This resource provides a lesson plan showing how to use mental model building to teach about the Sun-Earth-Moon system. The approach used in the lesson is based on education research which is summarised in a separate research summary document.

The lesson includes an activity where pupils look at different...

Hold a ruler or speed of light indicator, to test your reaction times by working in pairs with one student holding the ruler at...

A selection of resources where you can find out more about British Astronaut Tim Peake and his mission to space. 

In this activity students look at sports and how they can relate to astronaut training.

This activity was originally created by NASA as a special activity for the 2017 SuperBowl LI event.

This resource is from the Mission X collection of activities which is an international educational challenge...

Use these printable badges and poster to track the number of points your Mission X team has achieved for each activity.

This resource is from the Mission X collection of activities which is an international educational challenge that focuses on health, science, fitness and nutrition, and encourages...

Rockets are used to launch satellites, probes and even astronauts into space. A rocket launch is extremely impressive. Thousands of kilograms are burned in just a few minutes in order to provide the force that the rocket needs in order to overcome the gravity of the Earth. Rockets provide an exciting context to...

The We Are Aliens! teaching resources were produced to support the planetarium show made by NSC Creative. They have been produced by lead educators from the National Space Academy to use the context of space to teach physics, chemistry and biology in the curriculum. The resources contain practical activities,...

This video features interviews with three space scientists: Becca Wilson – a planetary scientist at the University of Leicester; Euan Monaghan – a PhD student in planetary science and astrobiology at the Open University; and Louisa Preston – a post doctoral research fellow in planetary geology and astrobiology at...

Conditions on other planets are unlikely to be within the same ranges as that experienced by Earth. However, a degree of variance from ‘ideal’ ranges may be tolerable for a small number of organisms known as extremophiles. This investigation looks at the effects of subjecting a living organism (yeast) to some...

Our height changes throughout the day. When we lie down at night, gravity no longer pulls in a direction to make us shorter, so our bodies stretch, and we return to our taller height again. However, astronauts who don’t experience the effect of gravity for months at a time grow taller.

In this activity...

This collection features some excellent female role models to highlight the many career opportunities available, working within the space industry. They include:

• Suzie Imber - Associate Professor of Space Physics
• Abbie Hutty - ExoMars Delivery Manager
• Maggie Aderin-Pocock - Space...