Stage 3 students are investigating the International Space Station (ISS) in information literacy and science lessons in the library:
Tour the International Space Station – Inside ISS – HD
James May rides the Vomit Comet – Astronaut training – James May: On the moon – Brit Lab
Averting exploration disasters:
What if Apollo had crashed on the moon?
Mars awaits:
Mars or the moon – Where do NASA manned missions go next?
Our Stage 2 students have commenced a unit of work in science & technology, “Space”. These Youtube video clips will be useful in our initial brainstorming activities.
The Solar System – Space School
Space School – The Sun
Star size comparison HD
Space School – The Moon
Day and night on Earth
First Moon landing 1969
Here are two websites for online research, Planets for kids and The nine (8) planets: just for kids (now updated to reflect Pluto’s change of status)
Evidence of water, which was once flowing on Mars, recently found: HERE.
Bear and Chook’s space adventure: fun with Kindergarten book rappers in the school library today, as part of the Bear and Chook books rap. During Circle Time, the students created three new adventures for Bear and Chook and we uploaded the photos as a Flickr slideshow:
They (and I) hope you enjoy this digital story. You can request to read the captions while the slideshow plays.