This box has a range of interesting and interactive resources to help teach the space topic to Key Stage 2 children.
Curriculum links
Year 5 Science Earth and Space
- describe the movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun in the
solar system - describe the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth
- describe the Sun, Earth and Moon as approximately spherical bodies
- use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night and the apparent
movement of the sun across the sky.
What’s in the box?
Activities to support the use of this box in school and at home
You could make our Moon flipbook to track the Moon phases over a month using a print out, scissors and staples, tape or a clip.
Do you want to look at the stars but don’t own a telescope? Make a constellation tube and you can see the stars whenever you want to. All you need is a cardboard tube, a sharp pencil, scissors, glue and our constellation printout.
We created activities for the Beaver and Cub space and astronomy badges which are practical and fun and manageable in a classroom.
The Beaver space page includes making star spectrums and paper mache planets. The Cub astronomy page includes making spectrometers, pinhole cameras and scale models of the solar system on paper.
Careers links
The Primary Science Teaching Trust has some additional careers links you may like to look at. These are called “A scientist just like me” and introduce children to a diverse range of scientists.
The downloadable power points relevant to this box are:
Space Scientist Stephanie Yardley
Space Scientist Dr Karen Aplin
Astrophysicist Vanessa Emeka-Okafor
Planetary Physicist Sheila Kanani
