Space and rocket week

Description

Eleanor Wilkinson, a maths teacher from Sussex, has a big idea for a cross-curricular space and rocket week. Last year she spent ten days at the Teachers Space Camp in Alabama, and she came back inspired to enthuse the students and teachers. For four days Year 8s look at space and rockets in subjects as diverse as maths and art, and embark on a project to manage a £1million rocket building budget. Divided into teams by the teachers, the students are encouraged to work independently and think for themselves. But will it be an excuse to mess about, and how do the teachers keep them the students on task without taking over?

Runtime

31 min

Series

Subjects

Geography

Genre

Date of Publication

2008

Database

Alexander Street

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