Middle and Upper Primary Themes: Space

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Foreword i

This series of blackline masters on the Space theme has been designed specifically for middle primary students . It aims to provide teachers with ideas and activities to develop and consolidate student skills across a range of curriculum areas.

Space is a high-interest topic which stimulates students’ curiosity and enthusiasm for learning. These Space activities provide opportunities for teachers to use interesting strategies and frameworks in their classrooms.

Also incorporated in this package are activity pages designed to encourage problem solving and reinforce syllabus-related mathematical skills.

These blackline masters may be used for the whole class, or as tasks to be completed by individuals as part of a learning centre. Extension activities and challenge questions have been included for early finishers.

The variety of activities included in this book should provide a useful foundation for your class theme.

Contents Theme Ideas ............................................. ii Clip Art .................................................... iii Contract ................................................... iv

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Word Study - Dictionary Skills ....................... 1 Working with Words ................................ 2 Planet Punctuation ................................... 3 Homophones ........................................... 4 Space Sleuth ............................................ 5 Man Walks on the Moon - Cloze ............... 6 Space Puzzler ........................................... 7 Space Exploration - Cloze .......................... 8 Newspaper Report - Comprehension ............ 9 Saving Dioxsis! ....................................... 10 Saving Dioxsis! - Comprehension ................ 11 Alien Visit - Poetry ................................... 12 Space Limericks ...................................... 13 Space Diary ............................................ 14 The Observatory - Letter Writing ................ 15 Book Review .......................................... 16 Alien Wanted ......................................... 17 Passport Application ............................... 18 Newspaper Report ................................. 19 Invitation ................................................ 20 Message from Space .............................. 21

Mathematics Space Time ............................................ 22 Space Challenge! - Regrouping ................. 23 Space Money ......................................... 24 Space Codes .......................................... 25 Galactic Problems ................................... 26 Space Logic ............................................ 27 Planet X - Grid References .......................... 28 Space Stomper - Barrier Game ................... 29

Science and Technology Alien Ship ............................................... 30 Living on a Moon Base ........................... 31

Social Studies Space - Research Project ......................... 32 Space Grid ............................................. 33 Answers ................................................. 34

Theme Ideas ii

Make a Did You Know…? book about space.

Write down children’s questions and record the answers in a big book.

Share with children in a buddy class.

Read a fiction story about space.

Create a story map to represent the main events in the correct sequential order.

Make a balloon rocket.

Design a board game that allows players to travel through space and end up back on Earth.

Research space travel.

Sequence events to make a timeline.

Display as a wall poster.

Find out the difference between astronomy and astrology.

In small groups, design a space diorama.

Discuss the 12 constellations of the zodiac.

Make a class graph of children born under each zodiac sign.

Create artwork to display the 12 signs of the zodiac.

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Write an acrostic poem using the title Solar System or the name of a planet.

Visit the Observatory.

On a set night each week (for four weeks) children draw the moon and record observations.

Discuss why the moon appears to change shape.

Research the phases and history of the moon.

Use biscuit dough to make space creature cookies.

Record using a procedure framework.

Paint a space mural.

In a sandpit, experiment to see what effect meteors have when they hit the ground.

Find out more about these famous space explorers: • Yuri Gagarin; or • Valentina Tereshkova.

Make a space mobile using a coat hanger, wool and cardboard.

Hang planets and other space objects.

You are an alien.

Write a story about your time spent on Earth. www.ricgroup.com.au

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Page Title

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Word Study -

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Working with Words

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Planet Punctuation

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Homophones

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Space Sleuth

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Man Walks on the Moon -

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Space Puzzler -

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Space Exploration -

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Newspaper Report -

Complete

Comment

Dictionary Skills

Cloze

Crossword Cloze Comprehension

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Alien Visit

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Space Limericks

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Space Diary

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The Observatory -

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Book Review

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Alien Wanted

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Passport Application

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Newspaper Report -

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Invitation

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Message from Space

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Space Time

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Space Challenge!

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Space Money

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Space Codes

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Galactic Problems

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Space Logic

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Planet X -

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Space Stomper -

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Alien Ship

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Living on a Moon Base

Letter Writing

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Word Study 1

Write down your own definition for each space word.

Show your teacher and then find the dictionary meaning.

Word

Predicted Meaning

Dictionary Meaning

atmosphere

eclipse

gravity

constellation

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satellite

comet

Choose three words from above.

