STEM Clubs in Space
This list links to the activities carried out in the STEM Clubs Space themed session on the Network day on 13.12.18
Building a Bionic Hand
In this activity, pupils will build a bionic hand made out of cardboard, strings, straws and rubber bands. They will relate the bionic hand to their own hand to understand the function of the fingers and the importance of the thumb, to grab or hold objects with different shapes and forms. Pupils will also learn that it would not be possible to move the human hand if it was only composed of bones. The pupils will understand how bones, muscles, tendons and ligaments work, by comparing them with the materials used on the bionic hand to move the fingers.
Moon Shelter
This resource links to science and D&T but in a moon context. Children analyse the importance of having shelter for protection on Earth and in space. They compare the environmental conditions on Earth and on the Moon, then work together to design and build their own Moon shelter using materials comparable to the soil on the Moon, known as Moon analogues.
James Webb Space Telescope - Primary Resources
Children work like space engineers and scientists to carry out a range of activities STEM subjects linked to the design and building of the James Webb Space telescope.
Design and make a model telescope to be launched into space. They carry out vibration tests, then modify their structures to ensure that they can withstand a simulated launch.
Space Case - Borrow the spacecraft materials kit
Investigate properties of materials and decide which would be suitable for use on a spacecraft, in this resource aimed at upper primary children. This activity has been created for use with the ‘Space Case’, a specially designed resource box available from STEM Ambassadors.
Rosetta - primary resource book
Soft Landing
This activity uses the context of Philae's landing to: explain why unsupported objects fall towards Earth; explain why spacecraft need to make a soft landing; explain the meaning of speed and how it is calculated; design and test a landing device for an egg.