Lesson Planning
Children look at actual pictures of Mars and begin to understand that space exploration is an on-going as well as a historical undertaking. They learn about the solar system and produce a drawing, then learn the names of the planets in order.
Teaching Outcomes
To understand how space exploration has been an important part of the history of the last half century and how it continues to develop in the future.
To understand how the earth is one of nine planets all of which orbit the sun.
Children can:
- Begin to know we live on planet earth and there are other planets, moons and stars in our solar system.
- Understand that space exploration is still continuing and that we have sent a rocket to Mars and can look at actual pictures of that planet.