Write a descriptive sentence for each word on the back of this page.

In which order would the following words appear in a dictionary?

Number them in the correct order. start

stardust

stargaze

stare

startle

star

2. sunburn

Sunday

sundown

sun

sundae

sunny

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Number these words in reverse alphabetical order.

1. weightless

Earth

planet

clouds

2. experiment

axis

Pluto

engine

CHALLENGE! Use the letters from the word…

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Working with Words 2

Place these words under the correct headings.

Jupiter dusty astronaut Earth rocky Neil Armstrong shuttle dark floated Common Noun

Proper Noun

spin huge fly universe Apollo

Adjective

gravity zoom Verb

Chain Writing - Add appropriate words to tell more about the space creature.

Where? in its UFO

Adjectives green

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Verbs

When? during an eclipse

jumped

last night

climbed

Write and illustrate two examples of chain writing on the back of this page using the words from the space ships.

For example, A four-eyed space creature climbed in its UFO last night.

A suffix is a word part added onto the end of a word.

Add the suffix -ing to these verbs and Past Present rewrite the new word. jumped

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fly

travel

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Planet Punctuation 3

Punctuation is an important part of any piece of writing.

Add capital letters, full stops, commas, quotation and question marks to complete these sentences.

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is the sun really a star fiona asked

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cosmos 7 the new russian satellite will be launched on sunday morning

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pluto mercury mars and venus are the four smallest planets in our solar system

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last night david saw a big bright shooting star in the sky

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did you know scientists have recently discovered a new galaxy Write the long form of these contractions.

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Use some of these words in an interesting sentence about space. it’s

shouldn’t

he’d

aren’t

we’ll

Put apostrophes in the correct places to show ownership.

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The shuttles telescope shows images of Mercurys surface.

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Janes favourite rides at the fun park are the Bumper UFOs and the Star Roller-coaster.

3.

The Russian cosmonauts space craft was called the Vostok 3.

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Rickys father is an astronaut. He travelled into space and saw Saturns colourful rings.

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The rockets launch will happen two minutes after the ground crews countdown begins.

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Make a word snake with space words.

Here is an example of a word snake.

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Homophones 4

A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but is spelt differently and has a different meaning.

Choose the correct word/s for each sentence.

1.

The astronaut was chamber.

(aloud/allowed) to enter the airlock

2.

The cosmonaut had to the loading bay.

3.

A

(where, wear) his space suit in (piece/peace) of the telescope on the satellite could (brake/break) because it is so delicate.

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Wait in the

(cue/queue) for your turn to look (through/threw) the telescope.

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Something (bazaar/bizarre) happened last night. I thought I (saw/sore) a martian!

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will be fine when the shuttle is ready for takeoff.

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in space. is no atmosphere to carry sound waves.

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all the answers in the space quiz.

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‘The pilot.

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You can’t no gravity!

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The astronomer from the eclipse.

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You would do on Earth.

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John’s asked him, ‘ planet has more than twelve moons?’

engine has cut out!’ shouted the and discover new things about space! water in space, because there is down his observations much less in space than you

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Space Sleuth 5

Find and colour the space words in this sleuth.

Words go up, down, across, backwards and diagonally.

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P u b l i c a t i o n s Y I O R E T S A S T R O N O M • f orr evi ew pur po sesonl y • astronaut solar system gravity crater O

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planet galaxy orbit comet Venus Saturn sun

asteroid universe rocket UFO Earth Pluto moon

simulator cloud astronomy laser Mars ray

black hole rings telescope Mercury Jupiter star

List the words that fit into these sound categories as you find them in the sleuth.

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Man Walks on the Moon 6

Place words in the missing spaces to complete the cloze.

Neil Armstrong was born in 1930. He was a famous (1)

astronaut. In July 1969, (2)

he made (3)

first man to

when he became the

on the moon. As he stepped (4)

onto the moon’s (5)

‘That’s one small

he said,

for man, one giant leap

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.’ Armstrong was the

for

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Commander of the space Apollo II. The other two astronauts on the mission were Michael Collins and Edwin (8)

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Before the long journey, the astronauts spent

hours inside a

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(11)

(12)

(13)

stepped onto the moon, people from all over the

watched him on (14)

their televisions. The astronauts then

soil and rock

samples and set up experiments and instruments to record information. They placed an (15)

American

(16)

on the moon’s surface near the

(17)

After re-entering the Earth’s

, Apollo’s

(18)

service module dropped into the

Ocean and the astronauts

(19)

were picked up by

. The journey had come to

(20)

an end. It had lasted eight days, three

Pacific

of Tranquility.

