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What materials to build your home on the Moon?
Brief description: When you think of building, you probably think of bricks – but Moon...
What is the best place to live on the Moon?
Brief description: An entirely new landscape awaits when you land on the Moon. Will you...
What experiments can you do on the Moon?
Brief description: The aim of the Moon mission is to research how to live on...
Water on the Moon – Filtering lunar ice cores to extract water
Brief description: In this resource, pupils will spend a day recording approximately how much water...
Water on the Moon
Brief description: Since the Moon is as dry as Earth’s driest desert, we’ll have to...
Waste management on the Moon
Brief description: One Earthling’s trash is another astronaut’s treasure. We can turn waste products into...
Traveling on the Moon
Brief description: How best to travel on the moon with rocks, boulders and craters in...
Tell-tale signs of a shooting star – Comets, meteors and craters in the Solar System
Brief description: To many ancient civilisations, the tale of a shooting star was an omen...
Spacecraft Materials Kit
Brief description: Pupils can use the ESA Spacecraft Materials Kit to experimentally investigate a variety of...
Space Bears – Lab-experience with Tardigrades
Brief description: In this set of experimental activities, students will investigate the survival abilities of...
Robots on the Moon
Brief description: Getting stuff done on the Moon requires more effort than what the first...
Robotic Arm – Become a space engineer for a day
Brief description: In this activity, students will learn how their arm works and build a...
Radiation on the Moon. How much sunscreen do you need on the Moon?
Brief description: Just one year on the moon maxes out the amount of solar radiation...
Powering the Moon
Brief description: A lunar day lasts for 14 Earth days, but night can be just...
Power from Water – How to produce oxygen and hydrogen on the Moon
Brief description: In this set of three activities, students will learn about electrochemistry. In the...
Power from Sunlight – Powering space exploration with solar energy
Brief description: In this set of activities, students will learn about two concepts that influence...
Paxi Explores The Moon
Brief description: Join Paxi as he explores the Moon. In this video, targeted at children...
Paxi And Our Moon Phases And Eclipses
Brief description Join Paxi as he explores the Moon. In this video, targeted at children...
Moon Shelter – Investigating different shelters on Earth and in space
Brief description: In this set of activities, pupils will analyse the importance of having shelter...
Moon Rover – Building a solar powered rover
Brief description: In this activity, students will compare the advantages and disadvantages of renewable energy...
Moon Constitution – How would a future lunar community be organised?
Brief description: In this resource, pupils will debate some organisational and social characteristics of a...
Mission on the Moon – Program a classmate to complete a mission on the Moon
Brief description: This activity will introduce students to logical thinking by planning, testing and executing...
Meteors on the Moon. Sunny with a chance of meteor shower
Brief description: About 180 craters appear on the Moon every year, not to mention being...
Local lunar sights
Brief description: Learn more about the local lunar sights! Top tips for an unforgettable Moon...
Launching Into Space. Bye Earth, Hello Moon!
Brief description: How exactly does a rocket engine work? Learn about different factors that affect...
Landing on the moon – Planning and designing a lunar lander
Brief description: In this set of activities, students will plan, design and build a landing...
Landing on the Moon
Brief description: A manned spacecraft needs a soft landing, but it’s all in the timing....
How To Fly In Space? Slingshot To The Moon!
Brief description: Flying to the moon is tricky business, especially since you can’t just head...
How to communicate on the Moon?
Brief description: Even daily communication changes when living on the Moon. Without air to carry...
Food on the Moon
Brief description: There are only so many groceries you can bring to the Moon, so...
Extracting Water from Lunar Soil – Learning about filtration and distillation
Brief description: In this resource, students will learn about changes of state of matter using...
Could life survive in alien environments? – Defining environments suitable for life
Brief description: In this activity, students will consider whether life found in extreme environments on...
Building your own Moon home
Brief description: The first Moon structure has a lot of roles to fill: a home...
Bionic Hand – Building a bionic hand
Brief description: In this activity, pupils will build a bionic hand made out of cardboard,...
Astronaut Logbook: A week in the life of an astronaut with Samantha Cristoforetti
Astronaut Logbook: A week in the life of an astronaut with Samantha Cristoforetti Your Mission:...
AstroFood – Learning about edible plants in Space
Brief description: In this set of activities, students will learn about the different components of...
AstroFarmer – Learning about conditions for plant growth
Brief description: In this set of six activities, students will investigate which factors affect plant...
AstroCrops – Growing plants for future space missions
Brief description: In this set of activities, students will build an understanding of germination and...
Air on the Moon
Brief description: Holding our breath isn’t an option on the Moon, we need sources of...
