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The Great British Space Dinner - Primary Resource

The Great British Space Dinner Challenge contains six lessons:

Lesson 1 – All Aboard the International Space Station (ISS). This lesson sets the scene for the sequence of lessons with a brief Introduction to the ISS and the Great British Space Dinner Challenge.

Lesson 2: Fit for a space walk. The importance of exercise on Earth and on the ISS.

Lesson 3: The Space Master 3000. Designing a piece of gym equipment for the ISS

Lesson 4: Eat well in space. A lesson highlighting healthy diet and its application to astronauts.

Lesson 5: The spaceman diet. Students need to have completed the healthy eating worksheet set as homework the previous lesson to engage with online nutritional analysis.

Lesson 6: Design a menu for the ISS. Using the information about nutritional needs This Primary level resource has been created by the UK Space Agency in collaboration with the British Nutrition Foundation.

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