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travel

collected history step

walk

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and 18 minutes.

mission world

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surface simulator

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Space Puzzler 7

Use the clues and your knowledge of space to complete the crossword.

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Neil

was the first man to walk on the moon.

Down Astronauts travel into space in this.

1. A being thought to be from outer space.

The acronym for National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

2. A round body that circles the Earth every month The largest star in the galaxy. and can be seen in the night sky.

A galaxy in the night sky made up of millions of 3. The force that keeps everything on Earth from stars. (5,3 letters) flying off into space.

The closest planet to the Sun. 4. Large bodies in space which light up in the night sky.

An instrument sent into space to relay information back to Earth.

6. Halley’s appears in the Earth sky about every 76 years.

Astronauts down from 10 to 1 before takeoff.

7. Any of the large bodies revolving around the sun.

A round hollow formed by the impact of a 10. The space left when a star dies. (5,4 letters) mereorite.

11. Known as the ‘red planet’.

The belt lies between Jupiter and Mars.

12. The air that surrounds the Earth.

14. Man has always had a fascination with outer .

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Space Exploration 8

How does man benefit from space exploration?

Place words in the missing spaces to complete the cloze.

(1)

For years, man has been travelling into space and (2)

our solar system. Scientists are interested in

more about our (3)

universe, because it provides them with important (4)

about the Earth. Space (5)

how the Earth was

allows astronomers to collect data about (6)

and what is happening on its

.

(7)

Space exploration enables countries of the

to improve their (8)

communication systems. Satellites sent into space let us watch and

(9)

important events at almost exactly the same time they occur in other (10)

Radio, television and

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signals can be transmitted and (11)

worldwide computer systems are connected by

links.

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(13)

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early warnings of (15)

sea and

and tidal waves. Scientists can measure

pollution and identify places where mineral resources are

(16)

. Special photographs taken from probes in space help us to: (17)

(a)

draw accurate

(b)

provide safe navigation for

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record the growth of

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show the movement patterns of animals and birds at

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farm

made places space

information surface learning

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crops; and

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maps

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Newspaper Report 9

The Washington Post 16 April, 1996

New planet discovered - astronomer’s dream!

Astronomers have identified a tenth planet in space - twice as far from Earth as Pluto.

Astronomers used a new, high-power telescope that was launched by the space shuttle, Probe V, to locate the planet. The shuttle travelled past the outermost planets before releasing the telescope which sent information back to Earth.

The planet orbits the sun in the same direction as the nine planets in our solar system, but it is not yet known whether it is orbited by any moons.

Scientists believe the planet to be made up of he planet was located as part of a new study frozen gases. based at the Leichart National Observatory in Michigan. Professor James Burnham, Experts from the Observatory will continue their an expert in space exploration who headed the research, and plan to conduct scientific study said, experiments to find out more about their latest “It is the most important discovery since Pluto discovery. was found in 1930.”

Reporter - Christine Murphy “This is a dream come true! We’ve been looking for a very long time,” said an excited Professor Burnham last night.

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The new planet, as yet unnamed, is more than five times as big as Earth and scientists estimate it would take a spacecraft over 40 years to travel to it from our planet.

Answer these questions on a separate piece of paper using full sentences.

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2.

3.

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How far away from Earth is the new planet?

Where was the study to find the new planet based?

How many moons circle the planet?

In which direction does the new planet orbit the sun?

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In this news report, what do you think ‘orbit’ means?

Do you think the planet would be cold? Why/Why not?

Why did Professor Burnham say, ‘This is a dream come true’?

How would you feel if you had just discovered a tenth planet?

What would you name the new planet and why?

Would you volunteer to go on a space mission that lasted one year?

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Saving Dioxsis!

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’We must take action quickly! Move!‘ The crew members of the starship, Galaxy V, scuttled about the flight deck in every direction, all knowing that their special tasks must be completed with great speed. Captain Yarnoo stood motionless and stared out from the wide window in front of him, towards the never-ending black space that lay ahead. He had just been informed on the Intergalactic radio that a gigantic meteor had been identified, hurtling towards Dioxsis - the Captain’s home planet, where his family waited for his safe return.

