To Infinity and Beyond
Term 2, Week 4, Tuesday
May 21st, 2024
Term 2, Week 4, Thursday
May 23rd, 2024
Term 2, Week 5, Tuesday & Thursday
May 28th & 30th, 2024
Note - Ms Garlick was sick during Term 2, Week 6, so relief work was provided.
Students had choice of working on EdPuzzles or Matariki activities.
Term 2, Week 7, Tuesday
June 11th, 2024
Space Stories - Movies to Teach Space Science Ideas
I highly recommend to print out a collaborative coloring activity. Great way to make a decoration for the classroom, but I also find it helps the fidgety students and keep them off their phone.
The film depicts an astronaut's struggle to survive on Mars after being left behind and NASA's efforts to return him to Earth.
Science Topics:
Space Travel
Key vocab - sun/star, planet, moon, orbit, rotation, sol vs day
Making water from hydrogen
Numeracy practice
Pathfinder
Artificial Gravity
Martian Environment
Societal impacts on science
This resource has been designed as a unit of teaching.
The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program. (Based on a true story!)
Science Topics:
Orbit
Entry challenges
Societal impacts on science (racism, sexism, Cold War, Space Race)
This resource has been designed as an individual activity. This can be watched as a class with the questions being used as class discussion.
When Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.
Science Topics:
Wormholes
General relativity
Tides
Abiogenesis
Cryogenic sleep
Habitable planet requirements
Newton's Laws of Motion
This resource has been designed as an individual activity. This can be watched as a class with the questions being used at the end for students to do a research project.
Assessment
To Infinity and Beyond AssessmentVersion above is an online version.
Definitions: Story FeaturesDefinitions for science features
To Infinity and Beyond Assessment Marking CriteriaMarking Schedule
To Infinity and Beyond Assessment ExemplarExemplar
Future Projects
The Science of Wall-E
In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
The Science of Apollo 13
NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy. (Based on a true story!)