Virtual Museum Tour

Share what your students have been learning about with a tour of a virtual museum. Invite their friends and family to take a look at the variety of work they have done and the science behind it all. This community activity could also be done as a VR experience.

Ask Me Anything

Ask the experts anything! A multi-platform approach to a “meet the researcher” format, where students are introduced to the work of a number of researchers from multiple fields. With video introductions shared with the school and over social media, followed by either an in-house or online presentation, with a QnA, where pupils can ask the experts anything, and the experts try and provide answers. This activity is done in class and conducted over multiple lessons.

Expanding Horizons – Educators who share

Inspired teachers inspire students! Our Space Our Future wants to share the endless possibilities that a career in the space sector can offer. To inspire the next generation of engineers, astronomers, mathematicians… today’s pupils are tomorrow’s trailblazers! But as an individual organisation, we can only reach so many. This teacher training session hosted by Explorer Dome shares the experiences of STEM teachers and educators, sharing best practices, resources and techniques, as well as hearing from experts in the field of science education research.

Communication Triangle

Introduce your class to an expert and give your students the freedom to ask the experts questions on what they find most interesting about the guests' careers. Afterwards, the students work in groups to develop their own classroom activity on a specific aspect of the discussion and let them share what they have learnt with a different group of students. This is a classroom activity, which can be extended over a number of lessons and can incorporate different age groups and subjects.

Dragons Den – Meet the scientists

What space research would you invest in? Give your students the power in this Dragon’s Den format. Three hopeful space sector experts come into the den hoping to win over your students. After pitching their research, the students vote on the expert they liked the most and what area of space science they would want to invest their money with.

Taking Up Space

Join the Science Made Simple team as they introduce why the space industry is so important for all of us, in this 36 minute video for 11-14-year-olds. This is followed up with a 15-minute Question and Answer session to understand which elements of the show each student enjoyed most and what the students think are the most important topics for future research?

Surviving on Mars

Students work together to solve a number of challenges in relation to ensuring supply of oxygen, energy, and food in order to survive on Mars.

Space Match

Worlds collide in Space Match! This is a chance for school students to meet up with two different professionals from the space sector, over the internet and in the comfort of their own classrooms.