Lieutenant Jeemool interrupted the Captain’s thoughts. ’All light speed injectors have been activated, Captain. We’re on warp 5, headed directly for Dioxsis.‘ ’Good Lieutenant. Keep monitoring the meteorite’s position and update me immediately if there are any changes.‘

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Beelzeep, the talking robot, stood by the control panels at the front of the craft and beeped and buzzed as data was fed into its computer memory. ’Six-minutes-and-thirty-five-seconds-to-reachDioxsis,‘ it spluttered. As each minute ticked by, the Galaxy V sped closer and closer to its destination.

'Fifty-nine-seconds-and-counting…‘ The space craft directed its beam straight towards the atmospheric layer surrounding Dioxsis. ’It just has to work,‘ thought Captain Yarnoo, as he eagerly watched the monitor screen. The meteor was approaching fast! The beam struck it with full force and just seconds before certain disaster, managed to swing the meteor off-course in time!

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Saving Dioxsis! - Comprehension 11

Read ‘Saving Dioxsis!’ and answer the following questions.

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If Galaxy V was to help save Dioxsis, it had to… (a) travel at light speed to catch the meteor. (b) fire a laser beam at the huge meteor. (c) reach the planet’s atmosphere before the meteor.

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3.

Who said, ’We’re on full speed, headed directly for Dioxsis’?

Circle the correct word.

Calculations/Information/Data was fed into Beelzeep’s computer memory.

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The atmosphere around Dioxsis was very dense.

True

False

Maybe

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Which words describe the strength with which the meteor was struck by the beam?

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At what speed did the Galaxy V travel

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‘enclosed’.

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What do these phrases from the story really mean? (a) ‘divert its path’

(b) ‘injectors have been activated’

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Why do you think it was so important for Captain Yarnoo to help save Dioxsis?

10.

Which sentence tells about the most exciting part of the story?

11.

How would the Captain have felt when he found out where the meteor was headed?

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Alien Visit 12

Read this space poem with other children in your class.

Draw illustrations showing what this poem means to you!

A Visit from Outer Space On the darkest of nights, The stars shone so bright.

An explosion of light, That dazzled the sight.

A creature appeared, Blue-tongued and three-eared.

So wild and so weird, We stood and we peered.

‘Hey!’ said Jack, ‘What’s that?’

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Just then we heard the clocktower •f orr e vi ew pu r p osechime, sonl y• Nine! He turned a queasy lime.

We asked him why he landed here, He grinned from ear to ear to ear.

‘The food on earth is good I hear, Very tasty and not too dear.’

‘Hey!’ said Jude, ‘You need fast food!’

‘Burgers, pies and lots of chips, I need to fuel my hungry ships.

Warp core drips and the old clutch slips, Fast food makes for faster trips.’

But he should have known - he should have asked, Cholesterol overload - his ships can’t last Up in space, there was a deafening blast, His ships exploded! So much for fast!

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Space Limericks 13

A limerick is a funny poem that is written to amuse the reader.

It has five lines - the first, second and fifth lines end with rhyming words. The third and fourth lines end with words that have a different rhyming pattern.

Read and complete these limericks about space, using the given words. tune

On my journey to deep outer

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I came to a new lunar suit case

Where a man from the Liked to sing out of As he stood on his orange

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Felt his rocket beginning to

And wished he was able to

Once a boy ate ten chocolate

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As his spaceship zoomed over the

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star s

He saw comets each bars

In the wild Milky And then reached the planet called

day

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Can you make up a limerick of your own?

Work on the draft with a partner, then write the limerick in this space.

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’s Space Diary 14

Complete the diary and illustrate events of the trip.

Monday

(date)

(date)

We finally reached this afternoon. I took lots of photos to

This morning we took off on our adventure into outer space. was in charge and…

Tuesday

Thursday

(date)

show favourite.

. Here is my

Friday

(date)

I’m feeling rather tired and

Today we woke up early and…

doesn’t like the

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Saturday

(date)

On our way back to Earth, we whizzed past…

Wednesday

(date)

Something exciting happened today! We actually saw…

Sunday

(date)

Late this afternoon our journey came to an end. We arrived safely back on Earth and was there to meet us. What an amazing experience!

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The Observatory 15

Write a business letter to the Observatory, describing the strange lights you saw in the sky last night.

Ask for more information to explain this sighting and follow the framework for your draft.

