What is International Space Week?
International Space Week is the largest space event on Earth and an ideal time for educators to use space-based activities to excite students about science and technology. The theme for World Space Week 2023, “Space and Entrepreneurship”, recognizes the growing significance of the commercial space industry in space, and the increasing opportunities for space entrepreneurship and new benefits of space developed by space entrepreneurs.
When is International Space Week?
Sunday, 4 October and ends on Saturday, 10 October
Activities:
- Discussing and learning about space, planet names and what planet we live on
- Asking parents and the community to drop off recycling items to be used to bottle rockets to send off into orbit
- What does an alien look like to you – with some loose parts and a tub of playdough your children can create their perfect aliens themselves?
- Makle a planet mask (see here)
- Class project - make your own galaxy
- Set out a painting area to encourage childre to paint the sun, moon and stars and hang around their galaxy
- Make telescopes with painted and decorated cardboard rolls
- Make stretchy galaxy slime (see here)
- Children creating their own stained glass earth suncatchers
- Children making balloon straw rocket
Enjoy your space activities!