Lesson Planning

Using footage of moon landing and images of the earth from space, children understand this significant historical event. They read Mark Haddon’s Sea of Tranquillity and are able to date the event. They now build their own space station or rocket in the classroom, using their own designs.

Teaching Outcomes
To recognise the significance of the moon landings in 1969.
To create a rocket or space station which is fit for purpose within the classroom

Children can:

• Understand the significance of space travel in recent history and begin to recognise a chronology.
• Construct and build a rocket/space station, working collaboratively.
• Use imagination to help us understand the significance and the magic of these events.