Sender’s address and the date (block form, no punctuation).

Receiver’s name, title and address (block form, no punctuation).

Greeting (e.g. Dear Sir/Madam).

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Body of letter.

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Conclusion (e.g. Yours faithfully).

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Book Review 16

SPACE

Read a fiction book about space - it could be one your teacher reads to the whole class, or a book you read on your own.

Then complete this review.

Title Author Illustrator Main Characters

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Give your opinion of the story. Which part did you enjoy the most?

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Alien Wanted 17

Make a wanted poster for a dangerous alien.

WANTED

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Wanted for

Description

Last seen Reward Contact

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Passport Application 18

For travel in outer space.

Please complete form details.

Family Name: Given Names: Male

Female

Date of Birth:

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Place of Birth: Current Home Address: Post Code: Telephone Number: ( Height:

) cm

Weight:

kg

Hair Colour:

Hair Length:

Eye Colour:

Complexion:

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Distinguishing Features:

Medical Information:

Emergency Contact: Telephone Number: (

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Intended Destination(s):

Reason(s) for travel in space:

Departure Date:

Return Date:

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Newspaper Report 19

Look at some examples of newspaper reports. Identify and discuss the different sections of each report. Use this framework to plan your own report on a space event.

Headline: Attention catching, tells what happened.

By: Who wrote the report.

Date line: When the story was written.

Location: Where the story came from.

Catchline: Similar to the headline, one sentence that briefly tells what happened with a little more detail added.

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C.Publ i cat i ons •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y• Main Body: Gives more details, describes Who? What? Where? When? How? and Why? Includes quotes from people who heard, saw or know about the event.

Some newspaper reports include photographs or diagrams. Plan how you will set out and present your finished report. Check newspapers for helpful ideas. www.ricgroup.com.au

Invitation 20

Complete the invitation and envelope details below.

You can choose one of the following scenarios, or think of another event to which you could invite a friend. (a)

You were involved in the development of a base on Mars. Invite friends along to the opening celebrations.

(b)

You are planning to have a moon party. Invite ten friends along they must be in fancy dress.

Dress:

is invited to…

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RSVP

50c KING ALIEN

SPACE MAIL To (name)

(street no.)

(suburb)

(street)

(sender's name)

(State)

(sender's address)

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Message from Space 21

Imagine you have been stranded on a planet in outer space.

You need to get a message back to planet Earth in order to be rescued.

your message d y o u g et to Ea l u o w rth? w o H

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Space Time 22

In space, time varies according to the position of a planet. A year on Mercury is equal to only three months on Earth. A day on Venus, lasts for eight Earth months.

Finish these times according to the Earth calendar.

1.

days = 1 year

2.

days = 2 years

3.

days = 1 leap year

4.

days = 3 years

5.

weeks = 1 year

6.

weeks = 2 years

7.

months = 1 year

8.

months = 3 years

Which months have 31 days?

How many days does February have?

in a leap year?

Calculate these.

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hours = 5 days

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seconds = 2 minutes

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C.P bl i ca t i on How would you write these times on a 24-hour clock?

•f orr evi ew p ur posesonl y• 1. 6.00 p.m. = 2. 7.20 p.m. = 3.

9.30 p.m. =

4.

3.30 a.m. =

5.

9.30 a.m. =

6.

1.00 p.m. =

Answer the questions, using the astronaut’s timetable.

At what time did the astronaut…

1.

set up experiments? /

2.

eat dinner?

What was the astronaut doing at…

9.00 a.m.?

Entry

24-hour

0600 Wake-up call from ground controllers

12-hour

6.00 a.m.

0630 Breakfast Check flight equipment

/

1.

Fill in the missing times on the table.

7.30 a.m.

0900 Enter airlock Inspection outside the shuttle

9.30 a.m.

1230 Lunch Set up scientific experiments

1.30 p.m.

1500 Return damaged satellite to loading bay 2.

1730?

Sponge bath

5.30 p.m.

1800 Dinner Relaxation time

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10.00 p.m.

Space Challenge!

23

Fly through the asteroid belt by completing these addition and subtraction sums. The answer to the first sum is the same as the top number in the next sum you should complete. Keep following this pattern to the end.

382

856

2 232

731

92

+ 3 840

- 472

1 633

906

3 240

2 091

380

+ 8 634

663

+ 1 149

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4 868

1 253

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+ 2 687

- 3 962

+ 6 796

87

764

600

8 049

352

9 540

+ 946

- 7 244

+ 1 116

- 4 859

You’ve made it! Well Done!

