language and get students more familiar with these types of rocks. Find out more about the lesson in full here.

Design a space habitat

Consider the critical role that natural cycles on Earth play in the survival of all living organisms by getting your class to design a space habitat. The Science in School teaching resource is suitable for all ages, with special guidance on using the resource for different year groups.

Begin by getting your class to think about what humans need to survive on planet Earth (water, sunlight, oxygen etc) and how these needs could be met in space. First they need to decide whether they want to build their habitat on Mars or the moon because the design requirements for each will differ. For primary explorers, build habitats out of cardboard with sticky tape and get them to decorate their designs. With older students, include a description of the different technologies needed for the habitat, eg an electrolyser to produce oxygen from water. This resource is great for exploring all sciences but can be particularly useful for key stage 3 physics when teaching about gravity and the seasons.

Create your own astronaut training facility

This idea came from teacher Laura Dalchow, head of science at Holland junior school in Surrey, who set up an astronaut training facility for her year 5s. "Each child was given a Nasa pass with QI code on it to make it look more technical," she says. They were then given a schedule for the day telling them where they should be and at what time. Every activity of the day was space-related (to fit in with the year 5 space curriculum) and they were awarded a gold star for passing each session.

Their first task was to design a rocket, which meant they had to decide what materials to use and what they would need in space. Other lessons included a class on the sizes of the planets and where they are in the solar system. Their last mission involved crash landing onto an unknown planet and making a shelter. The children learned a lot about the planets but they also had a lot of fun, says Dalchow. "At the end of the day, each child received a personalised certificate to say they had passed. They loved it."

Other fun ideas

No space lesson would be complete without an obligatory rocket-making lesson. Nasa has lots of resources to help you do this, and if you're feeling particularly ambitious you could try launchable rockets too. Primary children might enjoy making some rocket mice using this handy sheet from the Science Museum. And if all else fails, use song.

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Intergalactic lessons: five creative ways to teach about space

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When Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the dusty surface of the moon, Armstrong summed up the epochal event with the famous words "that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind".

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In the 1920s the American astronomer Edwin Hubble was the first to prove that there are Edwin Hubble galaxies outside the Milky Way .
By using Cepheid variable stars to calculate the distance of the Andromeda Nebula (as it was then known) from the Earth , Hubble showed that it was a separate galaxy and not a gas cloud in the Milky Way.

​Later, by comparing the relative velocities of galaxies (measured as red shifts ) with his measurements of their distances from the Earth, Hubble showed that the further away a galaxy is from any point in space, the faster it appears to move because of the expansion of the Universe - Hubble's Law .
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In the 1920s the American astronomer Edwin Hubble was the first to prove that there are Edwin Hubble galaxies outside the Milky Way .By using Cepheid variable stars to calculate the distance of the Andromeda Nebula (as it was then known) from the Earth , Hubble showed that it was a separate galaxy and not a gas cloud in the Milky Way.

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Sciene Collaborative Planning Document - Space & big bang

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In this video segment adapted from Shedding Light on Science, learn how light can be used to measure distance. Meet Kim McLeod, an astronomer at Wellesley College who studies some of the most distant objects in the universe. Even though light appears to travel instantaneously at distances here on Earth, it actually has a measurable speed of about 300,000 km/s.

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Gravity | The Dr. Binocs Show | Learn Videos For Kids

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The Beginning of Everything -- The Big Bang

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How Much You'd Weigh on Different Planets

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