A great assembly all about space, aimed at ks2 or upper ks1. It contains 2 songs and a dance with youtube links. Printable S-P-A-C-E lettering for the children to hold up in assembly. There is also an optional powerpoint, just add pictures of your kids or their artwork of the planets. Enjoy, this is such a fun assembly which the kids and audience will LOVE!

A great resource to engage and motivate students! This download includes a well organised and visually appealing information sheet, along with an A4 task sheet that encourages independent learning. The task sheet includes 20 comprehension questions, along with three challenge questions and an extension task.

Space, solar system, stars, galaxies, moons, light years, gravity, the universe. Complete KS3 lesson. This is lesson 1 in a series of 6 high quality lessons that fully and expertly delivers all the points within BOTH the NEW KS3 Department for Education ‘Space Physics’ National Curriculum and the AQA KS3 specification / syllabus sections ‘3.7.2 Universe’ and ‘3.1.2 Gravity’. Updated and Improved 17th June 2019. Ready to use, no preparation required ! Project and go !! The powerpoint will lead you through every step. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES - are given towards the bottom of this text. STARTER Pupils will start the lessons by thinking and working in pairs in a race to unscramble some of the key words in today’s lesson. After revealing the title and lesson outcomes students self assess against their current understanding of this topic. MAIN and MAIN and MAIN… This lesson is ‘chunked’ into discrete sections to support learning and engender positive behaviour by keeping students interested and focused. All points of the specification are addressed. There are various student activities such as gap fill, matching, reviewing a solar system model, words unscramble, literacy activity, questions and answers, think/pair/share, quiz, sort into size order, mnemonic, self-assessment, peer assessment etc. PLENARY In the plenary activity pupils complete a quiz and then peer assess it to uncover how much they have learnt during the lesson. They then self assess themselves against the lesson outcomes. Students who need further support set themselves additional homework to enhance learning of today’s lesson. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES These are provided just in case any group requires them. All resources are included in this excellent lesson, there is nothing for you to do but deliver it. OUTCOMES - STUDENTS LEARN TO: * Understand the structure of the solar system and be able to draw it with the planets in the correct order. * Explain what keeps the planets in place ‘orbiting’ the sun. * Understand what ‘stars’ and ‘galaxies’ and ‘light years’ are… * Use new literacy words such as ‘orbit’ and ‘light year’. * Comprehend the vast size of the Milky Way and the Universe. Thank you for looking, your positive feedback would be very much appreciated :) Lesson 1 in a series of 6: 1. Solar system, stars and galaxies and the universe. 2. Geocentric and heliocentric solar system models 3. Seasons. 4. Gravity, weight and mass. 5. Exploring and observing the universe. 6. The moon’s phases. For more lessons designed to meet the new KS3 and KS4 specifications please type Barclayfox into the tes resources search engine to see all my lessons. Happy teaching ! Barclayfox.

Some designing activites to encourage the students to think about life in space.

A Comprehensive set of resources to teach and test Earth and Solar System (Chapter 24) and Stars and Universe (Chapter 25) for CIE IGCSE exams. Package includes; A complete 40-page presentation resource-pack explaining in detail the whole chapter. The presentation comprise of teaser questions, worked examples, , recommended videos, recommended experiment and detailed explanations with flow of lesson in note section of presentation. A complementary handout which is provided to the students during the lesson. This saves time for students as they don’t have to take intense notes thus enabling them to focus on the lecture. The handout carries questions that are discussed in the class and help teachers detect any knowledge gap in their comprehension of concepts. But more importantly, the handout is a comprehensive summary of the chapter which the student can refer back to when needed. A 16- page worksheet which includes handpicked 21 multiple choice questions from past papers 2 and 7 structured questions from past papers 4. The questions are carefully selected to keep them relevant to the topic (JustSpace Physics and intersections of previous topics) These sources are compatible with David Sang and friends book. *This resource is designed to last around 6 lesson hours and 3 hours for homework. **This resource is suitable for latest syllabus.

An editable script for a space-themed assembly for younger pupils. Features two songs for children to sing and 30 separate speaking parts (though these are easily combined should you have children who do not wish to speak). The basic premise of the assembly is that two children in the class want to go on holiday to space and so listen to some facts about the eight planets to help make their decision. They don’t want to stay on planet Earth because it’s too messy! In the end they realise that the other planets would not be great holiday destinations because they’re too hot/too cold/too rocky/too smelly! They choose to stay on planet Earth but realise that they have to help to look after it to keep it a nice place to live. We had great success with this assembly in Reception last year - the children (and parents) loved it - and it’s easily edited to make it work for other classes.

A 2 week English plan and resources based around the book Toys in Space by Mini Grey. Ideal for the Spring term for Year 1 but could be adapted for other terms/year groups.

Research based project for students to explore different topics at the end of KS3 science. Topics include; energy sources, nutrition, water cycle, materials, electromagnetic waves, communications and photosynthesis Designed to run over a series of 10 - 12 lessons

Complete KS3 topic about Space. Including days, years, shadows, seasons, the moon, eclipses, the solar system and constellations.

This is a lesson on personal space for year 7/8. This lesson focuses on what personal space is, why personal space is needed and who should/shouldn’t be in someones personal space. This lesson is full resourced and is one hour long.

Contains a booklet to be given to children and used throughout the topic of Space, including questions and opportunities to note things they know and learn about Space throughout the topic.

Worksheet with examples of poems about space, questions for analysis then a creative task at the end. Works well with year 7's!

Let’s learn about Space! This worksheet includes 24 pages with a large variety of activities and exercises about Space. The materials have informative exercises about many different kinds of topics such as the big bang, black holes, the solar system, the Sun and many other things! Crosswords, word searches, puzzles and other kinds of activities are included to make it a fun and interesting class. The answers and an answer sheet is included. GOOGLE SLIDES WITH PREMADE TEXTBOXES INCLUDED! Overview: Page 1-3: The Big Bang Theory Page 4-6: The Solar System Page 7-9: The Sun Page 10-11: Meteors, Comets, and Asteroids Page 12: Black Holes Page 13-14: Neil Armstrong Page 15-16: The International Space Station Page 17-18: Space Rubbish Page 19-20: Space Tourism Page 21-22: Fun Facts Page 23-24: Reflection The following questions are just a few examples of the aspects addressed in this unit: What are the planets in our Solar System? What are black holes? Why is there an International Space Station? What is Space Rubbish and how dangerous is it? Why do planets orbit the Sun? Who was the first person in space? What is the big bang? What causes the tides? Why is there no sound in space? What is the difference between meteors, asteroids and comets? Keywords: Space, satellite, galaxy, comet, asteroid, planet, sun, earth, NASA, alien, shooting star, space station, astronaut, saturn, mars, jupiter, venus, neptune, mercury, uranus, gravity, orbit, milky way, black hole, Neil Armstrong, Yuri Gagarin, big bang, stars.

5 dance lessons aimed at ks2, that cover the science area of ‘The Earth & Space’ focusing on ~ The Solar System Rocky Planets & Gas Planets The Sun Journey into Space The Earth Each lesson plan is written in a detailed, step by step approach where the children are encouraged to work creatively and often co-operatively, this also assists with inclusivity and allows students to work at their own level. Hints & tips are included along the way to help you sustain the pace of the lesson, as well as a guide to the skills being developed in each section. A suggestion for suitable music is included, along with a link for iTunes - the music should also be available on other platforms such as Spotify & YouTube

KS4 lesson on the Space Race for AQA

A great wordsearch about space