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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...
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...
Robotic Arm – Become a space engineer for a day
Brief description: In this activity, students will learn how their arm works and build a...
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...
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...
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...
ISS Commander’s Log with Andreas Mogensen
ISS Commander’s Log with Andreas Mogensen The ISS is a laboratory, where we can conduct...
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...
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...
