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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Describe and explain how astronauts’ survival needs are met aboard the ISS.
- Identify and digitally draw items which fulfil basic human needs when aboard the ISS.
- Read the correct temperature on a thermometer.
- Design a display showing everything that needs to be monitored by sensors on the ISS.
- Create an algorithm that addresses all plants’ needs.
- Explain how space exploration can benefit life on Earth.
- Read data to identify whether a planet might be habitable.
Suggested prior learning
Data handling: Introduction to data
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Lessons
Lesson 1: Homes in space
Lesson 2: Space bag
Lesson 3: Warmer, colder
Lesson 4: Experiments in space
Lesson 5: Goldilocks planets
Key skills
- Developing confidence
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Key knowledge
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Key vocabulary
algorithm
astronaut
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Unit resources
Computing
Knowledge organiser: Computing – Y2 International Space Station
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit.
Computing
Vocabulary display: Data handling: International Space Station
A display version of the key vocabulary from the Data handling: International Space Station unit.
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Science: Animals, including humans; Living things and their habitats
Maths: Measurement
Suggested next steps
Data handling: Comparison cards databases
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