CHALLENGE! Draw a rocket on the back of this page using the following shapes: five rectangles; four triangles; two diamonds; two circles; and one square.

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Space Money 24

Yesterday I went shopping at Meteor Mall. These items were on sale.

Galaxy Gum

$1.25

Moon Rock Biscuits

$2.80

Black Hole Doughnuts

$3.75

Saturn Rings Cereal

$6.30

Asteroid Ice-cream

$5.65

Crater Cakes

$4.95

Jupiter Jelly

$1.90

Solar Soda

$2.05

Lightyear Lollipops

15c ea

Calculate how much these sale items would cost.

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ice-cream

from $15.00?

+

total 2.

crater cakes 6 lollipops

6.

You have saved $4.65. How many lollipops could you buy with this amount?

7.

Pete bought a soda and 3 lollipops.

Rob bought 2 packets of gum and 4 lollipops. How much did they spend altogether?

8.

There are 8 doughnuts in a packet.

Spend $18.75 and share all the doughnuts between 10 friends. How many doughnuts does each person get?

+ total

3.

biscuits doughnuts 3 sodas

+ total

4.

How much change would I get from $20 after I bought the items in question 3?

CALCULATOR CHALLENGE! If I buy 2 of each sale item, how much change would I get from $65.00? www.ricgroup.com.au

Space Codes 25

Use these space symbols to decode this information and find out more about space!

✻ ✢ ❃ ✤ ❅ ✦ ✧ ★ ✩ ✪ ✫ ✬ ❍ ✮ ✯ ✰ ✱ ✲ ✳ ✴ ✵ ✶ ✷ ✸ ✹ ✺ A B C D E F G H 1.

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❃

❅

✳

✯

✦

✩

❃

❅

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Use the code to complete these sums.

1.

✳

❅

✶

❅

✮

x

✦

✩

✶

❅

x 2.

❅

✩

✧

★

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x

= ✮

✩

x 3.

✴

❅

✮

x

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x

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❅ =

✸ =

Write your own space message and sums using the code and give it to a friend. www.ricgroup.com.au

Galactic Problems 26

Read these problems and find solutions to each of them.

1.

Mars has a diameter of 6 778 km and Mercury’s diameter is 4 880 km. What is the difference between the diameters of the two planets? km

2.

A space craft from Earth would take three months to travel to Venus, four months to reach Mercury and five months to get to Mars. If you made the trip from Earth to each planet and back, twice, how long would it take you overall? months or 3.

years

Last night I saw seven clusters of 14 stars. The night before I saw eight clusters of 13 stars in the night sky. How many stars did I see over both nights in total? stars

4.

5.

Nine astronauts experienced weightlessness when they spent equal amounts of time inside a simulator. The total number of hours spent inside the simulator was 1 377. How long did each astronaut stay inside the machine?

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• discovered 1930.

How many were there between ofl the (a) Uranus and Neptune?

6.

yrs

(b) Neptune and Pluto?

Shuttle 1 is 36.25 m long.

Shuttle 2 is 4.09 m longer than Shuttle 1.

Shuttle 3 is 5.78 m longer than Shuttle 2.

What is the length of all three shuttles placed in a line? m

7.

Four astronauts are on a mission to Mars. Their ages are 30, 33, 38 and 39. What is the average age of the astronauts? (HINT: add the ages together and divide your answer by four.) years old

8.

At the Royal Show, there were lots of new space rides.

The tickets for each ride cost: • $2.50 - Rocket Shot • $3.50 - Saturn Spin-Out • $5.50 - Space Speeder I went on the Rocket Shot and Saturn Spin-Out rides twice each and I had four turns on the Space Speeder.

How much money did I spend altogether? www.ricgroup.com.au

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Space Logic 27

Can you solve this logic problem?

Read the clues carefully.

Use a ✗ to show a definite ‘NO’ and a ✓ to show a definite ‘YES’ on the grid provided. This will help to narrow down the possibilities and perhaps reveal some new information!

Remember to enter ✗ and ✓ in ALL relevant places on the grid. Then use the information to complete the chart. Reread the clues to check your answers.

Logic Problem Four astronauts have been living on Mars for one year.

Find out what foods, television programs and sports they each miss.

