International Day of Human Space Flight - Secondary
The United Nations has designated 12th April as International Day of Human Space flight to celebrate the beginning of the space era for humankind. It was on this date in 1961 that Yuri Gagarin completed the first successful human space flight so beginning the exploration of space by people.
These resources for pupils aged 11 to 16 cover a range of topics from looking at:
- life and the experiments on the International Space Station
- how to design and build rockets and understand the benefits of different energy sources
- how plants could be grown on Mars
- how to generate oxygen by the electrolysis of water
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Mini-whoosh bottle (teach with space)
In this practical investigation, students will perform a combustion reaction using a mixture of alcohol and air in a plastic water...
Whoosh bottle (teach with space)
In this activity, alcohol and air are mixed in a large plastic water bottle before being ignited, to simulate the physics principles of...
Plants on Mars - Build an automatic plant watering system
This resource from the European Space Agency is presented as eight activities which guides students to create an automatic plant watering system, suitable for use on a possible future colony on the planet Mars. Students have opportunities to use and develop their skills to plan, design and analyse various soil-...
Power from water - How to produce oxygen and hydrogen on the Moon
In this set of three activities from the European Space Agency, students learn about electrochemistry. In the first activity they build a voltaic pile – a simple battery. Students will then study electrolysis, producing hydrogen and oxygen which can be used as propellants for spacecraft and/or to provide oxygen to...
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| Subject(s) | Space |
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| Age | 11-14, 14-16 |
| Published | 2020 to date |
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| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cxhkru |
