Space remains a popular topic for children and young people and there is a wealth of resources to reflect such interest. As well as the learning materials below, for those wanting some interesting facts and figures the Guinness World Records www.guinnessworldrecords.com will not disappoint.

Information

Image Bank: Tim Peake Spacecraft

https://learning.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/resources/image-bank-tim-peakesspacecraft

The image bank includes photographs of Tim Peake's space journey orbiting the Earth on the International Space Station before he returned in the Soyuz TMA-19M descent module. The downloadable resources called Tim Peake Spacecraft are fabulous and will fascinate and stimulate conversation either in the classroom or at home.

Neil Armstrong

www.natgeokids.com/uk/primary-resource/neil-armstrong-primary-resource

Discover Neil Armstrong and how he became the first man on the Moon.

Learning resources and activities

The Clangers! Worksheets for EY and KS1

www.jodrellbank.net/learn/schools/resources

Worksheets include: Make a rocket with the Clangers; Have fun with the planets; and Find your way through the star maze.

Cosmic colouring-in

www.armagh.space/education/kidskorner

Space-related colouring-in sheets and crafts from Armagh Planetarium. Doppler shift, nuclear fusion in stars, black holes and the universe

www.rmg.co.uk/schools-communities/learning-resources/ks5-learning-home

KS5 activities to understand doppler shift, nuclear fusion in stars, black holes and the universe.

Earth and space learning at home with the Royal Museums Greenwich

www.rmg.co.uk/schools-communities/learning-resources/ks2-learning-home

KS2 activities to understand and discover more about the Earth and space, including exploring moons and finding out about Mars.

Earth, moon and sun

https://education.spacecentre.co.uk/information/learning-resources

This learning resource is linked to a visit to the National Space Centre; however, the lesson plan and worksheets can be adapted for classroom or home learning on the topic and are well worth looking at.

Escape from the International Space Station

www.eo-cdt.org/escape-room/escape-room-day-1

SENSE – Centre for Satellite Data in Environmental Science provides a satellitethemed STEM activity aimed at KS2, but it could be used with children up to 16 years. Using puzzles to solve the codes, the activity covers parts of both the Science and Geography curriculum. However, it is also a great activity for any child up for a challenge on a rainy afternoon.

Moon landings: activities

www.chesterfield.gov.uk/explore-chesterfield/museum/more-from-your-museum/thingsto- do/activities.aspx

Discover more about the 1976 moon landings along with activities to train to be an astronaut and to make your own rocket.