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No corner of the universe is left unexplored with our space focussed collection of topics, activities and resources for use in the classroom, to infinity…and beyond!

A teacake in space - Microsoft Innovative Teacher Award winner, Alessio Bernadelli, has provided us with physics lesson ideas and activities to try in the classroom and at home.

We’ve brought together a good mix of our (every so many) space topics for you – the cream of the Kuiper belt you might say! Hit the Starship BrainPOP homepage to access topics, an Exoplanets Quiz, Outer Solar System FYI and Solar System Activity.

• Aliens
• Apollo Project
• Asteroids
• Big Bang
• Black Holes
• Comets
• Exoplanets
• Galaxies
• Life Cycle of Stars
• Moon
• Outer Solar System
• Solar System
• Telescopes

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When we saw this post by Microsoft Innovative Teacher Award winner, Alessio Bernadelli, we jumped at the chance to get him involved in Starship BrainPOP.

Alessio (@asober) very kindly provided us with physics lesson ideas and activities to try in the classroom and at home. If you’ve ever wondered what would happen to a human body in space without a spacesuit or similar challenging questions, you’re going to love these.

For students:

Click to download the student's worksheet

For educators:

Click to download the Teacher's Edition

Rocket back to Starship BrainPOP

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In a galaxy far far away…Starship BrainPOP sees Tim & Moby journey into space, avoiding the Death Star, to investigate planets, stars, galaxies and more.

On the Spotlight homepage you’ll find a Galaxies Quiz, an Aliens Advanced Activity, and you can Learn More about the Life Cycle of Stars.

The topics we’ve bunched together (there were so many to pick from!) include:

• Aliens
• Apollo Project
• Asteroids
• Big Bang
• Black Holes
• Comets
• Galaxies
• International Space Station
• Life Cycle of Stars
• Moon
• Solar System
• Telescopes
• The Milky Way

There are also some extra activities you can do on POP Spot!

Astronaut Moby – Cut out and keep your own Moby doll

Life on Other Planets – Tim & Moby have been enjoying some space travel so it’s time you helped them out with their discoveries.

The Entire Solar System on Your Wall – Get your creative hat on and create our solar system (on a scale of 1 billion to 1!)

There's life Tim, but not as we know it!

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The planets in our solar system are all different sizes and have varying qualities but after doing this activity your solar system knowledge should know no bounds! Plus, it’s really cool seeing just how small our planet is in relation to others.

Follow the instructions on the Solar System Activity Sheet to create your very own scale drawing of the planets in our solar system (you can learn all about scale by watching the Ratios movie).

Click to start download

We’d really love to see how your pictures look once they’re finished so please take a photo of your finished masterpiece and send to us at info@brainpop.co.uk

Or, if you’d rather, you can upload it to our Facebook page.

Visit the Spotlight on Starship BrainPOP for more fun activities.

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Tim & Moby are off on a space adventure!

They’ve discovered another solar system and it’s your job to find out which planets are more likely to host other life forms, like human beings.

Click to start download

Get started by downloading the activity sheet here: Life on Other Planets Activity Sheet

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Like the Spotlight on BodyPOPping we thought it might be fun to include another paper character. If you make this one, he can keep Scientist Moby company!

All you need to do is download Space_Moby, print him off on a piece of A4 paper or card, then get cutting and gluing.

Click to start download

For fuller instructions, see instructions for Scientist Moby.

You should end up with something a little like this…

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