Teacher Resources 2024
To help you run Space Week activities at your school we’ve collated a number of great Space Week Teacher Resources. To gain access to these resources and to gain early access to a number of our Space Week videos (Such as the Space Art Session), simply register your school’s participation via the form below.
All we need from you is to tell us how many students you plan to engage so we can keep track of Irish participation in Space Week on a global scale. Last year Ireland ranked 2nd in the world for the number of events held! We want to keep that incredible momentum going and to make sure your Space Week events are counted.
What you’ll get:
Space Art Session – Dalí
Art from Montenotte students in 2023
The annual space art session has become our most popular event by far, but several teachers have requested earlier access to the resource. Sign up today to gain early access, along with an associated resources, equipment list, and suggestions for curricular alignment from BCO’s Education Officer Frances McCarthy.
If you send us photos of your students’ work we will include them in a gallery hosted on the Space Week website!
Climate Change Resources
The theme for Space Week 2024 is “Space and Climate Change”. To assist you in aligning these two concepts in the classroom, our Education Officer Frances McCarthy, has collated the best teacher resources available including resources developed as part of the ERASMUS + CliCPoLit project. We’ll also grant you early access to a panel discussion on Space and Climate change featuring a selection of experts who will encourage your students to explore and debate the role of space exploration in tackling climate change.
Colour
All of Ireland was transfixed by the Aurora Borealis in mid-May. We thought you’d appreciate a better understanding of this phenomenon to better engage your students. That’s inspired us to take a deep dive into the role colour plays in astronomy. Colour can tell us the elemental make-up of deep sky objects, it can tell us how fast objects are approaching or moving away from us, and it can even tell us what the atmospheres of distant exoplanets are like. Sign up today to receive early access to an expert panel discussion on the role of colour in astronomy. BCO’s Education Officer Frances McCarthy will join the discussion so there will be plenty of opportunities to identify curricular alignment. We’ll also collate some relevant resources, including an update to our popular exercise in generating colour astronomy images for second level students.
Printable SWAG
We’ve got posters, Moon calendars, activity sheets, board games, and more.
As always, we love hearing your feedback on how we can make Space Week work better for you.
Reach out today to info@spaceweek.ie if you want to learn more or offer feedback.
