Alien spare part scramble!

Measure the width and height of the space shuttle.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To measure the width and height of the space shuttle and record on to order form.

Children will:

• Use a range of non-standard measures to record the height and width of their/the class spacecraft.
• Complete an order form showing their findings.
• Begin to learn about using standard measures (cm).

• Space shuttle part order form

• Spacecraft model created in session 1
• Non-fiction book such as The Usborne Big Book of Rockets and Spacecraft
• Non-standard measures, e.g. carrots, books, pencils
• Unifix cubes
• Tape measures

Space shuttle photo from howthingsfly.si.edu
Build a rocket game from bbc.co.uk