This article, ‘All About Space: The Milky Way’, describes the Milky Way. It provides factual information and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This article, ‘All About Space: The Moon’, describes the Moon. It provides factual information and includes engaging photographs.
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘The Planet Mars’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension worksheet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make predictions and summarise information.
This article, ‘All About Space: The Solar System’, describes our solar system and its planets. It provides factual information and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This reading activity, ‘The Solar System’ provides opportunities for practice with reading about the solar system to complete the comprehension questions.
This full colour ‘The Solar System’ illustration can be reproduced for classroom use. It shows the size and location of the features of our solar system with descriptions of the planets around the picture’s border and is a fun and educational addition to a space themed classroom display.
This article, ‘All About Space: The Southern Cross’, describes the Southern Cross constellation. It provides factual information about this famous star group and includes a colourful and engaging photograph.
This article, ‘All About Space: The Sun’, describes the Sun. It provides factual information and includes a colourful and engaging photograph.
This Earth Science worksheet, ‘Up in Space’ asks students to explain and describe some objects that might be found in space. It supports an understanding of the solar system.
This short nonfiction text ‘V: Vredefort Crater’ features important factual background information relating to the largest and oldest impact crater on Earth. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of the unique and beautiful geographical features of South Africa and also features an activity for students to practise their handwriting.
This article, ‘All About Space: Venus’, describes the planet Venus. It provides factual information and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This article, ‘All About Space: Walking on the Moon’, describes the Moon landing. It provides factual information about this famous historical event and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This article, ‘Walking on the Moon’, provides information about the Moon Landing in 1969. It describes the events and milestones leading up to the Moon Landing and features an interview with astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
This kids news activity, ‘Want To Be An Astronaut? A New Post Just Opened Up’ reports on the retirement of well-known Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield.
This article, ‘What Colour Is the Moon?’, explains why the Moon changes colour. It provides factual information about the Moon and includes engaging photographs.
This article, ‘What Is a Falling Star?’, provides information about falling stars. It explains what causes falling stars and includes an engaging photograph.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘Where Did the Dinosaurs Go?’ encourages students to summarise and paraphrase information in texts. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
This article, ‘Why Do Stars Twinkle?’, explains why stars twinkle. It provides factual information and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This hands-on art and craft activity, ‘Make Your Own Space Shuttle’ provides step-by-step instructions for students to follow at school or at home. This resource directs students through the process of making a space shuttle using simple materials such as card, scissors, glue and pens or paints to decorate. The download includes templates for the …More