Space Ships Activities and Fireworks
Workshop Activities
1. Craft – Helium UFO's
2. Key Points – History of Space Travel
3. Collaborative – Mars Bingo
4. Writing – Living in Space
5. Math/Logic – How Fast?
6. Character Connection – The Magic of Determination
7. Big Activity – Rocket Science
8. Movement - Ring Saturn
Minecraft Activities
1. Experience the Floo Network
2. Take a rocket to Mars
3. Build a Mars colony
4. Graduate from Hogwarts
5. Take boats and Hogwarts Express home
Fireworks/Quests
Make a scale model of a space ship.
Identify five different space vehicles. Who made them? What are they used for? Write about it in your journal.
Pretend that you are going to apply to be an astronaut. Make the job application and fill it out.
Make a flipbook of a rocket in space.
Based on the space travel that has already been made, what do you think space travel will be like in 10 years from now? 25 years? 50 years? Write your thoughts in your journal.
What space travel is going on right now? Document all the missions currently in progress and/or those that are planned. Put them in order of importance.
Track the International Space Station: http://www.n2yo.com/
Experiment with Kerbal Space Program: https://kerbalspaceprogram.com/en/
Play with Stephenson's Rocket: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/animations/rocket/index_embed.shtml
Do some moon math: http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/MoonFacts.html
Design a moon settlement: http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/LunarLifeSupport.html
Make a timeline of space exploration.
What do you wish you could know about space? Write down 5-10 questions. Email JPL to see if they know the answers to any of your questions. For the questions they don’t have the answers to, consider how you think those questions could be answered.
Pretend you went on a long space trip. Make a postcard you might send home. What picture does it have on it? What do you write on it?
Pretend you got to make the food that the astronauts will eat in space. Make the food, package it appropriately, and make a label for it, complete with your food company logo.
Write a want ad for a space ship that you want.
One of the most famous quotes is, "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." Imagine that you were the first person to step on Mars. What do you say as you step onto the planet?
Discover what portion of the solar system, galaxy, and universe has been explored.
Make an inventory of the equipment now orbiting the earth.
Play pretend with a friend. You are space heroes defending the universe against an evil empire.
Play pretend with a friend. You are space heroes defending the universe against an evil empire.
Draw a spaceship that you wish you could pilot.
Write instructions on how to make a rocket.
Pretend you could have a conversation with R2-D2. What would you talk about? Write down the text of your dialogue.
What space exploration do you think should be made? Write a proposal to NASA, explaining where they should explore next and why. Make suggestions for accomplishing it.
Restate in your own words the story of Star Wars. Or, make a storyboard of the story of Star Wars. Or, make a spoof of the story of Star Wars. Or, retell the story of Star Wars, except with the whole thing taking place under water.
