Is there anyone out there? is an innovative way to introduce the space element of the KS2 science curriculum and it can be extended to KS3 as a transition project or a cross curricular challenge.
The written resource, including teachers’ notes, class activities and images, is now available as a free download on the CIEC website and on the STEM e-library.
At a recent workshop to introduce this new resource to teachers there was much enjoyment mimicking lava flow by making chocolate volcanoes, producing craters by dropping ‘meteorites’, investigating and searching for possible evidence of microorganisms in Martian soils and debating the best landing site for a Mars Rover!.
One teacher summed up the session: ‘These activities are so exciting, affordable and so easily resourced. I will definitely try them back at school.’
Tom Lyons, an ESERO (European Space Education Resource Office) Teacher Fellow is also enthusiastic, ‘This is a brilliant resource for Primary, with fun experiments that are easy (and cheap!) to do. It was produced with help from scientists working on Mars projects at Imperial College and written by experienced CIEC primary teachers.
This would be an ideal resource to use this year (2012) to link in with the landing of the Mars Curiosity Rover on 6 August 2012.’
Is anyone out there? and many other free downloadable resources can be found on our Science Topics Page