Introduction to Week 3

In Week 3 we show you how to find out information about the latest space missions and we give you ideas on how to incorporate them into your lessons or class science projects. We have interviewed astrophysicists and astronauts and asked them about their schooling, career background and research to find out what inspired them to follow a career in space science.

We explain the importance of taking your pupils to a science museum or discovery centre, a place where they can get involved with hands on science and talk to experts. We will show you the research to support our reasoning behind science trips and we hope to see as many of you as possible at the Royal Observatory Greenwich.

We’ll also ask you about your perceptions of science having completed the course and we encourage you to summarise what you have learnt and plan your lessons in space science using a broad set of resources, tools and demos. Remember, if you are enthusiastic and excited your pupils will be too.

We hope you have learnt lots about the subject and take a personal interest in astronomy – the Universe belongs to everyone. If you have any of your own questions about space we are ALWAYS very happy to help, please don’t be shy!

Teach the next generation of scientists with our help!