Blue Marble in Empty Space

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Descriptor: astronomy space exploration

Age range: 6 - 10

Resource type: enquiry-oriented activity

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Project: astroEDU

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STEM strategy criteria: Access to technology and equipment, Assessment, Connections, Connections with local communities, Connections with other schools and/or educational platforms, Connections with universities and/or research centers, Contextualization of STEM teaching, Continuous assessment, Curriculum implementation, Emphasis on STEM topics and competencies, Existence of supporting pedagogical staff, Highly qualified professionals, High quality instruction classroom materials, Inclusive culture, Inquiry Based Science Education (IBSE), Instruction, Interdisciplinary instruction, Personalisation of learning, Personalised assessment, Problem and project based learning (PBL), Professional development, Professionalisation of staff, School infrastructure, School leadership and culture

Description

Using photographs and models, students are taken on a virtual journey to outer space. They can look back at the Earth as they travel further away and see it growing increasingly smaller, giving the experience that we live on a tiny planet that floats in a vast and empty space.