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Learn about the solar system, create some star maps, eat some biscuit moons and have a go with some rockets.
Safety message
For a space camp, some areas to consider include:
- First aid kits
- Food hygiene and safety
- Active games, including wide games
- Motion picture licensing for films and TV shows
Activities
Create a fruit-salad solar system
Use the contents of your fruit bowl to demonstrate the staggering size of the planets in our solar system.
Reaction rockets
Reach for the stars in this space race involving acid-base reaction rockets!
Mystic biscuit moons
Observe the Moon, then recreate a much tastier version with a biscuit (or two).
Create a star map
Work together to make a glow-in-the-dark map of the stars, and discover what stars can be seen all over the world.
Play Mission: Lightyear
Improve your teamwork skills with this fun space themed game.
- Meets
- Requirement 1
- Requirement 2
- Requirement 3
Make a pinhole projector
Let the sunshine in and see the Sun’s glory without damaging your eyes.
- Meets
- Requirement 5
Preparation
Equipment
- Bowls
- Eight different fruits for each solar system (ideally raisins, blueberries, grapes, raspberries, grapefruits, oranges, small satsumas, and plums)
- Clear jugs of water
- Knives
- Chopping boards
- Skewers
- Clean, empty plastic bottles (500ml)
- Paper drinking straws
- Sticky tape
- Big pieces of card
- Pens or pencils
- Clean items of recycling
- Corks
- White vinegar
- Bicarbonate of soda
- Funnels
- Paper towels
- Teaspoons
- Spoons
- At least one cream filled biscuit for each person (such as an Oreo cookie, Golden Crunch Cream, or any similar alternative)
- Tables
- Chairs
- Compass
- Access to the internet
- Craft materials, including paintbrushes, scissors, black paper/card and glow-in-the-dark paints
- Painting trays
- Re-purposed materials, including old toothbrushes, black bed sheets/pillowcases and newspaper
- A red bicycle light or head-torch light
- A map of the local area
- Something to mark lines (for example, chalk, masking tape, or rope)
- Blindfolds
- Different coloured cones
- Aluminium foil
- Scissors
- Drawing pins
- Two pieces of white card for each person
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