International Space Station (ISS) Education Kit - Primary

The ISS Education Kit, from ESA, is a resource for teachers with ideas on how to use the International Space Station as a thematic frame for teaching a wide variety of topics that are part of European curricula.

The A4-sized binder contains four chapters devoted to explaining various aspects of life in space and what is it like to live and work on board the International Space Station. Each chapter contains background information, worksheets and a teachers' guide. A glossary and colour posters complete the content. Each chapter starts with the sections for the pupils with texts and worksheets and is followed by a “Teacher’s Guide”.

The resource consists of:

* Introduction

* Chapter 1 - Being an astronaut

* Chapter 2 - A mission to space

* Chapter 3 - On board the Space Station

* Chapter 4 - Living in Space

* Glossary

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