Your session goals
Global Issues 20%
Space 14%
Space 32%
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Session summary
Have a go at making a jet pack and discover if there is life out there before heading home.
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
Mae Jemison’s recycled rocket jet pack
1 hours
Learn about Mae Jemison and build your own recycled rocket jet pack.
- Meets
- Requirement 2
Is there life out there?
45 mins
The truth is out there. Take a giant leap for mankind as we examine alien soil samples for signs of life.
- Meets
- Requirement 5
Out of this world
10 mins
Turn into a planet or a star and explore the differences between the two in this action-packed game.
- Meets
- Requirement 5
- Requirement 6
Preparation
Equipment
- Scissors
- Coloured pens or pencils
- Craft materials (for example, tissue paper, pipe cleaners, stickers)
- PVA glue
- Rulers
- Tissue paper
- Sticky tape
- Pens or pencils
- Clean, dry, plastic two litre bottles
- Tissue box or shoeboxes
- Pieces of A4 cardboard
- 1 m pieces of ribbon
- Glue spreaders
- Mirrored or glittery card
- Coloured paper
- Coloured card
- Hot glue gun
- Clean and dry recycling, such as egg boxes, toilet rolls, bottle tops or yoghurt pots
- A4 paper
- Sticky labels
- Spoons
- Three clean jars
- Soil
- ‘Alien’ matter (like sugar, powdered Alka-Seltzer and instant dried yeast)
- Hot water access
- Magnifying glass
- Jug
- Gloves, as needed
Resources
Recycled Rockets Logos
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