A couple of years in the past, I helped a neighborhood college create an area science day. We had a complete afternoon of Tim Peake and Worldwide Area Station themed actions. The thought was to take the youngsters on a journey beginning with complete class movie canister rockets, adopted by a docking with the ISS sport, after which an orbiting demonstration. After that, the youngsters had free alternative of a number of interactive space-themed experiments, investigations and challenges, similar to squeezy rockets, making craters and robotic arms. The afternoon labored effectively and could be nice for World Area Week or British Science Week.
Area Science Concepts for World Area Week
If you would like to study extra, I’ve assembled an experiment pack detailing all of the area science actions and experiments we used for our area crammed science afternoon.
You can too obtain our problem playing cards to be used on exercise tables. Each states the goal of the problem with extension concepts to maintain everybody busy.
Extra space experiments for World Area Week
Launch a rocket
Attempt one in all my 5 straightforward rocket concepts. We have bottle rockets, baking soda rockets, straw rockets, movie canister rockets and extra!
Repair the astronaut’s glove
Are you able to repair a damaged astronauts glove? It is a nice STEM problem for youthful youngsters, which inspires them to consider why the glove must be hermetic, consider a approach to repair it and likewise take a look at their answer.
Attempt some area engineering
Engineer an arm for the Area Station utilizing pneumatics and Okay’nex.
Area sensory tub
This area sensory tub is nice for youthful youngsters. It may also be stuffed with magnetic and non-magnetic “area junk” for sorting.
Mannequin the Earth’s layers
Make a play dough mannequin of the Earth to indicate the totally different inner layers. This exercise seems wonderful, particularly whenever you carve into the play dough mannequin to disclose the layers.
I’ve obtained much more area science concepts in my DIY Area Camp publish, so you should definitely verify that out as effectively.
You can too discover ALL my area science investigations and concepts in my area experiments round-up publish.
If you happen to nonetheless want extra concepts, my science investigations linked to gravity are all enjoyable comply with up actions too.
This IS Rocket Science
Remember I even have an area science guide referred to as This IS Rocket Science, containing 70 space-themed exercise concepts for teenagers of all ages. Out there from AMAZON NOW!!
Do you’ve gotten any extra concepts for World Area Week that we may discover?
Final Up to date on October 6, 2025 by Emma Vanstone
