Space inquiry

In this blog you will see a journey being taken by students and teacher to build up our minds, muscles and imaginations together through inquiry, exploration, investigation, problem solving and teamwork!

Set up a Space Inquiry Center for your students to explore the galaxy and solar system. They will love exploring the planets and stars!

One of my favourite inquiries in maternelle so far has been our latest endeavour- learning about space! It seems that every time we ask the students what they are interested in, they mention space, the moon, astronauts, and Star Wars! So we jumped right in to all things space! Dramatic play turned into a space shuttle and we worked with the students to co-create the space scene. My favourite dramatic play centers are those that we co-create with our students. While I love the beautiful…

Math and literacy space activities for kindergarten. Have fun with these engaging centers while learning about stars and planets.

Making marbled planets with preschoolers involves a fun art process and makes a great craft for an outer space theme!

genius...use dot paint for a quick, neat and colorful class graph

So over the last 3 weeks my grade 1 students in the UAE have been learning a lot about space, the solar system, and astronauts. This was a...

Print these Space Picture Word Cards for your writing center during a Space Theme. Words included are astronaut, space shuttle, telescope, meteor,

Learning is more fun when it involves movement! Practice jumping and grabbing stars in this space themed gross motor activity. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Space station

The kids have been asking a lot of questions about space. I started out by setting out some invitations to learn around the room for them to explore the Earth and the moon during Thinking, Learning and Dicovering Time, inviting them to look closer and document what they noticed. We looked closer at maps and the kids created their own maps of a community complete with symbols, a key, and a rose compass. They kept asking what the earth was made of so we investigated the inside of the earth and…

Moon sand is an easy recipe to make for a space sensory bin! Similar to kinetic sand but different, make DIY moon sand at home.

Last year, I started a new Space Club program at four middle schools. Not wanting to reinvent the wheel, I searched the web for ideas and curriculum to implement. I soon became excited to find great resources like NASA and TeachEngineering , but I was

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