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Free resources from the Education & Future Workforce programme

UK Space Education and Resource Office

The ,  (ESERO-UK) offers teachers and parents resources that use space as a context for teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), including:

• a library of curriculum-linked teaching resources on space, including and resources. Resources range from early years to further and higher education

• access to teacher Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

• access to Space Ambassadors through the programme

• access to space challenges and activities including , , and

• live, full-day, online space days: and .

National Space Academy

The National Space Academy (NSA) runs the project funded by the UK Space Agency. Led by local experts, the project features high-quality, curriculum-based activities free of charge to UK schools.

UK Space Agency YouTube channel

The features videos on space, missions, astronauts, careers and much more.

Tim Peake-related links

The Usbourne Mini Astronaut’s Handbook

Have a look inside featuring a foreword by Tim Peake.

Tim Talks Space

Tim features in the seven videos of the series on YouTube.

Further resources

Here you’ll find a wider selection of additional resources, activities, challenges and opportunities.

Astro Pi

• is a free challenge where kids run their code in space.

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

The IET hosts free, STEM-related teaching resources and classroom activities, with lesson plans, handouts and film clips:

• for students aged 5 to 11 years

• for students aged 11 to 19 years.

Borrow the Moon

Get a box containing a slice of moon rock, meteorite samples and related learning activities for up to a week through the . The scheme books up well in advance, so apply early.

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)

Make radio contact with the International Space Station (ISS) through . Your students can use amateur radio to ask astronauts aboard the ISS up to 20 questions through . There is usually a waiting list of 6 to 12 months, so apply early.

Get pictures from the ISS and learn about radio communication

Astronauts aboard the ISS regularly transmit images back to earth using amateur radio. Watch this to learn how to receive these in real-time at home using a browser-based radio receiver.

Check out the ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) website for upcoming SSTV (Slow Scan Television) image events: .

Escape from the International Space Station!

In this , children ages 7 to 11 solve puzzles while they learn about satellites. Created by the Centre for Satellite Data in Environmental Science (SENSE), this resource supports the science and geography curriculum.

Connect with an astronaut

Invite a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut to participate in an interview, video or public appearance through the . Astronauts are in high demand, so make sure to inquire well in advance.

Explore the ISS in augmented reality

Download , the app that takes you on a multilayered walk-through of the ISS, narrated by astronaut Tim Peake. The app is free to download.

The Institute of Physics

The Institute of Physics (IOP) hosts on IOPSpark, its online home for educational content. There’s a wide variety of teaching resources covering topics including exoplanets, astronomy and space, medical physics and ‘Physics in Concert’ – an activity to encourage more students, particularly girls, to consider careers related to physics.   

The IOP also produced an illustrated storybook titled with funding from the UK Space Agency. Mimi is a girl who has lots of questions about the universe and wins a trip to mission control. Download the storybook for free, join the family adventure, discover what it takes to go to space and explore the amazing real-life science role models at the end of the book. Suitable for all ages, it can be read together as a family with 5- to 7-year-olds or solo by readers aged 7+.

Royal Astronomical Society

The Royal Astronomical Society hosts covering topics such as Mars, solar eclipses, careers case studies and booklets, astronomy projects, and supporting GCSE Astronomy.

ESA Kids

The European Space Agency (ESA) hosts under themes including Things to do, Games, and Multimedia.

NASA Learning Resources

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) hosts for kids and students, colleges and universities, educators and professionals.

RAL Space

RAL Space’s webpage has links to public and schools resources, space videos and talks.

The Association for Science and Discovery Centres

The Association for Science and Discovery Centres (ASDC) hosts from its Our World From Space programme, such as ‘Build your own satellite’ and ‘Penguin Poo from space’.

Logo Lift Off!

Logo Lift Off! was a UK Space Agency education programme, where children submitted designs for a logo inspired by climate change to be place on rockets lifting off from UK spaceports.

The programme has now ended, but there are some educational resources that teachers may find useful. Please find links to pages with teacher resources below:

• How to spot a hurricane for teaching children about hurricanes, weather, satellites and climate change

• Orbit investigation for teaching children about orbit, planets, climate and the Solar System

• Satellites and seawater for teaching children about how climate change impacts the ocean

• What we can see from space for teaching children about how small satellites help us understand climate change.

Spaceport Cornwall

Spaceport Cornwall hosts including activities, worksheets and videos. 

Spaceport UK

Teachers of primary science and maths can download the UK Space Agency’s from the STEM Learning website. Its 8 activities focus on the development of a UK spaceport and the launch of satellites into orbit and involve geography, science and engineering.

The Scouts

The UK Space Agency partnered with and helped develop a series of space-themed badges. If you’re a Squirrel, Beaver, Cub, Scout or Explorer, why not earn an activity badge?

Even if you’re not in Scouts, you can learn a lot about space by completing free activities like:

• .

Richard Garriott: Experiments in Space

The UK Space Agency hosts on its YouTube channel. Richard Garriott flew aboard the International Space Station as a private astronaut in 2008.

Browse a collection of space facts

The independent gathers a collection of scientific, historical and cultural facts about space, galaxies, the planets and other objects in the solar system.

James Webb Space Telescope

Learn about the James Webb Space Telescope, launched in 2021 to study the formation of galaxies and the composition of distant solar systems. A on the project’s UK website includes packs for teachers, STEM programmes, classroom exercises and educational videos.

Webb’s First Images - NASA Science

Have a look at released by NASA in 2022.

Curved House Kids Discovery Diaries

These comic book activities get primary students engaged in STEM subjects by focusing on Tim Peake’s Principia Mission, a Mars mission and the James Webb Space Telescope. They’re available to download, chapter by chapter, for free on the .

Watch OAK National Academy videos about space

Teachers can use these video lessons as part of distance learning for STEM subjects. Just for terms such as ‘space’, ‘the solar system’, ‘stars and constellations’ or ‘satellites and rockets’.

Take a free online space science course

offers free online courses in astronomy, engineering and technology, including .