Astronauts: Terry, Sam Jan, Shirley Foods: fried rice, chocolate cake, ice-cream, spaghetti TV Programs: Space Watch, Lunar Landings, Soapy Saturn, Venus Connection Sport: cricket, basketball, tennis, softball Clues

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Jan is allergic to chocolate and ice-cream and likes to know what is happening in space.

Terry is fascinated by the moon and enjoys playing on a field with ten other players.

Shirley really misses her healthy Chinese cuisine and shooting goals.

Sam misses his soap opera, playing Sunday morning tennis at the club and baking cakes. rice

1.

2.

3.

4.

Planet X 28

Use this Space map to answer the questions below.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12

A B

Crater

C Cliffs

D E

Spaceship

F G H

Crashsite

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1.

Name each of the coordinate points for the following: (a) Spaceship door ( 4 , I (b) Alien to far right (

)

(d) Rocket base (

,

)

(c) Moonbuggy window (

,

(e) Largest crater (

)

(f) Tallest cliff peak (

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)

2.

Each Alien on the grid represents six Aliens. How many Aliens are on this planet?

3.

(a) What might be the danger areas on this planet?

(b) What type of dangers might you find in these areas?

4.

Where might the aliens hide a treasure?

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Space Stomper 29

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Both players mark Grid 1 with 4 Rocket Blasters (RB), 4 Meteor Missiles (MM), 4 Space Bases (SB) and 4 Galaxy Gliders (GG).

Take turns giving grid coordinates to try to hit your partner’s spacecraft. Record your hits on Grid 2 and put a cross on other grid squares tried. The winner is the first person to hit and destroy their partner’s fleet of spacecraft. Good luck!

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Alien Ship 30

Your task is to design and make an alien ship that will land safely from a height of one metre without breaking or denting.

You can use the picture on this page as a guide, or create your own design. Test your alien ship and then record the task using this framework.

Topic: Aim (what are you trying to achieve?):

Requirements (what is needed?):

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Illustration:

Results (was the aim achieved?):

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Living on a Moon Base 31

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Conditions in space are very different to those on Earth. Listed below are some problems that space travellers must overcome.

If you were stationed at a moon base for two months, how would you deal with these situations? Think of possible solutions with a partner and record your ideas!

Limited oxygen supply

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Space - Research Project 32

Name:

Date:

Complete the following project activities by the due date.

WRITING AND RESEARCH (a)

Choose three planets to research.

Use library books and resources to collect information on these planets. Write this data on the semantic grid provided. Include as much detail as possible.

Use phrases and words, not sentences.

(b)

Choose one of the planets you have researched.

Write a ‘What am I?’ Remember to reveal the easiest clues last. Present your good copy to the class.

Can they guess your mystery planet?

SPACE TRAVEL POSTER In the future, space travel for all people could become a reality!

Design a poster advertising seats on the…

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•f orr evi ewinformation pur p os sonl y• Include such as:e • • • • •

how to get a ticket; the cost of a ticket; where the mission will go; what the passengers will see; and type of transport.

MAKE A MASK Create a space creature mask.

Firstly, plan how you are going to go about this task and what materials you will need. You could use different types of paper or cardboard, material, wool, string, cotton wool balls, paint, ice-cream container lids, etc.

When you have completed your mask, make up a short space skit with a group of friends.

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Space Grid 33

Moons

Interesting Features

Collect information to complete this semantic grid.

Use it as a note-taking framework or report plan.

3.

2.

1.

Planet

Size

Made of…

Climate

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Answers 34 7.

10.

12.

14.

16.

18.

Page 1 Definitions Answers may vary.

Alphabetical Order 1. 5, 2, 4, 3, 6, 1 2. 2, 4, 5, 1, 3, 6

Page 2 Correct Headings Verb fly floated zoom spin

24-hour clock 1. 1800 4. 0330

2. 1920 5. 0930

3. 2130 6. 1300

Timetable 1. 1330 / 1.30 p.m. 2.1800 / 6.00 p.m.

1. entering airlock 2. bathing

Across

1. 1, 3, 2, 4 2. 2, 4, 1, 3

Proper Adjective Noun Jupiter dusty Earth rocky Apollo huge Neil dark Armstrong

Buzz 9. many travel world flag atmosphere helicopter 20. hours

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Reverse Order

Common Noun astronaut shuttle universe gravity

mission 8. simulator 11.

Armstrong13. collected 15.

Sea 17.

Pacific 19.

1. Armstrong 5.

9. Sun 11.

15. satellite 17.

19. asteroid Down 1. alien 2.

4. stars 6.

10. black hole 11.

12. atmosphere 14.

rocket 8. NASA Milky Way 13. Mercury count 18. crater

moon comet Mars space

3. gravity 7. planets 16. lunar

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1. exploring 2. learning 3. information 4. travel 5. made 6. surface 7. world Page 3 8. hear 9. places Sentence Punctuation 10. telephone 11. satellite 12. space 1. ‘Is the sun really a star?’ Fiona asked. 13. reports 14. cyclones 15. air 17. maps 18. ships 2. Cosmos 7, the new Russian satellite, 16. found 20. different will be launched on Sunday morning. 19. farm 3. Pluto, Mercury, Mars and Venus are Page 9 the four smallest planets in our solar 1. Twice as far from Earth as Pluto. system.

2. Leichart National Observatory in 4. Last night David saw a big, bright Michigan. shooting star in the sky.

3. Not yet known.

5. Did you know scientists have recently 4. Same as our planet. discovered a new galaxy?

5. To travel around.

Contractions - long form 6. Yes. Made up of frozen gases.

7. All scientists have been hoping to 1. I’d - I would make such a discovery.

2. they’ll - they will 8. - 10. Answers may vary.

3. can’t - can not 4. I’ve - I have Page 11

Page 23 From left to right 2 091 1 253 4 868 87 1 633

764 9 540 731 5 264 805

6 072 2 577 2 290 906 2 232

259 3 240 856 8 049 4 681

Page 24 Calculate 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

$1.25 + $1.90 + $5.65 = $8.80 $4.95 + $0.90 = $5.85 $2.80 + $3.75 + $6.15 = $12.70 $20.00 - $12.70 = $7.30 $15.00 - $11.25 = $3.75 $4.65 ÷ $0.15 = 31 lollipops $2.50 + $3.10 = $5.60 $18.75 ÷ $3.75 = 5 x 8 = 40 ÷ 10 = 4 doughnuts each

Challenge

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Contractions - short form 1.

2.

3.

4.

1. (c) reach the planet’s atmosphere before the meteor.

2. Lieutenant Jeemool 3. Data 4. True 5. The beam struck it with ‘full force’.

6. Light speed.

7. Surrounded.

8. (a) and (b) Answers may vary.

9. - 12. Answers may vary.

could not - couldn’t I will - I’ll she would - she’d we have - we’ve

Apostrophes - ownership 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

shuttle’s, Mercury’s Jane’s cosmonauts’ Ricky’s, Saturn’s rocket’s, crew’s

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Code Sentences

1. Jupiter has more moons than other planets.

2. Pluto’s moon never sets.

3. Saturn’s rings are made of billions of pieces of ice.

Code Sums 1. seven x five = 35 2. eight x nine = 72 3. ten x six = 60

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3.

5.

6.

1 898 km 2. 48 months or 4 years 202 stars 4. 153 hours (a) 65 years (b) 84 years 122.71 m 7. 35 yrs old 8. $34.00

Page 27 Food

Page 22 Earth Calendar

Page 4 Homophone - sentences 1. allowed 2. wear 3. piece, break 4. queue, through 5. bizarre, saw 6. rode 7. weather

Homophone - word bank 1. hear, There 2. knew 3. main 4. forth 5. pour 6. wrote 7. weigh 8. son, Which

Page 6 1. American 2. history 4. surface 5. step

$28.80 x 2 = $57.60 $65.00 - $57.60 = $7.40 change

1.

3.

5.

7.

365 days 2.

366 days 4.

52 weeks 6.

12 months 8.

730 days 1 095 days 104 weeks 36 months

31 Days January, March, May, July, August, October, December

February 1. 28 days

2. 29 days

Calculate these 3. walk 6. mankind

1. 120 h 3. 120 sec

2. 300 min 4. 86 400 sec

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Terry

ice-cream

Sam

chocolate cake

Jan

spaghetti

Shirley

fried rice

TV Program Lunar Landings Soapy Saturn Space Watch Venus Connect.

Sport cricket tennis softball basketball

Page 28 1. (a) (4,I) (b) (9,J) (c) (8,G) (d) (7,C) (e) (10,D) (f) (4,B) 2. 30 Aliens 3. - 4. Answers may vary.